Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 12/07/2026And now, you can find changelogs directly in Hubble to cheer on the community! "See what's new" after you update, or find in the ⌘, settings menu at any time hubble.md ⬇️ 010
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 12/07/2026Big moves: Hubble now has a search palette! ⌘P to find files by name or by content. Huge shoutout to @zcuric.bsky.social for PR-ing this. Codex and I had basically no notes 😄 250
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 06/07/2026"Chat with this note" is fully customizable too. Go to Settings (⌘,) to set to your favorite agent CLI, model preference, and initial prompt 110
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 06/07/2026The Hubble.md notes app now has a built-in terminal 💽 - Run your favorite agents to work with and organize your notes - Use "chat about this note" to hop in a conversation with that file straight away - Rename terminal tabs for easy tracking 150
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 29/06/2026Update: Hubble now runs on Windows! Took multiple hours on a Friday night to set up a VM on my Mac to test... but we got there 😄 Shout out to saucy-tech for making the PR! Works on x86 and ARM. 370
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 25/06/2026Just shipped Hubble v0.1.14: - We support Linux now! Works for x86 and ARM devices. Shout out to @israelferreira.dev for the PR 🙌 - You can zoom the app window! Yes, we launched without it, but it's here now 😄 - You can add folders, and type nested paths to generate in a chain 460
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 23/06/2026With the /create-html-app Skill, an agent can build mini-apps with live access to your data, themed to look nice with built-in Tailwind design tokens. - Build indexes that live-update as you take notes - Build todo lists or kanbans backed by files on your machine 140
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 23/06/2026Hubble's great for anything Markdown, from building knowledge bases to collaborating on agent Skills. The editor autosaves and live-reloads, making it easy to collaborate with an agent. Used it just now to patch Hubble's skills before launch! 150
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 23/06/2026Introducing Hubble: the best notepad for you and your agents. - Feels like Notion or Apples Notes, but for Markdown - Live-reloading editor to collaborate with agents - Supports HTML-based apps to build interactive visualizations Free and open-source 👉 hubble.md 71064
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 05/05/2026I was getting really annoyed with TipTap + Prosemirror, so I decided to give Slate a try. ...Man, where has this library been my whole life 🥹 This bulleted list demo took me weeks to get half-working in TipTap. In slate, it took a couple hours (with Codex's help). 7301
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 31/03/2026I used @convex.dev to build a file sync service, and it was surprisingly simple. ✅ JS CLI + the chokidar library to watch for file ops ✅ Asset upload / download APIs built-in to Convex for images ✅ Uses simple data tables with soft delete for Markdown files Fun weekend hack. Would you use it? 260
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 02/03/2026Yep, modes are always a tough one. We have more granular settings for this now, but you *can* also try enabling "autodetect" to pick the mode for you. You might've turned it off bc of past performance, but we've been improving accuracy 010
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 02/03/2026Playing with some interaction animations. Have some tuning to do, but I like the spirit of a snappy "bounce" animation. Want to bring that to other animations in the UI. Shoutout to @nerdy.dev's Open Props for spring transitions 130
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 02/03/2026This is inspired by Typora, which weirdly defaults to base64. Had to ask GPT before realizing it was configurable! I want to mirror these options, but more clearly call out with a toast where images go and how to change the setting 030
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 02/03/2026Markdown editors rarely get image pasting right, so I tackled that early for Hubble. ✅ Images paste to a file instead of base64, under FILENAME.assets/. This will be configurable ✅ Pasting the same image twice resolves to the same file name ✅ Original resolution is preserved 2331
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 02/03/2026Markdown editors rarely get image pasting right, so I tackled that early for Hubble. ✅ Images paste to a file instead of base64, under FILENAME.assets/. This will be configurable ✅ Pasting the same image twice resolves to the same file name ✅ Original resolution is preserved 050
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 26/02/2026So many editors get the hyperlink popover wrong, so I fixed it. ✅ Show a link preview on rollover. Esc to dismiss ✅ Click or cmd+k for a menu of options, with keyboard shortcuts for every button ✅ Use esc to go back to editing Fixing markdown editing one function at a time! 2250
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 25/02/2026Progress: I added link support to my Markdown editor, but with a twist: ✅ [brackets] are in-line, but the link goes in a popover to minimize layout shift ✅ Shortcuts! ⌘K to focus, ⌘⏎ to visit, ⌘⇧C to quick copy Having fun sweating the details :) 1411
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 23/02/2026Alright, I'm reviving my markdown editor 🙌 Codex is too good for me to leave it shelved. I animated the cursor, and implemented "rollover" so marks like `**` only appear when you need them. That said, I made a tweak: Deleting the `**` deletes the matching `**` like JSX tags 2332
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 12/01/2026I wanted to add transcription to my notes app, but I wanted to do it differently. What if while you're talking, an agent can answer your questions as they come up? In this UI, we transcribe on the bottom and answer your questions on the top. At the end, we format it all as one nice note ✏️ 2131
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 07/01/2026A lot of developers are using agents to write their code these days. I was a hold-out... but Claude Opus 4.5 finally cracked me. So I made a video walking through how I write code with agents end-to-end. We'll talk plans, rules, and everything else in my setup. If you're a skeptic, this is for you! 2141
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 02/01/2026For the past few weeks, I've been working on a notes app to organize my life better. Here's a new concept: "organize" view: - See everything you wrote down since the last time you organized - Delete, archive, or copy to a related note - Edit if you need to Watch the progress until you're done ✅ 1190
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 26/12/2025I built an advent calendar of 25 tips on how to use the Warp terminal. Made with Astro + plain HTML + view transitions. I think the letter flip animation turned out nice ☃️ go.warp.dev/advent-of-warp-2025 2270
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 19/12/2025When it comes to error handling, Swift is what JavaScript should've been. Here's why! 3211
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 12/12/2025React Native is way faster than it used to be. How does it actually work? Here's a 1 minute explainer ⚛️ 0130
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 09/12/2025We mocked up this cute little advent calendar. Want to see it come to life as a microsite? Join me Wed at 12pm ET to build it live on YouTube ☃️ RSVP: luma.com/t0rb20ag 2100
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 08/12/2025Update your package versions y'all. Because I'm now Dev Rel Lead at Warp! 111020
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 08/12/2025Learning SwiftUI as a longtime React user. First thing that really stands out: `.task` Basically, you can attach an async function to any piece of UI, and it'll run anytime that UI mounts. Useful to, say, set up a Convex subscription and store data as state. Clean 👍 1230
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 05/12/2025You may have heard that Anthropic has... a complicated relationship with MCPs 💀 Here's what's wrong with MCP, and some powerful, token-efficient alternatives! 2161
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 04/12/2025Trying out @expo.dev for the first time since college. Gotta say, hot reloading that beams to my phone is crazy cool. It’s come a long way! 2300
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 04/12/2025Tell me you listen to too much Casiopea without telling me you listen to too much Casiopea (It’s Japanese jazz funk that inspired Mario kart music and it SLAPS okay) 3180
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 19/11/2025LLMs have finally stopped recommending React. Nature is healing 🧡 4655
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 02/11/2025Yeah I tried that here, but it loses the feeling of a book opened on a table. Before and after here. Not saying you're wrong about that (my intuition says the navbar is too bright). I just can't get the feel I want doing it "right" yet. Need to try things 200
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 01/11/2025Adding some depth to this notes app mock. What if the pages were a little bit 3D? 3101
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 28/10/2025Y'all need to use Voiceink for voice dictation. It's fast, 100% local, open source, compilable from the GitHub repo, and no subscription fee. Replaced Wisprflow with it and it's just as fast and accurate. 🔊 Sound on! 1560
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 23/10/2025I'm building a file explorer in React + Rust. And @tauri.app is AMAZING for accessing the file system safely 👀 1270
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 22/10/2025Progress so far: I can log my home directory without getting yelled at for file permissions 🎉 Hilarious this is a win, but it is. Next up: navigation between directories 1100
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 18/10/2025I'm live building apple notes, but markdown and claude code compatible. Come join me! twitch.tv/bholmesdev 🔴 1211
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 29/09/2025⚠️ Whiteboard guy now streams weekday mornings ⚠️ Gonna do 90 min blocks Mon-Thurs this week to test the waters. See you on twitch 🫡 180
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 22/09/2025💥 The whiteboard guy is back. And it’s a big one. 💡 Here are two tips you probably haven’t heard before to make React apps feel native. Friendly to web devs, Tauri devs, and Electron devs alike! Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yPO... 1200
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 17/09/2025My quest continues to build "Apple Notes, but markdown and cross-platform." Big changes: Switched from Svelte to React Switched from raw ProseMirror to TipTap Switched from opening files to writing files to a directory automatically, complete with file name generation ✨ 12561
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 13/08/2025💡Tip: if you need to add keyboard shortcut banners to your app, you can find all the shortcut symbols in that Raycast emoji picker 3241
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 12/08/2025I still vibe with this problem, but I don't like the solution anymore. My goal is to build a notetaking solution that's as easy to use as apple notes, and as powerful for organization as Notion. And I think that means a whole new app. And, yes, AI. Rough sketch of a "smart search" mechanism: 250
Ben Holmes @bholmes.dev · 09/08/2025🤯 What, Chrome has an AI summarizer API built in now?? - No API keys, no internet. Runs locally - Downloads the model on-demand - Available as a global in the latest version of Chrome. Works in chrome extensions too I have so many chrome extension ideas now... 3413
