Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 15/09/2026Yet another word processor has adopted Harper. LFG.github.comfeat: a grammar check that runs in the browser, English only · stffnb/edentext@2f8ca09harper.js (Apache-2.0, Rust/WASM) lints whole textblocks in idle time under a 30 ms budget, the queue rotated onto the caret's block. Off by default: the binary is 16 MB and stays in the tab. I... 011
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 15/09/2026This article is not about vibe coding. In fact, this article is about all the things you can do with an AI agent that are separate from writing code. elijahpotter.dev/articles/use...elijahpotter.devUseful Things Agents Can Do That Are Not Writing CodeThis article is not about vibe coding. In fact, this article is about all the things you can do with an AI agent that are separate from writing code. 110
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 10/09/2026In my experimentation this week, I found that I was right about one thing and wrong about another. I was right that there is an ideal average token size for our workload. I was wrong that it was a single byte. elijahpotter.dev/articles/byt...elijahpotter.devBytes Are Not Big EnoughI am trying to create a strong and small base model. A model that can semantically understand small passages of text, which we can then retrain to do a variety of different things. 010
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 10/09/2026Another project that uses Harper! zennotes.orgzennotes.orgZenNotes — Markdown notes, sync, backups, and publishingZenNotes is a keyboard-first Markdown notes app with native desktop and mobile apps. Keep local files, sync across devices, create backups, and publish notes to the web with ZenNotes Cloud. 000
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 10/09/2026"Can we start working on soulless meat that can't feel pain instead of computers that can?" — @hankgreen.bsky.social, an hour ago at the Colorado School of Mines (paraphrased) 011
Reposted by Elijah PotterJose Ardila @ardilamorin.com · 05/09/2026As a non-native english speaker, I’m very self-conscious about grammar. I installed Harper on Obsidian and I just want it everywhere. A couple of clicks and I found out you can have it everywhere. Thanks @elijahpotter.dev this is amazing work. writewithharper.com/desktopwritewithharper.comHarper | Privacy-First Offline Grammar CheckerHarper checks your writing instantly—fast, lightweight and utterly private—so you can polish every clause without surrendering a single keystroke. 161
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 24/08/2026Any mini PC make or model in mind? Is there any reason you don't spring for Proxmox or something else? 000
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 24/08/2026Details in here: elijahpotter.dev/articles/har...elijahpotter.devHarper for WindowsI am pleased to say, that Harper Desktop for Windows is coming along beautifully. To keep myself accountable, I am setting a hard beta launch date of August 28th. 000
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 21/08/2026Getting ready to announce the launch date of Harper for Windows' beta. 241
Reposted by Elijah PotterAutomattic @automattic.com · 20/08/2026“Quality of life” is a business strategy. Automattic software engineer and Harper founder Elijah Potter looks back at 37signals “Getting Real” and how its ideas continue to shape the way we build and work today. Read the blog: wp.me/pe4R-3TFA 142
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 20/08/2026Another book written with Harper! ben.balter.com/2026/08/17/h...ben.balter.comHow I over-engineered my book | Ben BalterMy book has a linter, ~5,500 automated checks, and a Pandoc pipeline that rebuilds five formats — EPUB, Kindle, paperback (×2), and web — on every git push. For a book one person wrote. Here's how I b... 021
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 18/08/2026I frequently find that the correct decisions for my customers also tend to improve my and my collaborator's quality of life. It becomes a nice mental shortcut when you think about it. automattic.com/2026/08/18/g...automattic.comDo That Which Makes Your Life EasyElijah Potter, a software engineer who founded and maintains Harper, explores quality of life as a critical decision-making factor. 031
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 17/08/2026Does this include products that people talk about enjoying, or only explicit advertisements and sponsorships? 100
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 14/08/2026Yes, I see the irony that my post had some parenthesis in it. Don't at me, bro. 010
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 14/08/2026For those out there (like myself) who are chronic over-parenthesizers: Try using em-dashes instead. They're classy, easy to type (with Harper, just write three hyphens: ---), and LLMs don't use them as much anymore, so you're free from some — but not all — of the allegations. 120
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 12/08/2026Despite our permissive LLM policy, your PR is probably 10 times more likely to be merged if it is not written by a clanker. 030
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 10/08/2026It is the end of an era. Jeff Dean is leaving Google. Long live Demis Hassabis. I have long looked up to Jeff Dean as a beacon of engineering excellence. I am quite excited to see what he does at Discovery Loop. elijahpotter.dev/articles/adi...elijahpotter.devAdios Jeff DeanJeff Dean is leaving Google. Long live Demis Hassabis. 010
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 30/07/2026I'm certain that *something* happened, but I'm also wary to accept unfalsifiable evidence from two companies who have been known to exaggerate their claims in the past. 000
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 30/07/2026As the author of one of those Hacker News comments, I'd like to speak on behalf of the others: The Hugging Face evidence is simply not enough. Both companies have a vested interest in these models seeming intelligent. They don't need to conspire in order to both be unreliable sources. 100
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 30/07/2026This is genuinely so cool. A very aesthetic picture. Godspeed! 010
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 30/07/2026He definitely has it, but I'm not sure he can be persuaded by words alone. I'm honestly not sure he could be persuaded by anything. 000
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 28/07/2026Someone is cooking! harper.js is nearing 20k downloads per week. www.npmjs.com/package/harp... 151
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 27/07/2026"One could imagine Sisyphus circling back and putting a pin in it and hoping his message finds you well." www.youtube.com/watch?v=--3Q...youtube.comOne Must Imagine Sisyphus HappyYouTube video by vlogbrothers 010
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 22/07/2026I'm not sure what you mean by Mythos debate. If you refer to the whole Mythos debacle where they made it seem dangerous, yes. To this day, I think that the restrictions on Fable are largely marketing. 200
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 22/07/2026Until I see any evidence from an organization *other* than OpenAI, I am choosing to believe this is nothing more than science fiction from their marketing team. They have not demonstrated honesty in stories like these. 100
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 16/07/2026If you previously opened a PR on the Harper repo, and you have a test failing mysteriously, please merge the recent commits from master. 010
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 14/07/2026I wish I could tell myself there isn't a platonic ideal of software engineering methodologies. That there is more than one way of doing things that is Good™. 021
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 09/07/2026I work with these people! codeforthepeople.comcodeforthepeople.comCode for the People Documentary - The human story of the open webCode for the People is a documentary short about the past, present, and contested future of the open web. This film is an exploration of what the internet is actually for, who gets to own it, and what... 020
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 01/07/2026God, this speaks to me. jerodsanto.net/2026/06/clau...jerodsanto.netClaude's writing style has me on edgeI was enjoying Benn Stancil’s latest column1 on generalized vs specialized models (his typical, punchy, link-ridden screed) until this paragraph jump scared me: And that’s the turn nobody priced in. ... 000
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 25/06/2026slop paralysis - noun A complete or partial loss of function while reviewing the output of a coding agent. elijahpotter.dev/articles/slo...elijahpotter.devSlop ParalysisA complete or partial loss of function while reviewing the output of a coding agent. 222
Reposted by Elijah PotterTypst @typst.app · 24/06/2026and here‘s your daily maths-pop culture crossover brought to you by yours truly 2351
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 23/06/2026Another project using Harper: Phraise github.com/hqrrr/Phraisegithub.comGitHub - hqrrr/Phraise: An open-source alternative to Grammarly and DeepL WriteAn open-source alternative to Grammarly and DeepL Write - hqrrr/Phraise 000
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 22/06/2026It's pretty new. I would love it if you tried it out and let me know what's lacking. 211
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 22/06/2026I am pleased to say, with much fanfare, that Andrew Dunbar (known by online moniker hippietrail) is becoming Harper's first committer. elijahpotter.dev/articles/har...elijahpotter.devHarper's First CommitterI am pleased to say, with much fanfare, that Andrew Dunbar (known by online moniker [hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail)) is becoming Harper's first committer. 030
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 16/06/2026Star Trek captains are great role models for technology governance. They see a harmful technology and… don't use it. They see a technology that can be harmful and… develop policies for themselves for how to use it responsibly. 011
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 15/06/2026While reading an old essay of mine, I was reminded of the wonderful book by Robert Persig titled Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It serves to help anyone in any profession, but I think it speaks particularly well to the lives of open source maintainers. elijahpotter.dev/articles/zen...elijahpotter.devZen and the Art of Open Source MaintenanceWhile reading an old — unpublished, for now — essay of mine, I was reminded of the wonderful book by Robert Persig titled _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance_. The book serves to help anyone in... 010
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 15/06/2026The new Olivia Rodrigo album is so unbelievably good. 010
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 04/06/2026You know, this might be the push I needed to get that done. 010
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 03/06/2026Neat! It looks like they used Harper. www.digitaltrends.com/computing/i-...digitaltrends.comI built an offline Grammarly alternative and turned it into a Mac app without any codingI used Claude to build myself a fully offline, and locally processed alternative to Grammarly. The first build took me less than 30 seconds and I didn't even have to see or write a line of code. 000
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 03/06/2026sinclairtarget.com/blog/2026/06... This is, far and away, the best blog post I have read in months, if not ever.sinclairtarget.comQuality in the Age of SlopLessons for a changed profession from a classic novel. 010
Elijah Potter @elijahpotter.dev · 27/05/2026Day #422 of going back to restart all of the GitHub Actions workflows that stopped mid-run due to another outage. 120
