Reproducible Builds from Source Archives
How Nisse 0.9.7 + git’s export-subst let anyone rebuild your project from a source tarball and get byte-identical artifacts — zero flags, Maven 3 and 4.
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Pilot 0.1.0: An Interactive TUI for Maven
Pilot is a new Maven plugin that replaces wall-of-text CLI output with interactive terminal UIs. Search Maven Central, browse dependency trees, detect conflicts, audit CVEs, and edit your POMs – all without leaving the terminal, and without breaking your formatting.
From Coder to Coach: Working with AI Agents in Open Source
I raised dozens of PRs on Apache Camel using AI agents. Some were great. Some were really wrong. Here are the three rules I learned, the tools I use, and practical tips for making AI-assisted development actually work.
Zero-Commit, Zero-Input Maven Releases
How to release Maven projects with just git tag — no version commits, no CI parameters, no release plugin — using Nisse and git-derived versions.