Doug Parker

@develwithoutacause

Overly opinionated software developer on the Angular team at Google. Web development is hard, so I build tooling that makes it easier. Blog: dwac.dev Mastodon: techhub.social/@develwithoutacause GitHub: github.com/dgp1130

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Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Jun 29

@dulanyw.bsky.social, just tried the Codex VSCode extension, but it seems to require an OpenAI sign it (which I don't have) and configuring `~/.codex/config.toml` manually (and reloading the window) doesn't bypass it.

Screenshot of VSCode, showing a side-by-side view of the `~/.codex/config.toml` file which an Ollama configuration alongside the Codex chat, showing an onboarding screen with only three options: "Sign in with ChatGPT", "Use API Key", or "Use device code".

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Jun 29

This is what I'm talking about. I can't get any UI to show at all. It's not available in the side panels ("Chat" is Copilot AFAICT) and none of the commands seems to work or show the chat interface. "Cline: Open In New Tab" doesn't exist as described here: docs.cline.bot/getting-star...

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Jun 29

This is what I'm actually seeing. I'm not sure how exactly to share a reproduction of this. I just did `curl -fsSL ollama.com/install.sh | sh` and `ollama run qwen2.5-coder:7b` to download Ollama and the model. In VSCode I went into the models dialog and did "Add Models" > "Ollama" > default port.

$Screenshot of the VSCode Copilot chat window. The user says "Hello" and the agent responds with JSON in the form of '{"name": "send_to_terminal", "arguments": {"id": "", "command": ""}}'. The user then says "test" and the agents with '{"name": "testFailure", "arguments": {}}'. Finally, the user instructs 'Say "Hello"' and then agent responds with '{"name": "say", "arguments": {"text": "Hello"}}'. At the bottom of the view, the selected model is `qwen2.5-coder:7b`.$

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Jun 20

And wrapped today! Got the rest of the DLC remembrances (plus Bayle ofc) at WL0. Actually most were easier than expected with so many Scadu fragments, only Consort and Bayle really gave me much trouble. Since I've shared a couple challenge run Consort kills before, so I'll share Bayle instead.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· May 28

Experimenting with #Angular v22 and #ChromeDevToolsForAgents new third party tool calling feature.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Mar 8

Who names a port flag `--bind`, honestly?!

Mike Myers as Austin Powers in a robe looking just pas the camera with a confused, disappointed expression.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Mar 7

#Angular 👀 #WebMCP

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Mar 2

I was just asking #Gemini about #BlueSky video hosting limitations and if I could work around them by self-hosting a #PDS, and it pointed me at "Bluesky's video.bsky.app transcoding sidecar" which is apparently... a Rick Roll? Did I just get Rick Rolled by my #AI?

Screenshot of an AI chat which reads:

Summary: The 100MB / 3-minute claim is the current standard for the official Bluesky PDS as of their 2025 expansion of video features. If you are on a self-hosted PDS, these numbers only apply if you are using Bluesky's video.bsky.app transcoding sidecar; if you host your own transcoder, these limits no longer apply.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Mar 1

Whoo! Took down Consort (actually hitless!) and wrapped my RL1 All Remembrances run. Had a lot of fun with this and I'm glad I did it, but I think now it's time to play something I haven't beaten multiple times already. #EldenRing #RL1 #Consort #Hitless

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Feb 8

Demo: "Open file on npmx.dev"

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Jan 30

To some extent, I understand why it can't solve these complex issues (and I guess it's good for my job that it can't). But that means it's doing all the fun stuff and I'm left with all the hard problems I didn't want to deal with in the first place. It's the developer version of:

A tweet by Joanna Maciejewska which reads: "You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong direction. I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes."

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Jan 30

Couple nasty mixups I've been playing with for #Vi and #Caitlyn. #2XKO Having a lot of fun with Caitlyn's combos in particular. Juggling the opponent with her rifle is so satisfying (if a bit janky from the physics).

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Jan 16

My latest #MacOS issue is that every time I try to grab the scrollbar in VSCode to scroll down, I end up somehow grabbing the whole window and dragging it. I get that there's a space there to shrink the window width, but the designer clearly coded it so a drag down gets turned into a window drag.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Dec 29

Just wanted to share some #Christmas joy I got from this #Lego #Nintendo #GameBoy and the incredible attention-to-detail in it.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Nov 21

Now that we have an official look for #Angie, I'd love to hear some ideas from the community about where and how we can incorporate them into #Angular! I have some initial ideas bouncing around but want to know what you all think.

Reference picture of Angie, the Angular mascot. It's a cute lil guy with white gnubby limbs with red gloves and shoes. It's body is just a big head, with a red helmet in the rough shape of a hexagonal shield. It's smile and eyebrows present and calm and friendly demeanor.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Nov 20

If you missed the premiere, you're gonna wanna catch the replay! #Angular #AngularV21

An 8-bit interpretation of Mark Techson with buggy eyes and wide open mouth shouting in shock at his new appearance.

An 16-bit interpretation of Jessica Janiuk popping out of a chest and shrugging with a dastardly smirk on her face.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Nov 11

A meme from an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants featuring two fish hiding behind a small boulder checking if anyone is watching. The text at the bottom reads, "I told you he was onto us!"

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Nov 9

Also if I try to use the `undefined` email, the page just breaks. Also I'm 99% sure I already configured autopay, but somehow that just didn't take and I needed it to it again today. Seeing errors like this just lowers my overall confidence in the entire site. Shame #PGE, shame.

Screenshot of a web page displaying a generic error.

It reads, "Something went wrong" and lists some generic advice such as refreshing the browser, visiting their help center, or calling their phone number.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Nov 9

Also, of *all* the communication settings they have, guess which one can't be configured in the web UI. Like, I get why this kind of thing gets deprioritized, but it's *so* shady for this to be the one which requires an actual phone call.

Screenshot of a web page titled "This feature is coming soon", with the subheading "Marketing communications". It only reads "Update your marketing preferences today" and lists a phone number.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Nov 9

#TIL `undefined` is a valid email address. #PGE

Screenshot of a web page titled "Additional communications" and allow configuration notification preferences.

It allows users to select which pre-configured email to receive notifications with. Only one is listed and labeled "undefined (Primary)"

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Nov 1

Hmm, I wonder what operating system developers at #OpenAI use?

Screenshot of the ChatGPT Atlas download button which reads "Download for macOS" and includes an asterisk. Directly underneath the button reads "Currently only available on macOS".

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Oct 2

God save us if someone were to use a period in a free text field. My endless thanks to the #SAP #Concur developers for locking this down keeping us safe from any malicious periods out there. 🙏

Screenshot of a text input asking for a "Business purpose for expenses in this report" which the user filled out as "Attending team summit." notably including a period at the end of the statement.

This causes an error which reads "You cannot use the following characters:" and goes on to list basically every special character on a standard keyboard, including periods, commas, question marks, and more.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Sep 22

Jesus christ #Chase, I do not need a biweekly reminder of *the same* shitty credit card offer. Please stop sending me trash.

Three different letters are laid out on a table, each with the same style and showing the same text: "100,000 bonus points - You're preselected!"

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Sep 19

One less visible aspect of #Angular #convergence is bringing the best of Angular to the internal #Wiz framework. Wiz itself has never had a DevTools extension, but always wanted one. Since Angular signals are shared with Wiz, we are able to support #YouTube Mobile, a pure Wiz app!

Screenshot of Angular DevTools running on YouTube Mobile. The components panel is open showing a hierarchy of application components as well as a signal graph showing the names and relationships of several signals.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Sep 19

Gotta love uploading an image and it automatically generates `alt="Image"`. #GitHub Look, I understand not wanting to deal with #a11y stuff like this, but going out of your way to intentionally add noise is just a slap in the face to your users.

Screenshot of the GitHub new issue form. An image has been uploaded and generated an `<img>` tag which is highlighted and includes the text `alt="Image"`.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Sep 13

Heading out to #AngularConnect, with an incredible keynote locked and loaded. Don't be shy, always love to talk with the community!

An AngularConnect badge for speaker Douglas Parker.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Sep 10

What is up with this font? I feel like I'm being Spongebob'd.

Screenshot of some text for "Document verification" which reads "We're required to verify your travel document details for all international travel. Select the travel documents and complete information for each traveler."

However the font is wacky and goofy with an inconsistent baseline which looks childish and hand-written. It is utterly inconsistent with the serious tone of the text.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Sep 7

Curious if any #webdev #font folks might have insight into why my font has misaligned backticks. It's the #Lora font and looks fine with backticks on #GoogleFonts where I downloaded it, but on my web page it just looks bad. I have no idea where to start with debugging this particular issue. 🤨

Screenshot of a short text snippet, including the phrases "I'm `inline`!" and "I'm `block`!" including backticks. However the backticks are misaligned, with the leading tick overlapping with the "i" and "b" letters while the ending tick overlaps with the "e" and "k" characters.

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Sep 2

#JavaScript #Node #NPM #Yarn #pnpm

A meme of Lisa Simpson walking onto a large stage, with a notecard in-hand to give a presentation to large crowd, determination on her face, ready to convince the world.

The slide behind her says, "`--frozen-lockfile` should be the default".

Doug Parker@develwithoutacause· Jul 31

Writing a doc discussing UA stylesheets today and now I can't help but realize: