Chm.ski Labs Blog - Platform Engineering & Indie Hacking Insights on platform engineering, developer tools, and indie hacking from Kamil Chmielewski. Learn about building tools that empower developers to ship faster, debug smarter, and gain deep insights into their systems. https://kamil.chm.ski/ en-us Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Parcel + Handlebars - Chm.ski Labs Blog System kamil@chm.ski (Kamil Chmielewski) kamil@chm.ski (Kamil Chmielewski) Copyright 2025 Chm.ski Labs - All rights reserved https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 Platform Engineering Indie Hacking Developer Tools System Architecture MicroSaaS Solo Development Engineering Productivity Software Development Demo-Driven Development CI/CD DevOps Kamil Chmielewski Platform Engineering, Indie Hacking, Developer Tools, System Architecture, MicroSaaS, Solo Development, Engineering Productivity Chm.ski Labs Copyright 2025 Chm.ski Labs en-us Using Your GitHub Copilot Subscription Inside GitHub Actions https://kamil.chm.ski/github-copilot-actions-quickstart https://kamil.chm.ski/github-copilot-actions-quickstart Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 kamil@chm.ski (Kamil Chmielewski) Use the Copilot subscription you already pay for directly inside a GitHub Action. No extra services, gateways, or infra. A single inline call to the chat endpoint so lightweight developer tasks run in CI—consistent, repeatable, not tied to a laptop.

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]]> Kamil Chmielewski 2025-09-25T00:00:00.000Z GitHub Copilot and Actions integration workflow diagram Development AI GitHub Chm.ski Labs Blog Let It Crash — Turning Failure into Your Most Reliable Signal https://kamil.chm.ski/let-it-crash-lesson https://kamil.chm.ski/let-it-crash-lesson Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 kamil@chm.ski (Kamil Chmielewski) Thirteen failed releases reminded me that embracing errors beats prediction. Discover how the Erlang "let it crash" mindset rescued my CI/CD pipeline and the one-line Bash fix that did it.

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]]> Kamil Chmielewski 2025-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Development DevOps Philosophy CI/CD Chm.ski Labs Blog Bridging Rust and TypeScript with zod_gen – End-to-End Type Safety at Cimatic https://kamil.chm.ski/bridging-rust-and-typescript-with-zod_gen https://kamil.chm.ski/bridging-rust-and-typescript-with-zod_gen Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 kamil@chm.ski (Kamil Chmielewski) Solving type drift between Rust backends and TypeScript frontends with automatic code generation. Two open-source crates that generate Zod schemas and TypeScript types directly from Rust structs.

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]]> Kamil Chmielewski 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z Development Rust TypeScript Open Source Chm.ski Labs Blog Vibe Coding is Cheap, Show Me The Demo: How I Code with Playwright UI as My Co-Pilot https://kamil.chm.ski/vibe-coding-cheap-show-me-demo https://kamil.chm.ski/vibe-coding-cheap-show-me-demo Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 kamil@chm.ski (Kamil Chmielewski) In the era of AI-generated code, vibe coding has made writing code effortless but proving it works crucial. Learn Show Me The Demo Development - a methodology that treats demos as specifications using Playwright UI for real-time feedback.

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]]> Kamil Chmielewski 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z Distracted Boyfriend: Walking with "Vibe Coding", turning to look at "Show Me the Demo" Development AI Coding Testing Solo Founder Chm.ski Labs Blog AI Sparks a Dev Tool Spending Spree! Are We Entering a New Golden Era? https://kamil.chm.ski/ai-dev-tools-golden-era https://kamil.chm.ski/ai-dev-tools-golden-era Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 kamil@chm.ski (Kamil Chmielewski) AI has changed the game. I'm happily paying for dev tools that make me faster. Is this the dawn of a new golden era for dev tools?

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]]> Kamil Chmielewski 2025-06-10T00:00:00.000Z AI DevTools Tech Trends Chm.ski Labs Blog How AI + Markdown Can Transform Project Management https://kamil.chm.ski/project-management-ai https://kamil.chm.ski/project-management-ai Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 kamil@chm.ski (Kamil Chmielewski) I ditched complex SaaS planning tools for plain markdown files managed in SilverBullet. Here's why it was a game-changer for my workflow.

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]]> Kamil Chmielewski 2025-05-28T00:00:00.000Z Project Management AI Product Development Chm.ski Labs Blog Introducing Cimatic: A Solo Founder's Journey to Faster CI/CD https://kamil.chm.ski/introducing-cimatic https://kamil.chm.ski/introducing-cimatic Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 kamil@chm.ski (Kamil Chmielewski) A year ago, I left my job to be a full-time parent. In my spare time, I built Cimatic, a tool to optimize CI/CD pipelines. Here's the story.

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