Shikomi Six Months In: From Personal Tool to Conference Talk

How a script scaffolding tool grew from an interactive wizard into a full GitOps workflow, and what I learned presenting it at the Concord Software Developers meetup.

May 16, 2026 · 6 min · Matt Parker

Building a Personal Ops System on Top of the Claude CLI

How I built a multi-source daily review system that pulls from Linear, Freshservice, my calendar, git history, and session diaries, and uses Claude to synthesize it all into morning plans, end-of-day summaries, and weekly retrospectives.

March 20, 2026 · 9 min · Matt Parker

Managing TestFlight with Bash and 1Password

How I built a TestFlight beta tester management tool that stores everything (including the private key) in 1Password, implements JWT authentication from scratch in bash, and grew from a simple CLI into a native SwiftDialog GUI app.

March 17, 2026 · 7 min · Matt Parker

Sentinel: Building a CVE-Aware macOS Update System

How I built a two-component macOS update management system that ties CVE severity directly to deployment urgency, so users get accurate security context and admins get phased rollouts that automatically accelerate when it matters.

January 30, 2026 · 8 min · Matt Parker

Introducing Shikomi: Mise en Place for macOS Automation

Why I built a script scaffolding tool for macOS device management, and what it means to start every project with the right foundation.

December 12, 2025 · 5 min · Matt Parker