Linkblog Development - Week 1

Progress report on development of the linkblog. What I was able to accomplish in a week.

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· February 13, 2026 · 3 min read

Background

As I explained on February 7th 2026 I wanted to build my own linkblog.

It’s been one week and I wanted to share progress on the linkblog, and my thoughts on the process so far.

The source is on GitHub.

Progress as of February 13th 2026

It’s Friday the 13th, and here’s where the linkblog stands after one week of development.

  1. Deployed the first version using AWS AppRunner and Supabase.
  2. Built an iOS and macOS share sheet shortcut for adding new links quickly.
  3. Built a Chrome extension with a better interface for link submission.
  4. Updated my blogroll page to pull content from the new service.
  5. Made an enhancement which automatically fills out the title and description fields based on the link’s metadata.
  6. Built a simple Github site for it here.
Screenshot of Linkblog Share SheetScreenshot of Linkblog Chrome Extension

All of this took me around 12 hours of prompting and reviewing. This is where agentic coding delivers real value: rapid iteration on a clearly scoped idea.

Skills and Plugins used

GitHub Issues First — I used the writing-skills plugin to write this one. It makes sure there is a Github issue for everything we decide to implement in the plan. Obviously, you’ll need to write something similar for Jira, Linear, etc. The fact that I used another plugin to write this skill…is a bit meta.. I know :).

GitButler CLI — This allows me to use the GitButler CLI (but) for version control as opposed to vanilla git. I use GitButler exclusively for all my projects, and being able to continue to use it with an agent is important to me. In a way, GB already does the worktree stuff for me, and helps me visualize things better than the git CLI.

Superpowers was the most impactful tool in the stack. Before I wrote a single line of code, it guided me through a structured brainstorming process to nail down requirements for the service. Instead of jumping straight into implementation, I spent time defining what the linkblog needed to do, what it didn’t, and what the API surface should look like. That upfront investment paid off throughout the week — I rarely had to backtrack on architecture decisions.

Frontend Design I’m not good at UI, I think this plugin is a great starting point for simple user interfaces. I used it to help build the Chrome extension.

Testing

Postman — Since this is essentially an API first project, I asked the agent to create a Postman collection so I could test it easily.

What’s Next?

I’ve been using this myself for the past few days, I think it’s working well. Currently this site is static, so the blogroll page gets stale pretty quickly, so I’m going to make that part an Astro Island and make that dynamic.

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