kashsuks

Its been quite a while since I last dev-logged but here I go :D I kinda slowed down dev because ive been working on other ysws mainly #remixed but im sorta back now!

Heres what I worked on:

• SSH support: The user can now connect to a remotely hosted server via ssh using pinel connect <ip> which opens up a tui tool allowing the user to select file(s) they want to edit in the code editor. Thanks to Sahil for providing me with a machine to test on :p
• I also spent a shit ton of time writing proper documentation for complex pieces of code.
• The editor can now also detect when file structure changes are made outside of the editor and syncs them (one notable usage would be when a user checks into a new branch)
• I also fixed a bug where if modifiers (such as control/command) where used along with a letter for a keybind, both the command and the letter where activated causing unwanted behaviour. Fixing this issue also fixed the terminal focus issue I had before!

The image is what the TUI looks like when a user connects to a remote server via ssh

Basically i said screw windows (for now) because one of the core deps doesnt seem to work cross platform. I also made sure that installing via windows on the actual website is disable such that when you are on a windows machine, the download for windows button is greyed out and when hovered over says “Not available” or something like that i cant remember.

Also made a logo ish

time to ship

Changelog

• haha no windows brrr(https://github.com/kashsuks/Pinel/commit/94c4fb3)
• fix: fixed flickering of images from subpixel changes
• fix: cntrl=true and command=true for linux build
• log: im stupid i forgot i cant use keyboard
• log: adding keybind loggers for os testing

The internal API for basic stuff works!! Basically i looked at how neovim uses lua to invoke its internal api and decided to implement that so i can allow scripting in Pinel! It was actually pretty easy. While vim/nvims api was written in C I was able to port over the basic infrastructure which just involves invoking those functions and logging them when the app loads. While this does increase load time it is very minimal.

I also wrote up the docs for it!

The first image is me disabling the sidebar using the script in the second image.

here is a template file you can check out to see how it works!

More functions and language supports to come soon!

Changelog

• added template init file
• Add initial configuration for Pinel theme
• added rest of v1 api functions
• added some api functions
• fix: loads from root .config instead of /Applications/
• feat: added lua internal api for basic visual

I added a floor to the game! Theres also a new font and loading screen! I also redesigned the main menu to have a bit more animations and make it easier to understand. ship ship ship

Changelog

• wip: this shit aint working but ill fix it later
• feat: only one dish at a time
• WE HAVE A FLOOR WOOOOO
• feat: new font usage
• added timer bar and new font
• feat: added other assets and fixed reference
• feat: added lettuce and omelete images
• feat: updated code so that metronome feature exists
• feat: basic file structure needs debugging
• Initial commit

Pretty massive stuff! I added markdown rendering support (with hot-reloading so that any change appears instantly) and it works pretty well! I found the package frostmask yesterday while doomscrolling in bed and it turns out its pretty darn efficient. I need to figure out as to why the code editor section is choppy/slow when markdown render is active.

Some Stats:
Loading the markdown: *~ 1-1.5 seconds*
Hot-reloading: < 1 second

The image linked is a part of the codebase that is using the new active markdown render feature

Changelog

• feat: tested ver of markdown support
• fix: added impl references for markdown preview
• wip: added split-preview state
• fix: added navigation to command palette using arrow keys
• ci: fix 2 >= 8 level vulns in deps
• feat: added SF-Pro for ui font
• doc: added SF Pro -> change for ui font
• feat: fully updated code editor colours + guide for themes
• feat: added delay for hover + docs for customization
• feat: added hover documentation

I mostly worked on documentation and getting the site ready! Everything has been pretty smooth so far!

I thought of an idea while in the shower. Sahil suggested i add ssh support such that i can edit the contents of a file or directory while sshed into it. VSCode has this (thats how I worked on an old project which was hosted on nest). The average user wouldn’t need access to a ssh client and edit stuff so why not make it a terminal command such as pinel connect <ssh host> where could be [email protected] and traverse and edit a directory and its contents through it

Changelog

• unfinished about
• added some about
• add 2.4 general package manager docs
• added 2.2 windows
• added 2.1 macos
• feat: added all of section 1 and 2.0
• Create CREDITS.md
• feat: added de-loading of lsp upon inactive

I’ve been vibecoding quite a bit to fix up some issues that i have absolutely no clue why they fail. For example I followed the LSP support guide for iced-code-editor and I still haven’t been able to understand as to why it didn’t work. It’s my priority and I just cannot figure out why. I had opus give me some code for lsp loading and i gave it back an idea to de load the server when a file is inactive.

The images in the devlog are of my activity monitor while multiple files are open as well as the autocomplete working!

Changelog

• feat: added de-loading of lsp upon inactive
• feat: added log support
• feat: new theme and lsp rewrite ish
• wip feat: addded some lsp fixes

Okay so I wanted to add one more feature before I start using Pinel to build itself and that feature was automatic indentation. Little did i know just how much of a pain this is to implement. For starters, i have to write the logic for it by myself (which i dont mind) but the issue is that its really really weird. I tested out my code. Heres how it went:

• Doesn’t work
• Works in some files
• Doesn’t work again
• Works again in some files
• Stops working
• Works again in some files

I decided to put it aside for now and just deal with it later

Changelog

• feat: indentation support for languages with modifiers
• feat: tabs for indentation + basic smart tabs
• feat: added window resize saving + preferences.lua edit
• fix: changed all references of rode to pinel
• fix: disabled vim mode
• doc: changed references from rode -> pinel

This is a pretty important devlog as we now have…. Integrated terminal support! I found this really cool rust crate a while ago that allows for terminal emulation using Iced in rust! It’s called iced_term. Its still in beta so I would assume it isnt perfect but its really cool! I might even consider making my own contributions to it :D

I also renamed some references in the codebase from “Rode” and changed it to “Pinel” as a part of the new transfer

fyi the image in the devlog is the actual application showing the current state of the integrated terminal

If you plan on using it, i have tested it for mac but when a release is made it will be tested for all supported operating systems!

Changelog

• doc: changed references from rode -> pinel
• feat: added terminal integration needs sizing

I remade the autocomplete and it somewhat works but ill probably have to scrap that code for now since i found this that now has lsp + autocomplete support. My plan is to use that in order to have autocomplete + a bit of my own algorithm!

Also i took feedback from my last voting cycle and made a website! This will be used as a way for people to quick install as well as look at docs. Claude Opus 4.6 cooked w/ this and so did opencode! check out the site here

Changelog

• fixed stuff
• fixed object object issue for docs sidebar
• uhh vibecoded sections not done
• new doc
• added the new pinel site
• new files
• new theme
• feat: readder proper autcomplete with full structure

theres this really cool crate that i came across https://crates.io/crates/iced-code-editor and so i saw that it had native number line support. I’ve been trying to get proper number line support for the past 20 days and i just couldn’t figure out a solution and this crate had exactly that!! i tried it out and it looks so fricking peak

I also added some optimisation for file opening and tested it! Before this it would take 3-4 seconds to load an 8k file into buffer but after the optimisation changes it takes <1 second

Changelog

• feat: vibecoded a switch over to iced-code-editor
• Refactor release workflow for improved structure
• 0.4.3 because 0.4.2 exists but is failed build
• Remove ‘–locked’ option from cargo build commands
• Bump version from 0.4.1 to 0.4.2
• Refactor release workflow for Arch Linux support
• feat: prompt when opening sensitive files
• feat: basic vim stuff

Added a very very very minimal lsp support that just shows an error exists when it does! Stayed up all night working on it sob. Oh also vim commands (ish) its very buggy but im working on it :D I also switched over to using ropey for some quick text editing!

Changelog

• feat: basic vim stuff
• feat: using ropey for quick text editing
• feat: added in line suggestion
• fix: moved lsp to bottom
• feat: added basic lsp support

So i accidentally leaked my hackatime api key in front of 20 ppl. And so i implemented api key blur! it looks kinda mid rn but thats because i just want to get it working. I’ll probably have a similar system where it prompts when you try to open a file like.env so that you don’t accidentally leak some stuff. Also i changed the codebase to use a subscription system where the app subscribes to certain features/processes (this helps me have a cleaner codebase)

Changelog

• wip feat: added a basic key blur
• wip: added subscription based system
• doc: refactored app.rs into smaller subscribtion based files
• Template AGENTS.md more to come

I tried making it into a universal DMG with proper checksums so that I can have an auto update feature inside the editor. Its going horribly because apple is weird!

Other than that I changed the theme selection to be a dropdown and it actually saves it now!

Changelog

• Bump version from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1
• ci: added tokio to iced features
• wip feat: adding auto-updater
• feat: made themes into dropdown and theme saving
• fix: updated file structure so that assets under src for crates
• feat: updated release file for new checksum stuff
• wip feat: added number lines, need to move along with code
• bumping from 0.3.2 to 0.4.0
• fix: made the code editor section a bit cleaner

Switched the codebase over to used iced! ill make more optimisations in the near future but practically everyithing looks the same. I will need to revisit and see what other packages to use for optimisation but other than that ive been having an amazing expoerience with iced! Most of this stuff is ai code that was rewritten to work with iced but that will change as i refactor!

I worked on the indentation feature because who codes without proper indentation. I might be stupid but im not a psycho and it sorta works. Still some tweaks because it doesnt feel right. Also new version! Thanks to shuflduf for making 0.3.2 possible :)

Changelog

• Bump version from 0.3.1 to 0.3.2
• feat: added functioning smart tabs

I reworked the treesitter code so that highlighting follows an actually good standard unlike wtv homemade algorithm i had before. I also tried using Rode to code rode and holy shit it was horrible. Bottom 1 experience of ALL time

Uhh ok so i need to add the auto tab thing and figure out why navigation is dogshit

The syntax highlighter is supposed to be like under 1ms (1/1000) for my people who dont know what a millisecond is and uhh yeah idk how to test it but maybe later when i understand it

Changelog

• feat: added tree-sitter-highlight
• style: run cargo fmt

Hackatime/wakatime support works. It was surprisingly simple and yeah.

Shuflduf showed me this really cool gist they wrote for automating github release + crates release and i will be using it from now on.

Next up: optimisation + git/lazygit integration

Changelog

• doc: so im stupid and i put the release in the wrong dir
• doc: using shuflduf gist release action
• doc: cargo and toml for crates release
• feat: added wakatime/hackatime support with endpoint testing

So i added a settings section in the file navigation bar and it seems to be working pretty good. I also fixed why the autocomplete suggestion accepting wasnt working and its been fixed!

Changelog

• doc: updating lock and toml for release
• feat: added navigation and selection for fuzzy finding through modal
• doc: removed unused variable for autocomplete
• feat: you can use lua for themes now
• feat: added settings section in file navigator + command

I readded some old features that were disabled for a stable release! they include the fuzzy finder (which now has a new keybind), and the command palette! I also worked on a startup text that shows when the user is not in a file or a directory! Kinda like what vscode has

Changelog

• feat: no file or folder open animation added
• use modifier+shift+f for fuzzy finder
• feat: re-added the command palette back to usage
• feat: updated utils file with arch support
• Delete dist directory
• doc: updated lock and toml file for crates release

We have auto bracket closing support my bluds it tweaked out for a bit because i was logging every bracket related action instead of only opening meaning that even if i backspaced an open bracket to bring it back to one line, it would append a closing bracket. I fixed this by only accounting for physical changes to the brackets! Next step is to auto tab when the user opens a bracket into a new line!

Changelog

• feat: fixed the mitosis of closing bracket upon backspace
• wip feat: semi working closing brackets
• fix: wip fix for out of range mallloc error

Some random guy commented on my github issue yesterday to show his fuzzy finding algorithm so i spent 2 hours implementing it! The algorithm is able to index and generate results in under 30 milliseconds for indexes of size ≤ 1000 and for sizes 1000 < n < 10,000 it takes 60-300 ms!

Changelog

• fix: removed the annoying enter state for autocomplete
• doc: new lock and toml file
• feat: semi working intergration of ff autocomplete
• feat: added types file for aoc
• feat: added the public api and mod for autocomplete
• basic files added
• fix: switch to modular dir
• doc: dry run lock file
• doc: getting ready for cargo push for 0.2.0

v1 of the treesitter works! It’s kinda hardcoded but its get the job done for most users. It has support for js, tx, rust, and python! I’ll probably integrate native LSP support next so that its easier for treesitter to detect the keywords for other languages

Changelog

• feat: finished v1 of treesitter python works
• wip feat: added rest of support needs testing
• wip feat: updating other src to work with tst
• wip feat: added the treesitter file needs impl

I tried publishing rode-editor v0.1.2 and realized that the icon system just would not work and so I had to come up with a series of fixes.

In the end i realized that embedding the files into the system and then if not found using a fallback system to load them directly from the assets folder seems to work!

I’ll test out the performance and functionality trade offs of this soon hopefully by 0.1.5 when I add treesitter support but until then thats it!

The image in the devlog is v0.1.4 of rode-editor that is opened inside of another project of mine. Used solely for showing that the icons work on the official crates.io version

Changelog

• doc: added lock file for dry run
• doc: dry running publish for 0.1.4
• fix: updated the paths for icons to work with compiled version

Changelog

• feat: basic autocomplete that kinda harcoded
  Not that many changes here but what I did is pretty significant. Rode now has a (somewhat) working autocomplete! I kinda just harcoded the keywords for rust, js/ts, and python and then some common stuff like data types. There is also a detection system to find the context of where the user is (inside a function or not) and then change the results based on that.

I had to debug some errors dealing with the HashSet library that is a part of std::collections but other than that its been going pretty well!

Changelog

• feat: actually function icon manager with fixes
  I realized that FitTo was not a part of std so i had to import it from usvg. Due to this i rewrote some rendering parts of the code and the icon manager works!
• wip feat: icon manager
  This was an extremely base version where I just had the barebones stuff such as the file entension detection and routed them to the actual files
• doc: using file icon packs from EmmanuelBeziat and move fonts
  I imported all the files from EmmanuelBeziat/vscode-great-icons and i chose them as my file icons of choice! I’ll figure out a way to allow users to have custom file icons but thats honestly out of my scope for now
• feat: added fira code support without error
  Fira code support (without ligatures) works now :) I can’t really use the programmer version with the ligatures without rewriting my whole rendering backend so thats a task for later
• wip feat: fira code default support for fonts
  I downloaded and imported the fira code font versions and just had them up and running!

NOTE: The images I linked are of the actual file tree in its current state as well as some sample code from another project just to show what the font looks like :)

I played around with the fuzzy finder a bit more and readded it to the application and its pretty stable! I think theres a couple more bugs i need to fix such as the files not being opened when selected through the fuzzy finder modal but other than that its fine!

I worked on some vim commands. vibecoded a tad bit of it but it sucks so ill probably rewrite some parts of it! The cursor works but the problem is that the actual cursor and the vim cursor are not synced. The blue block in the i

i made a cloudflare worker to fetch my commit count in this year

added last fm integration so that it shows how many songs i listened to this year

added some very very basic html

took a tad bit but i used the power of local storage in order for the user to store their scout and load it at anytime

I made a landing page. tried to switch to next js using a tad bit of vibecoding but that went horribly wrong so im back with my beloved sveltekit

i worked on a zen mode and it seems to work pretty well.

I worked on treesitter transparency support so that I can have full transparency. I also also auto theme choosing by the editor so that neovim can auto select between light and dark mode depending on other settings

I worked on the matchups section and made it so that you can drag the team numbers into the matchups

Pretty simple devlog I wrote up some updated docs so that the shipwrights can actually use it.

I fixed a few issues that were stopping me from publishing my project to [crates.io](https://crates.io] and it took me a bit to fix those but the main one was like about an if statement that could’ve been a bit more efficient.

After that I spent the rest of my time just writing an actually good looking readme and I’m done! There are a LOT of issues but atleast the app is useable I’ll fix more later :pf:

Oh I also drew a logo in excalidraw

It’s been a while since I devlogged here because I’ve been spending my time working on this project for campfire flagship but I might just submit it for flavortown. Some really MASSIVE changes i made were:

• https://github.com/kashsuks/Rode/commit/7bd004e65a379c4213e695b46310a726441e72f1 Adding a fuzzy finder so that once the user is in Normal mode and they press ff (leader in this case being space) it opens up a fuzzy finder modal. The algorithm uses a score system so that we are able to easily rank the files with the most relevant results.

I also wanted to add a file navigation bar (similar to what VSCode has when you press [ctrl]+b and so for that I needed to add an option for the user to open a directory (or folder if you’re weird ig)

• https://github.com/kashsuks/Rode/commit/66b53b9beb12fe867cd95628aac620f567ed1998 It doesn’t take long but it’s the backbone that allows me to have a file navigator

And so the actual file navigator system took me a while. I still need to figure out as to why the emojis don’t work for rust files but other than that everything seems fine!

• https://github.com/kashsuks/Rode/commit/947a94691b8e10ed931e901765d4ef9f29210260

I transferred over this project from campfire flagship and so far I have a metronome which is supposed to be the beat. Not only that but I also have a floor asset I found online. I tried to draw art for the omelette but I failed miserably so I resorted to online assets for the omelet and the lettuce. I made a bar for the beat so that the user knows when is a good time to hit the beat. I also made it such that for the dishes it only shows the beats for one dish at a time instead of showing all three. I still need to make a home page with a menu and everything but it seems pretty good so far!

I started configuring my sketchybar fully and I would say it came out pretty well!

I added telescope to my neovim config and configured it! I use ff for opening the fuzzy finder for the current directory its really neat! Not only that but I also intergrated my theme (blueberry.nvim) into my config so that I can continue using it!

I added some more options such as keymaps and I also allowed the user to use transparent mode! There is both a light and dark theme.

i worked on my kitty config and my neovim now uses nvchad instead of lazy vim. Also spicetify

I added text magnification detection. An issue i had before was that when you zoom in, the number lines zoom at a different rate than the text and that has been fixed!! Not only that but I started on the tab switching sytem. Its a bit buggy but its getting somewhere

I made a kitty config and added some very basic configs to it. Also fira code. Yes. Also added some stuff to neovim such as a similar colour scheme

I worked on text highlighting for the find and replace modal. When the user tries to find a piece of something it highlights the text and moves the whole screen to that region. I also added a command such that the user can open a file from the terminal! I also added match checking so now in the find and replace modal it shows how matches there are and which one the user is currently on!

First devlog of 2026!! I wanted to integrate a modal for Vim commands. It’s based on a Neovim plugin that I really enjoyed using and decided to integrate that into CatEditor!! I also added cursor position saving so that if you move columns and go up or down, it saves the position of that column!

This session added quite a lot of stuff! I worked on a find and replace system where if the user pressed command + f it opens up the modal and they can find and replace text. I also fixed an issue where the line numbers would double up after they go past, like number 9. I also fixed up the command palette and made the suggestion box real. It is yet to work, but it’s getting there! Another extremely important thing i worked on was restructuring the project. I put the files into sub directories so that it’s easy to scale!

I spent quite a while fixing issues that Dodge suggested for the theme loader. It uses a config system that doesn’t load every second; rather, the user has to either force-reload the app or quit and reopen. Not only that, but I also started working on the command palette feature. It’s very scrappy, but I got it to a point where pressing cmd + comma makes a little box pop up, it dims the background and has a field for entering text, and then the results box. I haven’t actually gotten to work on the suggestions and make proper suggestions, but uh yeah! I really like where this is going, but tomorrow I’m going to work on cleaning up some consistency with unused vars as well as making sure my project structure is scalable!

I worked for quite a while trying to get this thing on da web. Had to play around for a while with github pages and my github actions before something actually worked. After a tad bit of debugging it finally works!

I finally fixed the leetcode issue! So for a while now since the migration to go I wasn’t able to get the leetcode sync feature to work. (which was the last thing i needed to fix) and turns out it was an issue with how I indexed data through my api call to the leetcode api. After that I spent a while. rewriting the docs. to be updated!

I spent quite a while working on fixing more cursor issues since it kept bugging out 50% of the time. After that was fixed, I worked on integrating catppuccin into the editor as the native colour scheme! I plan on making a scripting language or just editing source files so that the user can have their own themes in the future.

I wrote up the code for the vim movement motions (which took up wayyyyyyyyyy too much time) and I also added cursor that is visible in the different modes (insert, normal, etc)! The app is also in full screen by default!

I started working on the project. I used egui in rust in order to first render a box and then kept iterating it. I got number lines, a top menu bar, some vim motions, a cleaned up ui, and fullscreen. It’s still very buggy but its somewhat useable

I spent a good while getting the team data from the api onto the site into a nicely formatted table. After that I decided to work on the alliance selection section that allows the user to lay out all of their alliances. I plan on changing the sizing of things but yeah :D

For the uhh past very long while I tweaked around with Svelte. SInce im still a newbie at svelute it took me quite a bit of time and a bit of chatgpt to get used to it. HOWEVER I decided that I’m going to use catppuccin for the theme and make the animations flat! it’s the kind of style that I really enjoy using and it’s the one that I will be using! So far I got the base ui setup and the api sends data to the console. For the next devlog, I want to be able to format the teams from the api into the appropriate columns

Almost everything has been rewritten. I wrote all of the files but Golangs goofy import system pisses me off!! I’ve been testing for a good while and realised my project structure is absolute shit so I’m gonna spend a while trying to clean it up

I changed the name of the project and with that I had to change most of the file import definitions in go with the new ones. Along with that I wrote the test run file which allows the user to quick test the project with testcases (expected and input)

It’s been a while since my last devlog. Since the last time I managed to convert the rating, streak, codeforces, daily challenge, and stats logic from python over to golang! I had to rewrite the core logic for some parts since it just isn’t possible and for some I had to write more code!

I spent that last while rewriting a good % of the project into Golang by using bubbletea, bubbles, and lipgloss. I realized some point in that I won’t be able to support OpenKattis anymore since the API was written for python and my project is written in golang. So thats something I gotta figure out

I wrote lots of documentation! I looked around for something that would be interesting and since Freeport is a TUI I chose the closest thing. A terminal theme jekyll docs theme! I think im ready to ship this

For the past very long while I worked on custom protocols in order for data transfer to happen between two apps. It stores the data temporarily on memory until the other app does a get request in time. There are still a few visual bugs and I need to write documentation but I think this project is pretty close to being a v1!

After the last devlog, I wrote up a protocol for custom data transmission and received. I decide to use an app name and passkey system that each application would be required to use for the headers of their http request. Every custom request comes with an init method preloaded and I plan on adding integration for adding custom methods soon :p

Over the past 2 days, I researched and wrote up some code for the basics of the app. I learnt a bit of bubbletea and some other UI libraries that would be helpful in the process. So far, I have a basic layout of the TUI and wrote up some functional code for the API call for battery data! You can now view battery percentage in the TUI or as an API call to localhost:6767/system/battery I had to write some middleware to ensure only GET requests are allowed. My next step would be to write a protocol in order for other applications to send a recieve data through the Bus