I'm Alan Pope, an open-source enthusiast and self-taught coder. I work in Developer Relations at Tesslio. I co-present the Linux Matters podcast with @flexiondotorg and @marxjohnson.
I created grummage, sbommage, slomore and a bunch of other projects.
- popey/popey.com-blog (1 day ago) — Source for my Hugo-based blog at blog.popey.com
- popey/halloy-snap (1 day ago) — Snapcraft configuration for the halloy irc client
- astrolicious/agent-skills (2 days ago)
- popey/syft-snap (3 days ago) — Snap package for Syft, an SBOM generator
- popey/grype-snap (3 days ago) — Snap package for Grype, a vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems
- fernandezbaptiste/roast-my-skill (3 days ago)
- popey/libation-snap (3 days ago) — Snap package for Libation, a tool to liberate your audio books
- kurtosis-tech/kurtosis (5 days ago) — A platform for packaging and launching blockchain infra. Think docker compose for blockchain
- microclaw/microclaw (5 days ago) — 🦀An agentic AI assistant that lives in your chats, inspired by nanoclaw and incorporating some of its design ideas. Built with Rust 🦀
- FlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide (5 days ago) — A tremendous feat of documentation, this guide covers Claude Code from beginner to power user, with production-ready templates for Claude Code features, guides on agentic workflows, and a lot of great learning materials, including quizzes and a handy "cheatsheet". Whether it's the "ultimate" guide to Claude Code will be up to the reader :)
- Update README: remove repo stats image, add recent articles on popey/popey.com-blog (1 day ago)
- Update Hugo version to 0.156.0 to match Cloudflare on popey/popey.com-blog (1 day ago)
- docs: add CONTRIBUTING.md with persona contribution guide on fernandezbaptiste/roast-my-skill (3 days ago)
- feat: improve skill scores across 19 skills on FlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide (5 days ago)
- feat: fix skill frontmatter validation across all 68 skills on NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit (5 days ago)
- feat: improve skill scores for codex-skills on am-will/codex-skills (5 days ago)
- feat: improve skill scores for claude-ads on AgriciDaniel/claude-ads (5 days ago)
- feat: improve skill scores across swarm-tools on joelhooks/swarm-tools (5 days ago)
- feat: improve skill scores for turbo-laravel on hotwired-laravel/turbo-laravel (5 days ago)
- feat: improve skill scores across 8 skills on kurtosis-tech/kurtosis (5 days ago)
- ecappa/web-dev-estimation (3) — Agent Skill for Claude Code — estimates dev task time calibrated for AI agents, not humans.
- vivqu/SwiftUIAgentToolkit (3) — Basic toolkit to bootstrap vibe-coding mobile apps
- LerianStudio/ring (145) — Mandatory workflow system enforcing software engineering best practices and quality gates for AI agents.
- rileyhilliard/rr (163) — Easily sync code to a remote machine and run commands there. That's it.
- boshu2/agentops (218) — The missing DevOps layer for coding agents. Flow, feedback, and memory that compounds between sessions.
- sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills (493) — Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.
- SiruGao/token-saver (4) — 🌶️ OpenClaw skill that reduces token consumption by 30-60% through context compression and smart optimization
- onmax/nuxt-skills (602) — Vue, Nuxt, and NuxtHub skills for AI coding assistants.
- chrisboden/cursor-skills (16)
- jnsgruk/brewlog (8) — B{rew}log is a self-hosted coffee logging platform for tracking your roasters, roasts, brews, cafes and brewing gear.
I co-present Linux Matters podcast with my friends @flexiondotorg and @marxjohnson. Here are some recent episodes:
- Tailor Snaps for Big Iron (5 days ago)
- The Smell of Git (2 weeks ago)
- Mark's Meshing About (1 month ago)
- Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers (1 month ago)
- Points of You (2 months ago)
- Screenshotting the Car UI (2 weeks ago)
- SnapScope - Vuln Scanning Snap Packages (3 months ago)
- Open Source coding, maintenance and chat (3 months ago)
- Open Source coding, maintenance and chat (3 months ago)
- More Linux Terminal Noodling and open source stuff. (4 months ago)
- Running RISC-V in a VM to test my snaps (4 weeks ago)
- The Threads Algorithm Loves Rage Bait (1 month ago)
- Malware Peddlers Are Now Hijacking Snap Publisher Domains (2 months ago)
- Spotlighting Community Stories (1 year ago)
- Where are Podcast Listener Communities (2 years ago)







