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/ladder-snap (today) — Snap package for Ladder, a web proxy to help bypass paywalls
- popey/shattered-pixel-dungeon-snap (1 day ago) — Snap package for Shattered Pixel Dungeon, a roguelike dungeon crawler
- popey/twinejs-snap (2 days ago) — Snap package for Twine, a tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
- popey/grype-snap (4 days ago) — Snap package for Grype, a vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems
- popey/syft-snap (4 days ago) — Snap package for Syft, an SBOM generator
- popey/libation-snap (6 days ago) — Snap package for Libation, a tool to liberate your audio books
- popey/fab-agon-emulator-snap (1 week ago) — Snap package for the Fab Agon Emulator
- popey/toot-snap (1 week ago) — A snap of toot, the command line mastodon client
- popey/mamesnap (1 week ago) — Snap package for MAME, the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
- popey/popey.me (1 week ago) — Personal website
- ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on UKGovernmentBEIS/inspect_ai (today)
- ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on OthmanAdi/planning-with-files (today)
- ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on kepano/obsidian-skills (today)
- ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on slidevjs/slidev (today)
- ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on 0xranx/golembot (today)
- ci: add automated skill review for SKILL.md pull requests on microclaw/microclaw (2 weeks ago)
- ci: add automated skill review for SKILL.md pull requests on Dimillian/Skills (2 weeks ago)
- ci: add automated skill review for SKILL.md pull requests on rohitg00/pro-workflow (2 weeks ago)
- ci: add automated skill review for SKILL.md pull requests on langchain-ai/deepagents (2 weeks ago)
- ci: add automated skill review for SKILL.md pull requests on mblode/agent-skills (2 weeks ago)
- castrojo/bootc-ecosystem (1) — What's going on in bootc?
- wimpysworld/sidra (14) — An elegant Apple Music desktop client for Linux, macOS and Windows. No frippery, just quality. A better class of Cider 🍎
- tesslio/skill-review (5) — A GitHub Action that automatically reviews SKILL.md files changed in a pull request and posts results as a PR comment
- tesslio/setup-tessl (1) — GitHub Action to install the Tessl CLI
- samber/cc-skills-golang (1174) — 🧑🎨 A collection of Golang agentic skills that works
- ecappa/web-dev-estimation (4) — Agent Skill for Claude Code — estimates dev task time calibrated for AI agents, not humans.
- vivqu/SwiftUIAgentToolkit (5) — Basic toolkit to bootstrap vibe-coding mobile apps
- LerianStudio/ring (169) — 89 skills and 38 specialized agents that enforce proven engineering practices for AI-assisted development. TDD, systematic debugging, parallel code review, and 10-gate development cycles — as a Claude Code plugin marketplace.
- rileyhilliard/rr (173) — Easily sync code to a remote machine and run commands there. That's it.
- boshu2/agentops (272) — The operational layer for coding agents. Memory, validation, and feedback loops that compound between sessions.
I co-present Linux Matters podcast with my friends @flexiondotorg and @marxjohnson. Here are some recent episodes:
- VNC? No way! (1 week ago)
- Tailor Snaps for Big Iron (3 weeks ago)
- The Smell of Git (1 month ago)
- Mark's Meshing About (1 month ago)
- Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers (2 months ago)
- Screenshotting the Car UI (1 month ago)
- SnapScope - Vuln Scanning Snap Packages (4 months ago)
- Open Source coding, maintenance and chat (4 months ago)
- Open Source coding, maintenance and chat (4 months ago)
- More Linux Terminal Noodling and open source stuff. (5 months ago)
- Running RISC-V in a VM to test my snaps (1 month ago)
- The Threads Algorithm Loves Rage Bait (2 months 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)







