Field notes

What your agents leave behind, and what to do about it.

Announcement · September 22, 2026 · 3 min read

Clueprint is out

The beta is over. Clueprint ships today with a 14-day trial, a one-time license, and the same rule it started with: it never deletes your work.

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How-to · September 1, 2026

How to kill the process on a port on macOS

The two commands that free any busy port on a Mac: lsof to find the process, kill to stop it. Plus what EADDRINUSE really means and why the port fills up again.

How-to · August 31, 2026

How to clean up git worktrees without losing work

A practical checklist for removing stale git worktrees safely - what to verify before rm, and how to automate the boring parts.

Meta · August 31, 2026

Clueprint is now a Mac app

The original Clueprint was an MCP server for browser checks. Agents got good at browsers, the problem dissolved, and the name moved to a problem that's growing instead.

Announcement · August 31, 2026

Introducing Clueprint

A native macOS menu bar app that shows every worktree, Docker stack, and dev server on your Mac - and helps you clean up the ones you're done with.

Deep dive · August 31, 2026

Your AI agents are leaving dev servers running

Claude and Codex are great at starting dev environments and terrible at stopping them. How to audit what's actually running on your Mac - and what it costs.