Displace Journal
Engineering notes
Tool launches, build logs and lessons from real client work. 7 entries.
InsightsSecurity Is a FeatureAI tools made the web cheaper to attack and more expensive to run. Here is how we keep client sites fast, safe, and unbothered by the bots quietly running up the bill.2026-06-17 · 3 min
Tool launchClaudeBar: A Native macOS Menu Bar App for Claude Code Usage, No Terminal RequiredClaude Code writes its usage to local JSONL files. ClaudeBar reads them from the menu bar: live burn rate, the active 5 hour block, every session ranked. Native SwiftUI, 1.6 MB, no terminal.2026-04-21 · 3 min
Tool launchWe Got Fed Up With DeepL, So We Built a Double-Cmd+C Translator in 200 Lines of LuaDeepL is 200 MB of Electron for a keyboard shortcut. We replaced it with 200 lines of Lua on Hammerspoon: double tap Cmd C, get a side by side translation via Claude. Open source.2026-04-20 · 3 min
InsightsThe Displace Editing Experience: Inline CMS or Cursor, No Developer RequiredWe stopped building on Webflow. Every project now ships on Next.js with two self service editing modes: an inline CMS with guardrails, or Cursor with boundary prompts. No developer required.2026-04-05 · 3 min
Tool launch3 Open-Source Tools We Built for Claude Code (And Why We Released Them)Three small tools that make Claude Code nicer to live with: a statusline that shows what a session costs, a launcher that loads only the MCP servers you need, and a watchdog for runaway processes. All MIT.2026-04-02 · 2 min
Tool launchFocusGuard: We Built a macOS Website Blocker That Can't Be BypassedMost blockers die to a drag into the Trash. FocusGuard runs as a macOS LaunchDaemon with immutable files, escalating delays and a confession phrase. Open source, Swift, macOS 13+.2026-03-28 · 2 min
ComparisonHeadless Shopify vs Shopify Themes: When to Choose Each (With Real Performance Data)We build both. Themes launch in weeks and cap your Lighthouse; headless costs 2 to 3x and removes the ceiling. The honest decision framework, with numbers from our own projects.2026-03-22 · 3 min