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/grype-snap (2 days ago) — Snap package for Grype, a vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems
• popey/syft-snap (2 days ago) — Snap package for Syft, an SBOM generator
• popey/halloy-snap (2 days ago) — Snapcraft configuration for the halloy irc client
• jordanhubbard/loom (3 days ago) — A fully autonomous (no human-in-loop) agentic based project design and coding machine
• popey/libation-snap (3 days ago) — Snap package for Libation, a tool to liberate your audio books
• popey/popey.me (4 days ago) — Personal website
• popey/snapupdates (4 days ago) — An unofficial alternative view of new and updated snaps in the snapcraft store.
• snapcrafters/xonotic (4 days ago) — A community-maintained package to easily install Xonotic on Linux
• snapcrafters/corsixth (4 days ago) — A community-maintained package to easily install CorsixTH on Linux
• snapcrafters/luanti (5 days ago) — A community-maintained package to easily install Luanti (formerly Minetest) on Linux

• ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on hotovo/aider-desk (1 week ago)
• ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on callstackincubator/agent-skills (1 week ago)
• ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on UKGovernmentBEIS/inspect_ai (1 week ago)
• ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on OthmanAdi/planning-with-files (1 week ago)
• ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on kepano/obsidian-skills (1 week ago)
• ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on slidevjs/slidev (1 week ago)
• ci: add Tessl skill-review-and-optimize workflow with /apply-optimize on 0xranx/golembot (1 week ago)
• ci: add automated skill review for SKILL.md pull requests on microclaw/microclaw (3 weeks ago)
• ci: add automated skill review for SKILL.md pull requests on Dimillian/Skills (3 weeks ago)
• ci: add automated skill review for SKILL.md pull requests on rohitg00/pro-workflow (3 weeks ago)

• lirantal/repolyze (31) — Analyze a git source code repository for health signals and project vitals
• castrojo/bootc-ecosystem (1) — What's going on in bootc?
• wimpysworld/sidra (44) — An elegant Apple Music desktop client for Linux, macOS and Windows. No frippery, just quality. A better class of Cider 🍎
• tesslio/skill-review (8) — A GitHub Action that automatically reviews SKILL.md files changed in a pull request and posts results as a PR comment
• tesslio/setup-tessl (2) — GitHub Action to install the Tessl CLI
• samber/cc-skills-golang (1358) — 🧑‍🎨 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 (6) — Basic toolkit to bootstrap vibe-coding mobile apps
• LerianStudio/ring (177) — 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 (176) — Easily sync code to a remote machine and run commands there. That's it.

I co-present Linux Matters podcast with my friends @flexiondotorg and @marxjohnson. Here are some recent episodes:

• Pouring out the Sidra (1 week ago)
• VNC? No way! (3 weeks ago)
• Tailor Snaps for Big Iron (1 month ago)
• The Smell of Git (1 month ago)
• Mark's Meshing About (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 (2 months ago)
• The Threads Algorithm Loves Rage Bait (2 months ago)
• Malware Peddlers Are Now Hijacking Snap Publisher Domains (3 months ago)
• Spotlighting Community Stories (1 year ago)
• Where are Podcast Listener Communities (2 years ago)