matt1398

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by matt1398 8mo ago
The problem with `--verbose` is that it floods the terminal, making real-time debugging a headache. Also, this isn't a wrapper—it’s a passive viewer. I built it specifically to keep the native terminal workflow intact. It’s especially
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by matt1398 8mo ago
I don't sit there watching every session either—that's definitely not the point. It's more like standard observability. You don't watch your server logs all day, but when an error spikes, you need deep tracing to find ou
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by matt1398 8mo ago
To be clear, I'm not saying they solve high-level software design. The goal is to prevent the agent from getting derailed by basic noise. Forcing it to deal with strict TS errors, dead code (Knip), or broken formatting in the feedback
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by matt1398 8mo ago
True. They actually do support basic OTel now, but it's mostly limited to high-level metrics like token usage and session counts. Until then, parsing the local files seem to be pretty much the only way to get real observability.
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by matt1398 8mo ago
Yeah, debugging swallowed command outputs is definitely a pain. Thanks for giving it a spin tonight! Let me know if you run into any issues.
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by matt1398 8mo ago
I actually had the exact same worry when I started building this. But it turns out Claude Code's official VS Code extension is built to read these exact same local `.jsonl` files. So unless Anthropic decides to intentionally break thei
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by matt1398 8mo ago
Fair point. The root directory can be seen noisy right now. There are two main reasons for that: 1. Cross-platform distribution: Shipping an Electron app across macOS (ARM/Intel), Linux (AppImage/deb/rpm), Windows, and mainta
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by matt1398 8mo ago
To clarify on what the others mentioned: `/usage` and `/status` in the CLI do give you basic session token counts. But regarding khoury's original point about the actual "gas in the tank" (billing/account balan
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Show HN: I built a tool to un-dumb Claude Code's CLI output (Local Log Viewer)(github.com)
69 points by matt1398 8mo ago|44 comments