THE INDEX / 11 ENTRIES
Small projects.
Proper attention.
Software that caught our eye, and the questions we want to answer. Three entries now carry Toolglass evidence; the rest remain clearly labelled scouting notes.
History & retrieval
Your coding agents remember everything. Good luck finding any of it.
Spaghetti builds a local search index from coding-agent history. We fed it three bounded real Codex sessions and discovered both a much better way to browse the past and a good reason not to uninstall `rg` just yet.
Agent reliability
What if “done” were something an AI agent had to prove?
Atlas is trying to turn “please don't quietly move the goalposts” from an instruction into software. Its Goal Contracts and evidence gates are only partly wired today, but the idea is interesting enough to deserve attention before the product is finished.
Terminal assistants
TermAI looked interesting. Windows disagreed.
TermAI promises a terminal-native assistant with local sessions, branching, Git helpers and several provider paths. We never reached any of that. On our Windows bench, the current source build stopped at the compiler.
Database tools
A whole database workbench. One terminal.
Six database engines, a terminal interface and an unusually broad brief. Worth a closer look.
Developer tools
Watch the agent. Not the spinner.
A local view into the calls, prompts and pauses behind an AI run.
Notes & knowledge
Your notes. Still your files.
An outliner that puts plain Markdown at the centre of the bargain.
Databases
What if your database could rewind?
Git-style history is a compelling idea. Compatibility is the harder question.
Command-line tools
A protocol meets the command line.
Call MCP tools from a shell. A small bridge with an unusually useful destination.
Development workflow
GitDesktop wants the repository to be the whole workbench.
A broad Git client brings forge activity and optional agent tools into one desktop. The claims are interesting; Toolglass has not tested them.
Workspaces
A desk with room for the whole thought.
Editors, terminals and browser panels share an infinite local canvas.
Build & distribution
Ship the app. Bring the runtime.
A practical answer to “install Java first”, with a distinction worth keeping clear.