I'm Alistair. I work at Anthropic on Bun and Claude Code. I'm interested in things like language specifications and type systems. I've been called a TypeScript wizard at least a few times. It's nice to meet you.I try to write every now and then, often about stuff I've recently been working on. Hover your mouse here to see the list.
Ambient Declarations
Explaining ambient declarations with @types/bun as an example
Avoiding homework with code (and getting caught)
The eventful tale of me getting fed up with my homework
The 0kb Next.js blog
How I shipped a Next.js app with a 0kb bundle
Serverless Discord OAuth with Next.js
Implementing basic Discord OAuth on Vercel's serverless platform
A strict TSConfig
The strictest TypeScript configuration possible. "Look ma, no errors!"
Some of my open source work. Hover to browse, or click the lock to keep it open.
oven-sh/bun
ZigIncredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager
alii/azs
TypeScriptAmplify your Zod schemas with methods
alii/searchy
TypeScriptCloudflare + Google = supercharged web surfing
alii/linear-style
TypeScriptAn index for Linear themes
alii/use-lanyard
TypeScriptReact hook for realtime Discord presence via Lanyard
alii/use-last-fm
TypeScriptReact hook for realtime Last.fm data
kaito-http/kaito
TypeScriptHTTP framework for TypeScript
alii/poimandres-terminal
Terminal color profiles inspired by Poimandres VSCode themes
alii/discord-jsx
TypeScriptExperimental Discord bots with JSX
alii/nextkit
TypeScriptZero-dependency API toolkit for Next.js
alii/permer
TypeScriptAbstraction for handling flags with bitwise operations
alii/arc
GleamJavaScript on the BEAM
alii/al
VA small, statically-typed, expression-oriented programming language
alii/trisma
TypeScriptPrisma but with TypeScript for data modelling
alii/typestr
TypeScriptZero runtime TypeScript string library using type-level magic
I'm currently in San Francisco, CA 📍