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 things I've built or worked on.
oven-sh/bun
ZigFast JavaScript runtime, bundler, and package manager. I work on this at Anthropic.
alii/arc
GleamJavaScript on the BEAM. Run JS/TS on the Erlang VM.
alii/al
VA small, statically-typed, expression-oriented programming language.
valtyr/prisma-kysely
TypeScriptGenerate Kysely types directly from your Prisma schema.
kaito-http/kaito
TypeScriptType-safe HTTP framework for TypeScript.
alii/use-lanyard
TypeScriptReact hook for fetching Discord presence through Lanyard.
alii/nextkit
TypeScriptTypesafe API routes for Next.js.
alii/use-last-fm
TypeScriptReact hook for grabbing Last.fm now playing data.
alii/discord-jsx
TypeScriptWrite Discord messages with JSX.
alii/poimandres-terminal
Poimandres theme for the terminal.
alii/linear-style
TypeScriptCSS inspired by Linear's landing page.
alii/azs
TypeScriptA URL shortener.
alii/searchy
TypeScriptFull-text search, written in TypeScript.
alii/permer
TypeScriptBitfield-based permissions in TypeScript.
alii/trisma
TypeScriptPrisma utilities.
alii/typestr
TypeScriptTypeScript type-level string parser.
I'm currently in San Francisco, CA 📍