dev-radarlisted
Install: claude install-skill CodeWithJuber/forgekit
# Dev radar
On-demand scan of what's actually happening in software dev right now — not
training-data recall. Signal over noise, coding topics only.
## Sources (fetch live each run)
- **GitHub trending** — [https://github.com/trending?since=daily](https://github.com/trending?since=daily) | weekly | monthly
(add `&spoken_language_code=` / language filters). Best for real traction.
Cross-check a repo's health before recommending (last commit, releases, issues,
license) — trending ≠ maintained.
- **Reddit** (via WebSearch / old.reddit JSON) — r/programming, r/webdev,
r/ExperiencedDevs, r/nextjs, r/node, r/LocalLLaMA, r/MachineLearning. Read the
top comments, not just the headline — Reddit's value is the critique.
- **Papers** — arXiv (cs.SE, cs.AI), Hugging Face papers (HF MCP), Context7 for
library docs. Use for AI/ML and algorithmic topics.
- **Blogs** — WebSearch for Medium/eng-blog posts; treat as opinion, verify claims.
## Method
1. Scope to the user's stack unless they widen it: Next.js/React, Node, Postgres +
pgvector, TypeScript, Python, LLM/agent tooling. Ignore unrelated trends.
2. Gather from 2-3 sources in parallel; dedupe.
3. **Hype filter** — drop "X is dead" / "just switch to Y" posts unless there's
real evidence (adoption, benchmarks, maintainer signal). Note the counter-view.
4. For anything actionable, hand it to `tech-selector` before recommending adoption.
## Output (dated)
A short digest: **What's moving** (3-6 items: repo/paper/thread · one l