Deep Closeout: PM Interview Practice Tool

Summary

Built and shipped a live audio PM interview practice tool at pezant.ca/interview/. Claude CLI (Max subscription) as interviewer, browser SpeechSynthesis for TTS with 50+ voice options, Web Speech API for STT with auto voice activity detection. Loads 7+ interview prep files as context. Structured scoring rubric (5 categories, advance decision). All loose ends resolved: PM2 for server persistence, autossh for tunnel, 9 company prep mappings + auto-scan, clickable session review page with full transcripts.

Architecture

Browser (STT+TTS) ↔ WebSocket ↔ Express:3456 (WSL) ↔ autossh tunnel ↔ pezant.ca Apache /interview/ (HTTPS). Claude CLI via stdin pipe, sonnet model, Max OAuth.

Key Decisions

  • Claude CLI over API — user requested leveraging Max subscription, zero marginal cost
  • Browser SpeechSynthesis over Edge TTS — user tested Edge TTS, said terrible; browser voices much better
  • 15s silence timeout — original 1.8s too aggressive for PM interview answers
  • Settings panel with Save button — user explicitly requested explicit save vs live-apply

Commits

  • c82aeb0 — Initial implementation
  • 6aed990 — Context/progress files
  • 67290f3 — Loose ends: PM2, autossh, company mappings, session review
  • f115f67 — Final context update

Learnings

  • Edge TTS npm broken on Node 22 (TypeScript in node_modules)
  • ngrok now requires account; Cloudflare quick tunnel API unreliable
  • Web Speech API not-allowed error creates infinite retry loops without denial tracking
  • Claude CLI large prompts must pipe via stdin, not -p argument

Repo: npezarro/pm-interview-practice

PM Interview Practice Tool — Deep Closeout

Context

Built a live audio PM interview practice tool. Claude CLI as interviewer, browser SpeechSynthesis for TTS, Web Speech API for STT. Accessible at pezant.ca/interview/.

Key Decisions

  • Claude CLI via stdin — zero cost on Max sub
  • Browser SpeechSynthesis over Edge TTS — better voices
  • 15s silence timeout, user-configurable
  • SSH tunnel + Apache proxy for public HTTPS

What Was Built

  • Express + WS server with Claude CLI orchestration
  • Context loader reads 7 interview prep files
  • Settings panel with voice picker, text-only mode
  • Structured scoring rubric (5 categories, 1-5 scale)

Deep Closeout: Discord Reliability Overhaul + CLI Mirror

# Deep Closeout: Discord Reliability Overhaul + CLI Mirror

**Date:** 2026-04-06 to 2026-04-07
**Duration:** ~3 hours
**Repos touched:** centralDiscord (12 commits), buying-assistant (2 commits), agentGuidance (1 commit), privateContext (1 commit)

## Context & Motivation

A buying guide request via Discord failed to read a Gemini share link (JS-rendered SPA). Investigation revealed a cascade of quality issues explaining why Discord sessions feel “dumber” than CLI sessions. The user asked for a root cause analysis, fixes, and ultimately a CLI-like interactive experience through Discord.

## What Was Built

### Phase 1: Root Cause Analysis & URL Pre-Fetching

**Problem:** WebFetch silently fails on JS-rendered SPAs (Gemini, React apps). Agents proceed without the context, producing lower-quality results.

**Fixes across 3 repos:**
– `contextFetcher.js`: Auto-detects external URLs in request text, pre-fetches via page-reader (headless Chromium), injects content into prompts
– `contextFetcher.js`: `stripBotOutput()` for retry detection in #buying-guides
– `executor.js` + `jobRequest.js`: Page-reader fallback instruction in all Discord directives
– `routeClassifier.js`: URL-dominated messages (>40% URL chars) classify as TASK, skip debate
– `buying-assistant/CLAUDE.md`: Explicit page-reader fallback instructions
– `agentGuidance/agent.md`: Page-reader fallback as a Core Principle

### Phase 2: Pre-Job Repo Sync

**Problem:** Pushing CLAUDE.md or agent.md changes from local had no effect on Discord agents because VM repos were never pulled.

**Fix:** `preJobSync()` in executor.js does `git pull –ff-only` on agentGuidance and the job’s working directory before every Claude spawn. 8s timeout, fire-and-forget.

Also synced page-reader on VM (was 5 commits behind, missing `–stealth`).

### Phase 3: Interactive Sessions ([WAITING_FOR_INPUT])

**Problem:** Discord sessions are single-shot with `clarifyAmbiguous: ‘best-effort’`. Agents can never ask clarifying questions.

**Solution:** Pause-and-resume protocol:
1. Agent outputs `[WAITING_FOR_INPUT]` + question, then stops
2. Bot detects marker, posts question to Discord, parks session
3. User replies with answer
4. Bot resumes with `–resume ` + answer
5. 30-minute timeout auto-resumes with “proceed with best judgment”

**Files:** sessionPool.js (waiting state management), claudeReply.js (detection + handling in all 3 execution paths), index.js (reply routing for waiting answers), jobRequest.js + executor.js (directive update)

### Phase 4: CLI Mirror Channel

**Problem:** Even with [WAITING_FOR_INPUT], Discord sessions lack the real-time visibility of the CLI.

**Solution:** New `#cli-mirror` channel with streaming output:
– Thread per conversation
– Live message edited every 1.5s with text + tool call indicators (`> Read package.json`)
– Messages freeze at 1800 chars, continue in new messages
– Session continuity via thread replies (`–resume`)
– `[WAITING_FOR_INPUT]` support for mid-task questions

**Files:** New `cliMirror.js` (250 lines), executor.js (configurable `pollIntervalMs`/`progressIntervalMs`, enriched `onProgress` with `textDelta`/`toolEvents`)

### Phase 5: Bug Fixes Found During Testing

1. **`fetchAttachments` return type mismatch** (from auto-merged PR #134): Early return `[]` vs normal return `{ results, mediaTempDir }`. Every text-only message in #requests was crashing. Fixed the early return.

2. **Raw NDJSON posted to Discord**: `local-worker.sh` had `2>&1` merging stderr into the NDJSON stream, corrupting JSON parsing. `extractFinalText()` returned empty, fallback posted raw JSON. Fixed: `2>/dev/null` + removed raw fallback.

3. **CLI mirror sessions lost on bot restart**: In-memory session pool wiped on restart. Fixed: session ID embedded in footer messages + thread message scanning fallback.

4. **`runClaudeRemote` missing poll interval params**: CLI mirror sessions routed to local worker used default 5s/15s intervals instead of 1.5s. Fixed: forwarded params through `runClaudeRemote`.

5. **Error serialization**: Pino’s `logger.error(‘msg:’, err)` didn’t serialize error objects. Fixed with `logger.error({ err, stack }, msg)`.

## Decisions Made

### Decision: Server-side URL pre-fetching + agent-side fallback (belt and suspenders)
– **Rationale:** Pre-fetching handles URLs in the initial request. Directive + CLAUDE.md handle URLs discovered during execution.
– **Trade-off:** 3-20s latency per pre-fetched URL. Acceptable for the quality improvement.

### Decision: [WAITING_FOR_INPUT] as text marker, not tool interception
– **Alternatives:** Stdin pipe injection, MCP server bridge, AskUserQuestion tool interception
– **Rationale:** Claude in `-p` mode finishes its turn and exits normally. No process killing, no stream interception, no architecture change. Just detect the marker in output, park the session, resume on reply.

### Decision: Enhanced polling for CLI mirror (not pipe-based streaming)
– **Alternatives:** Non-detached process with pipe-based streaming (true real-time)
– **Rationale:** Keeps the detached process model (survives bot restarts). 1.5s poll interval is imperceptible in Discord. Upgrade path to pipes exists for v2 if needed.

### Decision: Fix `local-worker.sh` stderr with `2>/dev/null` not `2>errfile`
– **Rationale:** Stderr from Claude sessions is mostly hook noise and debug output. The VM bot captures stderr separately via its own file descriptors. Discarding it on the local side is safe.

## Architecture

“`
User posts in Discord
|
v
index.js message router
|
+–> #cli-mirror ———> cliMirror.js
| |
| +–> StreamingDisplay (edit msg every 1.5s)
| +–> runClaude(pollIntervalMs: 1500)
| +–> sessionPool.registerSession(threadId)
| +–> [WAITING_FOR_INPUT] detection
|
+–> #requests ———–> debate/handleRequest
| |
| +–> buildRequestContext()
| | +–> prefetchExternalUrls() [NEW]
| | +–> stripBotOutput() [NEW]
| +–> runClaude/runClaudeRemote
| | +–> preJobSync() [NEW]
| +–> [WAITING_FOR_INPUT] detection [NEW]
|
+–> #buying-guides ——> executeRequest (buying-assistant cwd)
“`

## Learnings Captured

| Learning | Where Saved |
|—|—|
| Page-reader fallback for JS SPAs | agentGuidance/agent.md, buying-assistant/CLAUDE.md, executor.js directives |
| VM repos must be synced before jobs | executor.js preJobSync() |
| fetchAttachments return type contract | Fixed in contextFetcher.js |
| local-worker.sh must not merge stderr into stdout | Fixed in local-worker.sh |
| In-memory session pool doesn’t survive restarts | cliMirror.js now embeds session ID in messages + scans on fallback |
| Pino error serialization needs object form | Fixed in index.js + claudeReply.js |

## Commits (This Session)

### centralDiscord
| Commit | Description |
|—|—|
| `c86983c` | URL pre-fetch, retry detection, page-reader fallback, route classifier |
| `144b251` | context.md update |
| `d62f04c` | Pre-job repo sync |
| `de44ffe` | Pre-fetch timing logs |
| `b7e695f` | Interactive sessions: [WAITING_FOR_INPUT] |
| `0706525` | Fix WAITING_FOR_INPUT multiline regex |
| `b76c48b` | Fix fetchAttachments early return type |
| `130f95a` | Improve error serialization |
| `86625d7` | CLI mirror: streaming interactive sessions |
| `a1863a4` | Forward poll intervals through runClaudeRemote |
| `7d8ae06` | Fix raw NDJSON posted to Discord |
| `37ce053` | Fix CLI mirror session loss on restart |

### buying-assistant
| Commit | Description |
|—|—|
| `31f1f92` | Page-reader fallback in CLAUDE.md |
| `178493f` | Hard wax oil buying guide |

### agentGuidance
| Commit | Description |
|—|—|
| `902cf41` | Page-reader fallback as core principle |

## Open Items

1. **Test [WAITING_FOR_INPUT] end-to-end in #requests** — the fetchAttachments bug was blocking all tests. Now fixed, needs a clean test.
2. **CLI mirror streaming latency** — currently 1.5s poll. Could go to pipe-based for sub-second in v2.
3. **CLI mirror thread cleanup** — threads auto-archive after 24h but old sessions pile up. Consider a janitor sweep for CLI mirror threads.
4. **SKIP_DOMAINS tuning** — URL pre-fetch skips Discord/YouTube/GitHub. May need adjustment based on real usage.
5. **Buying guide: hard wax oil** — complete guide written from the originally-failed Gemini link. Best pick: General Finishes HWO 8oz ($26).

## Key Files

| File | Purpose |
|—|—|
| `centralDiscord/src/bot/cliMirror.js` | CLI mirror channel: streaming display, session handling, thread replies |
| `centralDiscord/src/bot/contextFetcher.js` | URL pre-fetching, bot output stripping |
| `centralDiscord/src/bot/executor.js` | Pre-job sync, configurable poll intervals, NDJSON safety, error serialization |
| `centralDiscord/src/bot/sessionPool.js` | Waiting-for-input state management |
| `centralDiscord/src/bot/claudeReply.js` | [WAITING_FOR_INPUT] detection and handling |
| `centralDiscord/src/bot/routeClassifier.js` | URL-dominated task classification |
| `centralDiscord/src/bot/index.js` | CLI mirror dispatch, waiting reply routing |
| `buying-assistant/CLAUDE.md` | Shared link handling instructions |
| `agentGuidance/agent.md` | Page-reader core principle |
| `~/local-worker.sh` | Fixed stderr contamination |

Deep Closeout: Discord Quality Gap Fix

# Deep Closeout: Discord Quality Gap Fix — URL Pre-Fetching, Retry Detection, Page-Reader Fallback

**Date:** 2026-04-06
**Duration:** ~45 minutes
**Repos touched:** centralDiscord, buying-assistant, agentGuidance

## Context & Motivation

The user reported that a buying guide request dispatched through Discord failed to read a shared Gemini link (`gemini.google.com/share/1692639e3f4d`). The agent used WebFetch, which returned empty content (JS-rendered SPA), then proceeded without the context. The user’s original requirements (hard wax oil for a pine nightstand) were in that Gemini link, so the agent produced a generic USB-C hub guide from web search alone.

A retry attempt also failed: the user pasted the prior bot output back with a correction (“use the page-reader util”), but the agent saw the pasted output and said “I don’t see a specific task.”

The user also asked: “Why do my requests made through Discord seem to be dumber and less successful than requests made directly here?”

## Root Cause Analysis

1. **WebFetch silently fails on JS SPAs.** Gemini, React apps, modern forums return empty/broken HTML without JavaScript execution. The buying-assistant CLAUDE.md had no instructions about fallback tooling.

2. **No URL pre-fetching in the Discord pipeline.** Unlike the interactive CLI where the user can redirect on tool failure, Discord’s single-shot execution means the agent has to discover, attempt, fail, and recover from link-reading failures on its own. Most don’t.

3. **No retry detection.** When users paste prior bot output back with corrections, the bot passes the entire mess (bot output + user correction) as the query. The agent sees a completed report and gets confused.

4. **Structural quality gap (Discord vs CLI):**
– `planMode: ‘skip’` and `clarifyAmbiguous: ‘best-effort’` means no interactive recovery
– No feedback loop when tools fail mid-execution
– Prompt wrapping dilutes original user intent
– Route classifier sent URL-only messages to debate instead of direct execution

## Decisions Made

### Decision: Pre-fetch URLs server-side in contextFetcher
– **Alternatives considered:** (a) Only add page-reader instructions to agent directives, (b) Build a dedicated URL proxy service, (c) Pre-fetch only for specific channels
– **Rationale:** Server-side pre-fetch solves the problem for ALL agents without relying on each agent knowing how to use page-reader. The content is injected into the prompt before the agent even starts. Falls back gracefully if page-reader isn’t available.
– **Trade-offs:** Adds 3-20 seconds latency per URL. Max 3 URLs pre-fetched. 6000 char budget per URL.

### Decision: Belt-and-suspenders approach (pre-fetch + directive + CLAUDE.md)
– **Alternatives considered:** Only pre-fetching (single layer)
– **Rationale:** Pre-fetching handles URLs in the initial request, but agents discover new URLs during execution (e.g., following links in pre-fetched content). The directive and CLAUDE.md instructions cover those cases.
– **Trade-offs:** Slight prompt bloat from the directive instruction (~1 sentence).

### Decision: Bot output stripping at handler level, not buildRequestContext
– **Alternatives considered:** Strip in buildRequestContext (affects all channels)
– **Rationale:** Retry-with-paste is specific to channel watchers (buying-guides, job-search) where the same channel holds both the original request and bot responses. The #requests channel has session chaining for follow-ups. Stripping at handler level is more targeted.

### Decision: URL-dominated messages classify as TASK
– **Alternatives considered:** Keep fail-open to debate
– **Rationale:** Users dropping links expect action. A message that’s >40% URL with no debate signals (no “should we”, “vs”, “tradeoffs”) is almost certainly a task. Debate adds 30-60s of unnecessary overhead.

## What Was Built / Changed

### centralDiscord (commit c86983c)

**`src/bot/contextFetcher.js`** (184 lines added):
– `stripBotOutput(text)` — Detects “Actions Taken”, “Session: UUID”, “Summary, Recommendation:” patterns and extracts user intent from retry messages
– `extractExternalUrls(text)` — Finds URLs in text, filters out Discord/media/GitHub domains
– `prefetchUrl(url, readerPath)` — Runs page-reader CLI on a single URL with 20s timeout, stealth mode, 3s wait
– `prefetchExternalUrls(text)` — Orchestrates parallel pre-fetch of up to 3 URLs
– `getPageReaderPath()` — Resolves page-reader location (VM vs local WSL)
– Pre-fetch integrated into `buildRequestContext()` — runs after attachments, before reply context. Injects `— PRE-FETCHED URL CONTENT —` blocks into the prompt.

**`src/bot/index.js`**:
– Buying-guide handler now calls `stripBotOutput()` on the raw query
– If retry detected, adds `IMPORTANT: The user is retrying…` note to the prompt
– Imported `stripBotOutput` from contextFetcher

**`src/bot/executor.js`**:
– `EXECUTE_DIRECTIVE` now includes page-reader fallback instruction

**`src/bot/jobRequest.js`**:
– `buildDirective()` now appends page-reader fallback instruction to all structured directives

**`src/bot/routeClassifier.js`**:
– Added URL-dominated message detection (>40% URL chars, no debate signals = TASK)

### buying-assistant (commit 31f1f92)

**`CLAUDE.md`**:
– Added “Handling Shared Links” section between Phase 1 and Phase 2
– Instructions: try WebFetch first, fall back to page-reader, never skip shared links
– Explicit command syntax for page-reader with stealth mode

### agentGuidance (commit 902cf41)

**`agent.md`**:
– Added page-reader fallback as a Core Principle (line 29)
– All agents now pick up the rule, not just buying-assistant

### buying-assistant (commit 178493f)

**`guides/hard-wax-oil/recommendation.md`**:
– Full buying guide produced from the Gemini link content that originally failed
– Corrected Gemini’s oversized Rubio recommendation ($63 for 390ml -> $32 for 130ml)
– Found General Finishes HWO ($26) as best value, which Gemini missed entirely
– Verdict: GF HWO 8oz for best overall, Rubio 130ml for purist, Fiddes 250ml for budget

## Learnings Captured

| Learning | Where Saved |
|—|—|
| Page-reader fallback for JS SPAs | agentGuidance/agent.md (Core Principles), buying-assistant/CLAUDE.md, centralDiscord executor.js + jobRequest.js directives |
| URL pre-fetching for Discord pipeline | centralDiscord/src/bot/contextFetcher.js (implementation) |
| Bot output stripping for retries | centralDiscord/src/bot/contextFetcher.js + index.js |
| URL-dominated messages are tasks | centralDiscord/src/bot/routeClassifier.js |

## Open Items & Follow-ups

1. **Monitor page-reader latency in production.** Pre-fetching adds 3-20s per URL. If this becomes a bottleneck, consider caching or a dedicated pre-fetch worker.
2. **VM needs page-reader deployed.** The bot runs on the VM; `getPageReaderPath()` checks both `~/page-reader/` and `~/repos/page-reader/`. Verify the VM path exists and has Playwright dependencies installed.
3. **Other channel watchers.** Job-search handler could also benefit from bot-output stripping if users retry there.
4. **Test the full pipeline end-to-end.** Drop a Gemini link in #buying-guides after the restart and verify pre-fetching works.
5. **SKIP_DOMAINS list may need tuning.** Currently skips Discord, YouTube, Twitter, GitHub. May want to add or remove domains based on real usage patterns.

## Key Files

– `centralDiscord/src/bot/contextFetcher.js` — URL pre-fetch + bot output stripping (the core change)
– `centralDiscord/src/bot/executor.js:189` — EXECUTE_DIRECTIVE with page-reader fallback
– `centralDiscord/src/bot/routeClassifier.js` — URL-dominated task classification
– `centralDiscord/src/bot/index.js:430-443` — Buying-guide retry handling
– `buying-assistant/CLAUDE.md` — Shared link handling instructions
– `agentGuidance/agent.md:29` — Page-reader core principle
– `buying-assistant/guides/hard-wax-oil/recommendation.md` — The guide that should have been produced originally

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  const primeAudioEl = new Audio(CHIME_URL);
  primeAudioEl.preload = "auto";

  const AudioCtx = window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext;
  let ctx;
  const ensureCtx = () => (ctx ||= new AudioCtx());

  async function playChime(reason) {
    // Primary: HTMLAudio
    try {
      const a = primeAudioEl.cloneNode();
      a.volume = 1.0;
      await a.play();
      cS(`🔊 Chime (Airy Harp, HTMLAudio) reason=${reason} @ ${nowStr()}`);
      return;
    } catch (e1) {
      cW("HTMLAudio failed; trying WebAudio (Airy Harp)", e1);
    }

    // Fallback: WebAudio version of Sound #4 (Airy Harp)
    try {
      const AC = window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext;
      const c = window.__rp_ctx || new AC();
      window.__rp_ctx = c;
      if (c.state !== "running") await c.resume();

      const t0 = c.currentTime + 0.02;

      // Output chain: low-pass for softness
      const out = c.createGain(); out.gain.setValueAtTime(0.85, t0);
      const lp  = c.createBiquadFilter(); lp.type = "lowpass"; lp.frequency.value = 4500; lp.Q.value = 0.6;
      out.connect(lp); lp.connect(c.destination);

      const pluck = (time, f) => {
        const o = c.createOscillator(); o.type = "triangle"; o.frequency.setValueAtTime(f, time);
        const g = c.createGain();
        // Envelope: fast attack, gentle decay
        g.gain.setValueAtTime(0.0001, time);
        g.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(0.6,  time + 0.008);
        g.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(0.001, time + 0.22);
        o.connect(g); g.connect(out);
        o.start(time); o.stop(time + 0.25);
      };

      const freqs = [523.25, 659.25, 783.99, 1046.5]; // C5, E5, G5, C6
      let cur = t0;
      for (const f of freqs) { pluck(cur, f); cur += 0.06; }

      cS(`🔊 Chime (Airy Harp, WebAudio) reason=${reason} @ ${nowStr()}`);
    } catch (e2) {
      cE("WebAudio play failed", e2);
    }
  }

  // Unlock audio on first interaction/visibility
  const unlock = async () => {
    try { await primeAudioEl.play(); primeAudioEl.pause(); primeAudioEl.currentTime = 0; cI("Audio unlocked via HTMLAudio"); } catch {}
    try { if (AudioCtx) { const c = ensureCtx(); if (c.state !== "running") await c.resume(); cI("AudioContext resumed"); } } catch {}
    window.removeEventListener("pointerdown", unlock, true);
    window.removeEventListener("keydown", unlock, true);
  };
  window.addEventListener("pointerdown", unlock, true);
  window.addEventListener("keydown", unlock, true);
  document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", () => { if (document.visibilityState === "visible") unlock(); });

  /* =========================
   * FSM (Stop/Working-driven)
   * ========================= */
  let sid = 0;
  let s = null;
  let pollId = 0;
  let lastStop = false;
  let lastWork = false;

  const STATE = { IDLE: "IDLE", STREAMING: "STREAMING", DONE: "DONE" };

  function startPoll() {
    if (pollId) return;
    pollId = window.setInterval(tick, POLL_MS);
  }
  function stopPoll() {
    if (pollId) { clearInterval(pollId); pollId = 0; }
  }

  function armStreaming(origin) {
    if (s && s.state !== STATE.DONE) return;
    s = { id: ++sid, state: STATE.STREAMING, lastStableStart: 0, sawStreaming: true };
    cI(`▶️ STREAMING s#${s.id} (origin=${origin}) @ ${nowStr()}`);
    startPoll();
  }

  function maybeComplete() {
    if (!s || s.state === STATE.DONE) return;
    const streaming = isStreamingNow();
    const now = performance.now();

    // Visibility transition logs
    const curStop = isStopVisible();
    const curWork = isWorkingVisible();
    if (curStop !== lastStop) {
      cI(`Stop visibility: ${curStop ? "ON" : "OFF"}`);
      lastStop = curStop;
    }
    if (curWork !== lastWork) {
      cI(`Working visibility: ${curWork ? "ON" : "OFF"}`);
      lastWork = curWork;
    }

    if (!streaming) {
      if (!s.lastStableStart) {
        s.lastStableStart = now;
        cI(`⏳ Stability window started (${STABILITY_MS}ms)`);
      }
      const elapsed = now - s.lastStableStart;
      if (elapsed >= STABILITY_MS) {
        s.state = STATE.DONE;
        cS(`DONE s#${s.id} (no Stop & no Working for ${Math.round(elapsed)}ms) @ ${nowStr()}`);
        playChime(`s#${s.id}`);
        stopPoll();
        s = null;
      }
    } else {
      if (s.lastStableStart) cW("Stability reset (streaming reappeared)");
      s.lastStableStart = 0;
    }
  }

  function tick() {
    const streaming = isStreamingNow();
    if (streaming && (!s || s.state === STATE.DONE)) {
      armStreaming("tick");
    }
    if (s && s.state === STATE.STREAMING) {
      maybeComplete();
    }
  }

  /* =========================
   * Observers & Event hooks
   * ========================= */
  const obs = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
    let nudge = false;
    for (const m of mutations) {
      if (m.type === "childList") {
        for (const n of [...m.addedNodes, ...m.removedNodes]) {
          if (isEl(n)) {
            const txt = norm(n.textContent || "");
            if (STOP_TEXTS.some(s => txt.includes(s)) || WORKING_TOKENS.some(w => txt.startsWith(w))) { nudge = true; break; }
          }
        }
      } else if (m.type === "attributes") {
        const el = m.target;
        if (!isEl(el)) continue;
        const txt = norm(el.textContent || "");
        if (STOP_TEXTS.some(s => txt.includes(s)) || WORKING_TOKENS.some(w => txt.startsWith(w))) { nudge = true; }
      }
      if (nudge) break;
    }
    if (nudge) {
      cT("Mutation nudged tick()");
      tick();
    }
  });

  function start() {
    if (!document.body) {
      document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", start, { once: true });
      return;
    }
    obs.observe(document.body, {
      childList: true,
      subtree: true,
      attributes: true,
      attributeFilter: ["class", "style", "aria-hidden"]
    });
    startPoll();
    cI("Armed (Stop/Working FSM). Will chime when both disappear (stable).");
    // Initial state snapshot
    lastStop = isStopVisible();
    lastWork = isWorkingVisible();
    cI(`Initial: Stop=${lastStop} Working=${lastWork}`);
    if (lastStop || lastWork) armStreaming("initial");
  }

  if (document.readyState === "loading") {
    document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", start, { once: true });
  } else {
    start();
  }

  /* =========================
   * Runtime Controls (Console)
   * =========================
   * window.ReplitPing.setDebug(true|false)
   * window.ReplitPing.setTrace(true|false)
   * window.ReplitPing.setStability(ms)
   * window.ReplitPing.status()
   * window.ReplitPing.test()
   */
  window.ReplitPing = {
    setDebug(v){ DEBUG = !!v; cI(`DEBUG=${DEBUG}`); return DEBUG; },
    setTrace(v){ TRACE_SCAN = !!v; cI(`TRACE_SCAN=${TRACE_SCAN}`); return TRACE_SCAN; },
    setStability(ms){ STABILITY_MS = Math.max(0, Number(ms)||STABILITY_MS_DEFAULT); cI(`STABILITY_MS=${STABILITY_MS}`); return STABILITY_MS; },
    status(){
      const streaming = isStreamingNow();
      const state = s ? s.state : STATE.IDLE;
      const info = {
        state,
        sessionId: s?.id ?? null,
        stopVisible: isStopVisible(),
        workingVisible: isWorkingVisible(),
        streaming,
        stabilityMs: STABILITY_MS,
        pollActive: !!pollId,
        time: nowStr(),
      };
      cI("Status", info);
      return info;
    },
    async test(){ await playChime("manual-test"); return true; }
  };

})();

A tool for importing from Google Docs that doesn’t suck (Mammoth .docx converter)

I was tired of WordPress’s crappy editor so I decided to write a post in Google Docs instead.

However, when copying the content back in. All the images I carefully added did not carry back over. After trying several terrible options (Seraphinite Post .DOCX Source, WordPress.com for Google Docs, docswrite.com — this didn’t work when I tried but seems to function fine after going back and forth with their CEO) I finally tried out Mammoth and it just works which is great.

  1. Add a post
  2. Look for the Mammoth .docx converter box at the bottom
  3. Upload your file
  4. Wait for it to parse
  5. Click on Insert into editor
  6. And then wait for it to finish adding all the content into the editor (my docx took a few minutes since it had quite a few high resolution images)

Japan Recommendations

A quick note on the below content. All of the things I’ve included I personally enjoyed greatly and would enjoy to anyone who shares my tastes. Have fun in Japan!

Tokyo

Tokyo food

  • L’Effervescence


  • Oniku Karyu
  • Cokuun (Coffee Omakase)
  • I’m Donut ?
  • Pizza Bar


  • Cycle
  • IPPUKU&MATCHA

  • Blue Bottle Cafe (surprisingly good Matcha Latte)

  • Parklet Bakery


  • Iki Expresso


  • Le Petit Mec Hibiya (the best pastries I’ve had in Tokyo)

Tokyo things to do

  • Nezu Museum

  • Hamarikyu Gardens



  • Ueno Park (come at golden hour)



  • Tokyo National Museum
  • Teamlabs Borderless
  • Teamlabs Planets

Kyoto

Kyoto Food

  • Akagakiya

Kyoto things to do

  • Kyoto Golden Temple
  • Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple
  • Arashiyama Bamboo Grove (make sure you hike up into the park by the Bamboo Grove for the Valley View!)
  • Mt Inari (go early and hike to the top)
  • Kiyomizu-dera Temple (this was the most spectacular temple that I visited)

  • Ruriko-in Temple

Osaka

Osaka Food

Osaka Things to do

  • Osaka Castle (go at sunrise, its spectacular!)

Other places

Lake Kawaguchi

Onomichi

  • Shinomani-Kaido

Himeji

  • Himeji Castle



Wakayama

  • Tatago Rock

Nara

  • Nara Park


Nikko

  • Kinfuri Falls


  • Shinkyo Bridge


  • Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park




  • Nikkō Tōshogū


Tokyo

Tokyo food

  • L’Effervescence

  • Oniku Karyu
  • Cokuun (Coffee Omakase)
  • I’m Donut ?
  • Pizza Bar

  • Cycle
  • IPPUKU&MATCHA

  • Blue Bottle Cafe (surprisingly good Matcha Latte)

  • Parklet Bakery

  • Iki Expresso

  • Le Petit Mec Hibiya (the best pastries I’ve had in Tokyo)

Tokyo things to do

  • Nezu Museum

  • Hamarikyu Gardens

  • Ueno Park (come at golden hour)

  • Tokyo National Museum
  • Teamlabs Borderless
  • Teamlabs Planets

Kyoto

Kyoto Food

  • Akagakiya

Kyoto things to do

  • Kyoto Golden Temple
  • Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple
  • Arashiyama Bamboo Grove (make sure you hike up into the park by the Bamboo Grove for the Valley View!)
  • Mt Inari (go early and hike to the top)
  • Kiyomizu-dera Temple (this was the most spectacular temple that I visited)

  • Ruriko-in Temple

Osaka

Osaka Food

Osaka Things to do

  • Osaka Castle (go at sunrise, its spectacular!)

Other places

Lake Kawaguchi

Onomichi

  • Shinomani-Kaido

Himeji

  • Himeji Castle

Wakayama

  • Tatago Rock

Nara

  • Nara Park

Nikko

  • Kinfuri Falls

  • Shinkyo Bridge

  • Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park

  • Nikkō Tōshogū

Tokyo

Tokyo food

  • L’Effervescence

  • Oniku Karyu
  • Cokuun (Coffee Omakase)
  • I’m Donut ?
  • Pizza Bar

  • Cycle
  • IPPUKU&MATCHA

  • Blue Bottle Cafe (surprisingly good Matcha Latte)

  • Parklet Bakery

  • Iki Expresso

  • Le Petit Mec Hibiya (the best pastries I’ve had in Tokyo)

Tokyo things to do

  • Nezu Museum

  • Hamarikyu Gardens

  • Ueno Park (come at golden hour)

  • Tokyo National Museum
  • Teamlabs Borderless
  • Teamlabs Planets

Kyoto

Kyoto Food

  • Akagakiya

Kyoto things to do

  • Kyoto Golden Temple
  • Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple
  • Arashiyama Bamboo Grove (make sure you hike up into the park by the Bamboo Grove for the Valley View!)
  • Mt Inari (go early and hike to the top)
  • Kiyomizu-dera Temple (this was the most spectacular temple that I visited)

  • Ruriko-in Temple

Osaka

Osaka Food

Osaka Things to do

  • Osaka Castle (go at sunrise, its spectacular!)

Other places

Lake Kawaguchi

Onomichi

  • Shinomani-Kaido

Himeji

  • Himeji Castle

Wakayama

  • Tatago Rock

Nara

  • Nara Park

Nikko

  • Kinfuri Falls

  • Shinkyo Bridge

  • Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park

  • Nikkō Tōshogū

ChatGPT Chime on Chat Completion (Tampermonkey Script)

Tampermonkey script

// ==UserScript==
// @name         ChatGPT Completion Ping (Composer FSM, background-safe, no-timeout)
// @namespace    nicholas.tools
// @version      5.4.0
// @description  Chime on completion even when window/tab isn't focused. No timeout; FSM: saw Stop → Stop gone + editor empty. Poll + resilient audio.
// @match        https://chat.openai.com/*
// @match        https://chatgpt.com/*
// @grant        none
// @run-at       document-idle
// ==/UserScript==

(() => {
  "use strict";

  /* =========================
   * Logging
   * ========================= */
  const DEBUG = true;
  const log = (...a) => DEBUG && console.log("[COMP-PING]", ...a);
  const t = () => new Date().toLocaleTimeString();

  /* =========================
   * Selectors (composer only)
   * ========================= */
  const COMPOSER_EDITABLE    = '#prompt-textarea.ProseMirror[contenteditable="true"]';
  const COMPOSER_FALLBACK_TA = 'textarea[name="prompt-textarea"]';
  const SEND_BTN             = '#composer-submit-button[data-testid="send-button"]';
  const STOP_BTN             = '#composer-submit-button[data-testid="stop-button"]';

  /* =========================
   * Audio: HTMLAudio primary (WAV data URL), WebAudio fallback
   * ========================= */
  function makeChimeWavDataURL() {
    const sr = 44100, dur = 0.99;
    const notes = [
      { f: 987.77, d: 0.22 }, { f: 1318.51, d: 0.22 },
      { f: 1174.66, d: 0.20 }, { f: 1318.51, d: 0.30 },
    ];
    const gap = 0.055, amp = 0.28;
    const N = Math.floor(sr * dur);
    const data = new Float32Array(N).fill(0);
    let t0 = 0;
    for (const { f, d } of notes) {
      const nSamp = Math.floor(d * sr);
      const start = Math.floor(t0 * sr);
      for (let i = 0; i < nSamp && start + i < N; i++) {
        const env = i < 0.01*sr ? i/(0.01*sr) : (i > nSamp-0.03*sr ? Math.max(0, (nSamp - i)/(0.03*sr)) : 1);
        const s = Math.sin(2*Math.PI*f*(i/sr));
        const s2 = Math.sin(2*Math.PI*(f*1.005)*(i/sr)) * 0.6;
        data[start+i] += amp * env * (0.7*s + 0.3*s2);
      }
      t0 += d + gap;
    }
    const pcm = new DataView(new ArrayBuffer(44 + N*2));
    let off = 0;
    const wStr = (s) => { for (let i=0;i<s.length;i++) pcm.setUint8(off++, s.charCodeAt(i)); };
    const w32  = (u) => { pcm.setUint32(off, u, true); off+=4; };
    const w16  = (u) => { pcm.setUint16(off, u, true); off+=2; };
    wStr("RIFF"); w32(36 + N*2); wStr("WAVE");
    wStr("fmt "); w32(16); w16(1); w16(1); w32(sr); w32(sr*2); w16(2); w16(16);
    wStr("data"); w32(N*2);
    for (let i=0;i<N;i++) { const v = Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, data[i])); pcm.setInt16(off, v<0?v*0x8000:v*0x7FFF, true); off+=2; }
    const u8 = new Uint8Array(pcm.buffer);
    const b64 = btoa(String.fromCharCode(...u8));
    return `data:audio/wav;base64,${b64}`;
  }

  const CHIME_URL = makeChimeWavDataURL();
  const primeAudioEl = new Audio(CHIME_URL);
  primeAudioEl.preload = "auto";

  const AudioCtx = window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext;
  let ctx;
  const ensureCtx = () => (ctx ||= new AudioCtx());

  async function playChime(reason) {
    try {
      const a = primeAudioEl.cloneNode();
      a.volume = 1.0;
      await a.play();
      log(`🔊 DONE (HTMLAudio) ${reason} @ ${t()}`);
      return;
    } catch {}
    try {
      const c = ensureCtx();
      if (c.state !== "running") await c.resume();
      const t0 = c.currentTime + 0.02;
      const master = c.createGain(); master.gain.setValueAtTime(0.9, t0); master.connect(c.destination);
      const lp = c.createBiquadFilter(); lp.type="lowpass"; lp.frequency.value=4200; lp.Q.value=0.6; lp.connect(master);
      const delay = c.createDelay(0.5); delay.delayTime.value=0.18;
      const fb = c.createGain(); fb.gain.value=0.22; delay.connect(fb); fb.connect(delay); delay.connect(master);
      const bus = c.createGain(); bus.gain.value=0.85; bus.connect(lp); bus.connect(delay);

      const seq = [
        { f: 987.77, d: 0.22 }, { f: 1318.51, d: 0.22 },
        { f: 1174.66, d: 0.20 }, { f: 1318.51, d: 0.30 },
      ];
      let cur = t0, gap = 0.055;
      for (const {f,d} of seq) {
        const o1=c.createOscillator(), g1=c.createGain(); o1.type="triangle"; o1.frequency.value=f;
        g1.gain.setValueAtTime(0.0001,cur); g1.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(0.6,cur+0.01); g1.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(0.001,cur+d);
        o1.connect(g1); g1.connect(bus); o1.start(cur); o1.stop(cur+d+0.02);

        const o2=c.createOscillator(), g2=c.createGain(); o2.type="sine"; o2.frequency.setValueAtTime(f*1.005,cur);
        g2.gain.setValueAtTime(0.0001,cur); g2.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(0.35,cur+0.012); g2.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(0.001,cur+d);
        o2.connect(g2); g2.connect(bus); o2.start(cur); o2.stop(cur+d+0.02);

        cur += d + gap;
      }
      log(`🔊 DONE (WebAudio) ${reason} @ ${t()}`);
    } catch {}
  }

  // Prime on user interaction
  const unlock = async () => {
    try { await primeAudioEl.play(); primeAudioEl.pause(); primeAudioEl.currentTime = 0; } catch {}
    try { if (AudioCtx) { const c = ensureCtx(); if (c.state !== "running") await c.resume(); } } catch {}
    window.removeEventListener("pointerdown", unlock, true);
    window.removeEventListener("keydown", unlock, true);
  };
  window.addEventListener("pointerdown", unlock, true);
  window.addEventListener("keydown", unlock, true);
  document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", () => { if (document.visibilityState === "visible") unlock(); });

  /* =========================
   * Composer helpers
   * ========================= */
  const isEl = (n) => n && n.nodeType === 1;
  const visible = (sel) => { const el = document.querySelector(sel); return !!(el && el.offsetParent !== null); };
  const editorEl = () => document.querySelector(COMPOSER_EDITABLE) || document.querySelector(COMPOSER_FALLBACK_TA) || null;
  function editorEmpty() {
    const el = editorEl();
    if (!el) return true;
    if (el.matches('textarea')) return (el.value || '').replace(/\u200b/g,'').trim().length === 0;
    const txt = (el.textContent || '').replace(/\u200b/g,'').trim();
    return txt.length === 0;
  }
  const isStopVisible = () => visible(STOP_BTN);

  /* =========================
   * FSM + background-safe polling (NO TIMEOUT)
   * ========================= */
  let sid = 0;
  let s = null;
  let pollId = 0;
  const STATE = { IDLE:'IDLE', ARMED:'ARMED', CLEARED:'CLEARED', STREAMING:'STREAMING', DONE:'DONE' };

  function stopPoll() { if (pollId) { clearInterval(pollId); pollId = 0; } }

  function startPoll() {
    stopPoll();
    // steady 250ms poll; browsers may throttle in background which is fine
    pollId = window.setInterval(() => tick(true), 250);
  }

  function cancelSession(reason) {
    if (!s) return;
    log(`CANCEL s#${s.id} (${reason})`);
    stopPoll();
    s = null;
  }

  function arm(reason) {
    // Cancel any previous session (no timeout; avoid multiple active)
    if (s) cancelSession("re-ARM");
    s = {
      id: ++sid,
      state: STATE.ARMED,
      sawStop: false,
      sawCleared: editorEmpty(),
      lastStopGoneAt: 0
    };
    log(`ARM s#${s.id} (${reason}) empty=${s.sawCleared} stop=${isStopVisible()} @ ${t()}`);
    startPoll();
    tick();
  }

  function transition(newState, why) {
    if (!s || s.state === STATE.DONE) return;
    if (s.state !== newState) {
      s.state = newState;
      log(`${newState} s#${s.id} (${why}) empty=${editorEmpty()} stop=${isStopVisible()} @ ${t()}`);
    }
  }

  function evaluate() {
    if (!s || s.state === STATE.DONE) return;

    // Editor cleared after send
    if (!s.sawCleared && editorEmpty()) {
      s.sawCleared = true;
      transition(STATE.CLEARED, "editor cleared");
    }

    // Streaming seen
    if (!s.sawStop && isStopVisible()) {
      s.sawStop = true;
      transition(STATE.STREAMING, "stop visible");
    }

    // Stop disappears
    if (s.sawStop && !isStopVisible() && !s.lastStopGoneAt) {
      s.lastStopGoneAt = performance.now();
      log(`STOP-GONE s#${s.id} (detected)`);
    }

    // Completion: saw Stop once AND Stop gone AND editor empty (150ms stability)
    if (s.sawStop && !isStopVisible() && editorEmpty()) {
      const stable = s.lastStopGoneAt ? (performance.now() - s.lastStopGoneAt) : 999;
      if (stable >= 150) {
        transition(STATE.DONE, "stop gone + editor empty");
        playChime(`s#${s.id}`);
        stopPoll();
        s = null;
      }
    }
  }

  const tick = () => { evaluate(); };

  /* =========================
   * Events & Observers
   * ========================= */
  document.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
    const btn = isEl(e.target) ? e.target.closest(SEND_BTN) : null;
    if (!btn) return;
    arm("send-button click");
  }, true);

  document.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
    const ed = isEl(e.target) && (e.target.closest(COMPOSER_EDITABLE) || e.target.closest(COMPOSER_FALLBACK_TA));
    if (!ed) return;
    if (e.key !== "Enter" || e.shiftKey || e.altKey || e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey || e.isComposing) return;
    if (document.querySelector(SEND_BTN)) arm("keyboard Enter");
  }, true);

  const obs = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
    if (!s) return;
    for (const m of mutations) {
      if (m.type === "attributes") {
        const el = m.target;
        if (isEl(el) && (el.id === "composer-submit-button" || el.matches(COMPOSER_EDITABLE) || el.matches(COMPOSER_FALLBACK_TA))) {
          tick();
        }
      }
      if (m.type === "childList") {
        for (const n of m.addedNodes) {
          if (!isEl(n)) continue;
          if (n.matches(STOP_BTN) || n.matches(SEND_BTN) ||
              n.querySelector?.(STOP_BTN) || n.querySelector?.(SEND_BTN) ||
              n.matches(COMPOSER_EDITABLE) || n.matches(COMPOSER_FALLBACK_TA) ||
              n.querySelector?.(COMPOSER_EDITABLE) || n.querySelector?.(COMPOSER_FALLBACK_TA)) {
            tick();
            break;
          }
        }
        for (const n of m.removedNodes) {
          if (!isEl(n)) continue;
          if (n.matches(STOP_BTN) || n.matches(SEND_BTN) ||
              n.matches(COMPOSER_EDITABLE) || n.matches(COMPOSER_FALLBACK_TA)) {
            tick();
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      if (m.type === "characterData") tick();
    }
  });

  function start() {
    obs.observe(document.body, {
      childList: true,
      subtree: true,
      attributes: true,
      attributeFilter: ["data-testid","id","class","style","contenteditable","value"],
      characterData: true
    });
    log("armed (composer FSM, background-safe, no-timeout). Completes on: saw Stop → Stop gone + editor empty.");
  }

  if (document.readyState === "loading") {
    document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", start, { once: true });
  } else {
    start();
  }
})();

Go actual full screen on Simplepractice.com video calls

When I’m on calls with my therapist it has bugged me that I can’t actually go fullscreen with the video so I gave CGPT the code for the page and wrote up a script that expands the fullscreen video to actually be fullscreen.

Use either the console script or Tampermonkey script and try it out for yourself!

Console script

(() => {
  const TOGGLE = 'tm-full-bleed-active';
  const ROOT_SEL = 'div.bbwWj.video';
  const PANEL_SEL = `${ROOT_SEL} > div.mljTO`;
  const STREAM_CONTAINER_SEL = `${ROOT_SEL} .stream-container`;
  const PARTICIPANT_SEL = `${ROOT_SEL} .participant-container`;
  const VIDEO_SEL = `${ROOT_SEL} video`;

  // --- style injection ---
  const css = `
    html.${TOGGLE}, body.${TOGGLE}{margin:0!important;padding:0!important;overflow:hidden!important}
    html.${TOGGLE} ${PANEL_SEL}{
      position:fixed!important;inset:0!important;width:100vw!important;height:100vh!important;
      margin:0!important;padding:0!important;border:0!important;background:#000!important;
      z-index:2147483647!important;box-shadow:none!important
    }
    html.${TOGGLE} ${STREAM_CONTAINER_SEL}, html.${TOGGLE} ${PARTICIPANT_SEL}{
      position:absolute!important;inset:0!important;width:100%!important;height:100%!important;
      margin:0!important;padding:0!important;border:0!important;max-width:none!important;max-height:none!important;overflow:hidden!important;background:transparent!important
    }
    html.${TOGGLE} ${VIDEO_SEL}{
      position:absolute!important;inset:0!important;width:100%!important;height:100%!important;
      object-fit:cover!important;object-position:center center!important;display:block!important;background:#000!important;border:0!important;box-shadow:none!important;transform:none!important
    }
    html.${TOGGLE} ${ROOT_SEL} .name, html.${TOGGLE} ${ROOT_SEL} .pin-button, html.${TOGGLE} ${ROOT_SEL} .more-button{
      display:none!important;visibility:hidden!important;pointer-events:none!important
    }
    .tm-fb-btn{
      position:fixed!important;right:14px;bottom:14px;z-index:2147483647!important;
      font:600 12px/1 system-ui,-apple-system,Segoe UI,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
      padding:10px 12px;border-radius:999px;background:rgba(0,0,0,.6);color:#fff;
      border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.2);cursor:pointer;user-select:none;backdrop-filter:blur(4px)
    }
    .tm-fb-btn:hover{background:rgba(0,0,0,.75)}
  `;
  let style = document.getElementById('tm-fb-style');
  if (!style) {
    style = document.createElement('style');
    style.id = 'tm-fb-style';
    style.textContent = css;
    document.head.appendChild(style);
  }

  // --- helpers ---
  const $ = (s, r = document) => r.querySelector(s);
  const nap = (ms) => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
  const waitFor = async (sel, tries = 200, step = 100) => {
    while (tries-- > 0) { const el = $(sel); if (el) return el; await nap(step); }
    return null;
  };

  // --- state ---
  let btn;

  const isActive = () =>
    document.documentElement.classList.contains(TOGGLE) ||
    document.body.classList.contains(TOGGLE);

  const setActive = (on) => {
    [document.documentElement, document.body].forEach(el => el && el.classList.toggle(TOGGLE, on));
    if (btn) btn.textContent = on ? 'Exit Full-Bleed' : 'Full-Bleed';
  };

  const toggle = () => setActive(!isActive());

  // --- UI button ---
  const mountButton = () => {
    if (btn && document.body.contains(btn)) return btn;
    btn = document.createElement('button');
    btn.className = 'tm-fb-btn';
    btn.type = 'button';
    btn.textContent = isActive() ? 'Exit Full-Bleed' : 'Full-Bleed';
    btn.addEventListener('click', toggle);
    document.body.appendChild(btn);
    return btn;
  };

  // --- key bindings ---
  const bindKeys = () => {
    window.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
      if (e.key === 'f' || e.key === 'F') { e.preventDefault(); toggle(); }
      else if (e.key === 'Escape' && isActive()) { e.preventDefault(); setActive(false); }
    }, { capture: true });
  };

  // --- dblclick on video ---
  const bindVideoDblClick = (v) => {
    if (!v || v.dataset.tmFbBound) return;
    v.addEventListener('dblclick', (e) => { e.preventDefault(); toggle(); }, { capture: true });
    v.dataset.tmFbBound = '1';
  };

  // --- observe dynamic DOM ---
  const observe = () => {
    const mo = new MutationObserver(() => {
      const v = $(VIDEO_SEL);
      if (v) bindVideoDblClick(v);
      if (!btn && document.body) mountButton();
    });
    mo.observe(document.documentElement, { childList: true, subtree: true });
  };

  // --- bootstrap ---
  (async () => {
    await waitFor('body');
    bindKeys();
    observe();
    const v = await waitFor(VIDEO_SEL, 120, 150);
    if (v) bindVideoDblClick(v);
    mountButton();

    // Expose controls for manual use
    window.tmFullBleed = { toggle, on: () => setActive(true), off: () => setActive(false) };
    console.log('[tmFullBleed] Ready. Use tmFullBleed.toggle(), press F, double-click video, or use the button.');
  })();
})();

Tampermonkey script

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Full-Bleed Video (SimplePractice only)
// @namespace    nic.tools.video
// @version      1.0.1
// @description  Force main video to go true full-bleed (edge-to-edge) on SimplePractice video
// @author       you
// @match        https://video.simplepractice.com/*
// @run-at       document-idle
// @grant        GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
  'use strict';

  // ---------- small utils ----------
  const nap = (ms) => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
  const q = (sel, root = document) => root.querySelector(sel);

  // Wait for an element or return null after tries*interval
  const waitFor = async (fnOrSel, tries = 200, interval = 100) => {
    while (tries-- > 0) {
      let el = null;
      try { el = typeof fnOrSel === 'function' ? fnOrSel() : q(fnOrSel); } catch {}
      if (el) return el;
      await nap(interval);
    }
    return null;
  };

  // ---------- selectors from provided markup ----------
  const ROOT_SEL = 'div.bbwWj.video';
  const PANEL_SEL = `${ROOT_SEL} > div.mljTO`;
  const STREAM_CONTAINER_SEL = `${ROOT_SEL} .stream-container`;
  const PARTICIPANT_SEL = `${ROOT_SEL} .participant-container`;
  const VIDEO_SEL = `${ROOT_SEL} video`;

  const TOGGLE_CLASS = 'tm-full-bleed-active';

  // ---------- inject styles ----------
  GM_addStyle(`
    /* Full-bleed mode root locks */
    html.${TOGGLE_CLASS}, body.${TOGGLE_CLASS} {
      margin: 0 !important;
      padding: 0 !important;
      overflow: hidden !important;
    }

    /* Pin the main panel to the viewport */
    html.${TOGGLE_CLASS} ${PANEL_SEL} {
      position: fixed !important;
      inset: 0 !important;
      width: 100vw !important;
      height: 100vh !important;
      margin: 0 !important;
      padding: 0 !important;
      border: 0 !important;
      background: #000 !important;
      z-index: 2147483647 !important;
      box-shadow: none !important;
    }

    /* Ensure no intermediate wrapper constrains size */
    html.${TOGGLE_CLASS} ${STREAM_CONTAINER_SEL},
    html.${TOGGLE_CLASS} ${PARTICIPANT_SEL} {
      position: absolute !important;
      inset: 0 !important;
      width: 100% !important;
      height: 100% !important;
      margin: 0 !important;
      padding: 0 !important;
      border: 0 !important;
      max-width: none !important;
      max-height: none !important;
      overflow: hidden !important;
      background: transparent !important;
    }

    /* Make the video fill and crop (letterboxing avoidance) */
    html.${TOGGLE_CLASS} ${VIDEO_SEL} {
      position: absolute !important;
      inset: 0 !important;
      width: 100% !important;
      height: 100% !important;
      object-fit: cover !important;
      object-position: center center !important;
      display: block !important;
      background: #000 !important;
      border: 0 !important;
      box-shadow: none !important;
      transform: none !important;
    }

    /* Hide overlays that might intrude (adjust as needed) */
    html.${TOGGLE_CLASS} ${ROOT_SEL} .name,
    html.${TOGGLE_CLASS} ${ROOT_SEL} .pin-button,
    html.${TOGGLE_CLASS} ${ROOT_SEL} .more-button {
      display: none !important;
      visibility: hidden !important;
      pointer-events: none !important;
    }

    /* On-screen toggle button */
    .tm-fb-btn {
      position: fixed !important;
      right: 14px;
      bottom: 14px;
      z-index: 2147483647 !important;
      font: 600 12px/1 system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
      padding: 10px 12px;
      border-radius: 999px;
      background: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
      color: #fff;
      border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.2);
      cursor: pointer;
      user-select: none;
      backdrop-filter: blur(4px);
    }
    .tm-fb-btn:hover { background: rgba(0,0,0,0.75); }
  `);

  // ---------- toggle logic ----------
  const setActive = (on) => {
    const rootList = [document.documentElement, document.body].filter(Boolean);
    rootList.forEach(el => el.classList.toggle(TOGGLE_CLASS, on));
    if (btn) btn.textContent = on ? 'Exit Full-Bleed' : 'Full-Bleed';
  };

  const isActive = () =>
    document.documentElement.classList.contains(TOGGLE_CLASS) ||
    document.body.classList.contains(TOGGLE_CLASS);

  const toggle = () => setActive(!isActive());

  // ---------- button ----------
  let btn;
  const mountButton = () => {
    if (btn && document.body.contains(btn)) return btn;
    btn = document.createElement('button');
    btn.className = 'tm-fb-btn';
    btn.type = 'button';
    btn.textContent = isActive() ? 'Exit Full-Bleed (f)' : 'Full-Bleed (f)';
    btn.addEventListener('click', toggle);
    document.body.appendChild(btn);
    return btn;
  };

  // ---------- event bindings ----------
  const bindKeys = () => {
    window.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
      if (e.key === 'f' || e.key === 'F') {
        e.preventDefault();
        toggle();
      } else if (e.key === 'Escape' && isActive()) {
        e.preventDefault();
        setActive(false);
      }
    }, { capture: true });
  };

  const bindVideoDoubleClick = (video) => {
    if (!video || video.dataset.tmFbBound) return;
    video.addEventListener('dblclick', (e) => {
      e.preventDefault();
      toggle();
    }, { capture: true });
    video.dataset.tmFbBound = '1';
  };

  // ---------- observer to reapply on dynamic pages ----------
  const observe = () => {
    const mo = new MutationObserver(() => {
      const video = q(VIDEO_SEL);
      if (video) bindVideoDoubleClick(video);
      if (!btn && document.body) mountButton();
    });
    mo.observe(document.documentElement, { childList: true, subtree: true, attributes: false });
  };

  // ---------- bootstrap ----------
  (async () => {
    await waitFor(() => document.body);
    bindKeys();
    observe();

    const video = await waitFor(VIDEO_SEL, 120, 150);
    if (video) bindVideoDoubleClick(video);

    mountButton();

    // Optional: expose console controls
    window.tmFullBleed = { toggle, on: () => setActive(true), off: () => setActive(false) };
    console.log('[tmFullBleed] Ready on SimplePractice. Use tmFullBleed.toggle(), press F, double-click video, or use the button.');
  })();

})();

See my creation conversation with ChatGPT here:

https://chatgpt.com/share/68c89780-f700-8007-916b-2d707b1970a6

Fix for audio cutting out for 1-3 seconds randomly with MSI B650-S Wifi Motherboard

If your sound keeps cutting out seemingly randomly for your wirelessly headset with this motherboard then try plugging it into the other USB slots (not the blue ones, the red ones). It seems to have fixed my issue. Seems the other ones may not have enough power to support the power draw.

Found the fix here: Audio issues MSI Pro B650-S Wifi | MSI Global English Forum

Have you use another headphone to check for the symptom?

I think I found the solution to my issue :

The USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports connect to something called “Hub-1074” and I guess those aren’t good enough for USB headsets. I at first thought that it was an issue with the board because the chipset driver updates reduced the problem, but didn’t fix it. I then tried connecting with a different headset that uses 3.5mm jacks and it worked without issues, so now I have connected my USB headset to one of the USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports that connect to the CPU, and so far I haven’t had any audio issues.

My Favourite Podcasts!

Podcasts are one of my favourite ways to learn and entertain myself. Here are some of my faves from over the years.

  • Planet Money / The Indicator
    • Fairly light podcast on economics, very engaging hosts, interesting topics.
  • This American Life
    • A classic, beautiful stories on being human.
  • 99% Invisible
    • Learn awesome things about design and little details in life you wouldn’t have otherwise discovered.
  • Rumble Strip
    • Very direct, down to earth stories about everyday Vermonters. Especially love the ones with her farmer friend or town hall meetings. Note, I hate about 25% of the episodes as she’ll have random guest episodes and they can be awful.
  • What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law
    • Get into the minutia of constitutional law with Roman Mars and his law professor friend.
  • Twenty Thousand Hertz
    • The most beautifully podcast I’ve ever listened to. Amazing stories about audio in many different ways and a surprisingly genuine and warm. host.
  • The Big Dig
    • Ever wanted to find out exactly what went wrong in so many ways with a mega project in the United States? This podcast goes into the details on the many trials and tribulations of the Big Dig project in Boston. I learned a lot and it was super interesting!
  • Acquired
    • Listen to this if you’re interested in going in deep on companies. The hosts go on multi hour deep dives into the histories of the companies they cover. I find it to be super helpful for understanding how companies came to be but also what differentiates them from other companies.
  • Search Engine
    • In depth episodes on a very wide range of topics (the secret pool in Buckingham Palace, people who buy luggage at the airport, jawmaxxing) which I find very interesting and delightful in their unnecessary depth.
  • The Sporkful
    • Nice stories about food. The host’s speaking style isn’t my favourite and some of the episodes are a little meh but there are enough good ones in there to make it worthwhile.
  • Startup
    • Front row seats to creation and development over the years of Gimlet. Really fascinating glimpse into the birth of a company (and all the various things that come with it).
  • Reply All
    • One of Gimlet’s first successful podcasts, now retired due to a messy series of events but lots of fun and interesting episodes before that happened.
  • Heavyweight
    • Heartwarming and humanistic stories about the host trying to help a given guest try and resolve a deep seated relationship issue. Personally, I find the non-mainline episodes annoying but the standard episodes are great!
  • More Perfect
    • An awesomely in depth podcast series on how the Supreme Court works and some of their historic decisions. If you have any interest in the way the American legal system functions I wholeheartedly recommend this podcast.
  • The Disconnect
    • Want to spend 10+ hours learning about how Texas’s energy grid functions and why it failed? This is the podcast for you, :).
  • The End of the World (with Josh Clark)
    • Quite different from most podcasts out there. This one touches on a number of far far future scenarios and feels very sci fi at times. Excellent production and you’ll probably learn a few new concepts.
  • The Last Cup
    • Detailed storytelling surrounding Messi’s final world cup run and all the drama leading up to it. As a fan of Messi this was great to listen to plus it has a very satisfying end.
  • Gamecraft
    • One of Benchmark’s legendary GPs breaks down the economics and structure of the gaming industry piece by piece. Incredible knowledge contained within. Great if you’re interested in the business of gaming.
  • The Secret Life of Canada
    • Stories told about the often untold side of things from a indigenous perspective in Canada. A mix of humour and learning about horrific events you’ll likely learn a lot about things you didn’t know happened. The hosts have excellent chemistry with each other and do a fantastic job of covering the subject matter in a way that doesn’t shy away from the facts but also doesn’t leave you feeling irredeemably depressed.
  • Lenny’s Podcast
    • The best product podcast out there. Learn about a whole range of product related topics and from some of the strongest operators out there. When I feel like learning more about my craft I listen to this, :).
  • Containers
    • In depth coverage of the systems that power our ports (and how they’ve changed over time). The storytelling here is excellent and you’ll learn a lot about how goods move around the world.

How to get Tablepress tables to show in full width

  1. Go to Appearance –> Customize –> Additional CSS
    (If you’re in the right place, this should show after your site URL /wp-admin/customize.php)

2. Add in this CSS block modification

.content-area__wrapper {
–go–max-width: 100rem;
}

3. Now your tables will show at full width on your site!

If you want it to only apply to a specific page, publish your page, go to that page, right click to inspect and find out the page ID (it shows at the very top), then target your change to only apply to that page in your Additional CSS settings.

In my case, my page ID is 534 so I did the following

.page-id-534 .content-area__wrapper {
–go–max-width: 100rem;
}

Make sure you include a space between .page-id-534 and .content-area__wrapper

Here’s a screenshot of what my inspect view looked like.