Gas Town: from Clown Show to v1.0
Gas Town and Beads have both released version 1.0.0, marking the end of Gas Town's chaotic early phase and the start of stable, production-ready use.
Apr 3, 2026
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Vibe Maintainer
Steve argues that maintainers of successful OSS projects will increasingly need AI-heavy workflows to manage waves of AI-generated pull requests without losing quality or velocity.
Mar 31, 2026
Welcome to the Wasteland: A Thousand Gas Towns
The Wasteland is a way to link thousands of Gas Towns together in a trust network, to build stuff really, really fast.
Mar 4, 2026
Gas Town Refinery #1
Chris Sells talks to Steve Yegge about the origin of, and future for, the Beads, Gas Town and Gas City projects, plus an extended demo.
Feb 18, 2026
The AI Vampire
AI is starting to kill us all, Colin Robinson style. Being in the same room with AI is draining people.
Feb 11, 2026
The Anthropic Hive Mind
Something is happening over at Anthropic. They are a spaceship that is beginning to take off.
Feb 6, 2026
Software Survival 3.0
I spent a lot of time writing software with AI last year, and I had some pretty good successes, notably Beads and Gas Town...
Jan 29, 2026
Stevey's Birthday Blog
My birthday's coming up, Jan 20th. Fifty-seven. As my Uncle Harold used to say in the 1980s, "Hey it's my birthday. Keep it...
Jan 19, 2026
BAGS and the Creator Economy
I've told this bizarre story to a few people now, including my wife Linh, who was certain it was a scam, and everyone's eyes cross...
Jan 17, 2026
Gas Town Emergency User Manual
It's been a busy 12 days since I launched Gas Town. I've merged over 100 PRs from nearly 50 contributors, adding 44k lines of...
Jan 13, 2026
The Future of Coding Agents
It has been three days since I launched Gas Town! Woohoo!
Jan 5, 2026
Welcome to Gas Town
Happy New Year, and Welcome to Gas Town!
Jan 1, 2026Join the Community
Connect with other Gas Town users and contributors.