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Re:I made Checkmate, a TDD tool for Cursor AI agents on Thursday May 22, 2025 @08:41AM (#44061483)
I got tired of AI assistants confidently giving me broken code. So I built Checkmate. It’s a test-driven dev tool that forces your AI coding agents (like Cursor) to prove their code works before you hit run.

It’s open-source, fast to set up, and built to keep AI output honest.

How it works: - You define specs and rules in plain text - The AI writes code and self-checks against those rules - Checkmate independently verifies that the evidence matches the logic - If the AI cheats or misses something, Checkmate rejects it - The agent has to fix it and retry until it passes

It’s like putting an assert statement around the entire prompting process.

I use it now daily with Cursor. Now my AI-generated code I trust, ships faster, and there’s less back-and-forth.

There’s a WIKI in the repos https://github.com/richardsondx/checkmate where you can learn more about it

Would love feedback, contributions, and bug reports. It’s early but I think this should be a default part of any AI dev workflow.

0.1.7 coming soon with Checkmate Dashboard. I’ve shared some preview on X.

Re: on Monday July 15, 2024 @11:33AM (#40968777)
Setting up automated emails for your app can be a nightmare. Enter “The Ultimate Guide to Automated Emails for Your App.” Packed with practical steps, templates, and hacks, that simplifies the entire process. I’ve broken it down so that anyone can do it.
Re:RichCSS – Beautiful, DRY, Clean and Reusable CSS on Monday March 28, 2016 @09:02AM (#11373975)
Hi all, I'm the creator of RichCSS. I've been using the framework for years now but I finally launched the website last night. The video that is on the landing page is a great explainer of the advantages of the framework. I'm very excited about this launch and I hope that a community will grow around RichCSS parts.
Re:Rich CSS: A CLEAN CSS FRAMEWORK on Monday May 11, 2015 @11:24AM (#9525419)
RichCSS is a CSS framework providing default structures for reusable css element. It’s built around an Architectural Style that organizes your code in a way that allows: reusability of your css, versioning, the use of plugins and the ease of using it. RichCSS is bringing convention and organization to CSS that anyone can understand and use. RichCSS uses SASS to extend its capabilities but it can work independently from it