https://thomasgoelles.com/tag/ai-assisted-development/ AI-Assisted Development Wowchemy (https://wowchemy.com)en-usFri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://thomasgoelles.com/media/icon_hu_2fa78e95c4c03aad.png https://thomasgoelles.com/tag/ai-assisted-development/ https://thomasgoelles.com/post/bib_tui/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://thomasgoelles.com/post/bib_tui/ <p>I manage my literature as plain <code>.bib</code> files — they live in Git, they outlive any app, and they stay the single source of truth. What I was missing was a fast way to actually <em>work</em> with them. So I built <a href="https://tgoelles.github.io/bib_tui" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>bibtui</strong></a>, a keyboard-driven terminal app for searching, tagging, and curating BibTeX libraries.</p> <p>It does a few things I reach for constantly:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Search as you type</strong> across title, author, journal, keywords, and cite key.</li> <li><strong>Automatic PDF downloads</strong> of open-access papers from arXiv, Copernicus, OpenAlex, and Unpaywall.</li> <li><strong>Keyword organization</strong> with read state and priorities, so a big <code>.bib</code> stays navigable.</li> <li><strong>Plain-text and Git-friendly</strong>, so sharing and versioning a reference collection with collaborators just works.</li> </ul> <p>It&rsquo;s built on the <a href="https://textual.textualize.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Textual</a> TUI framework, works with mouse and keyboard, and ships with a handful of themes (Catppuccin, Nord, Dracula, Gruvbox).</p> <p>The fastest way to try it, no install required:</p> <pre><code>uvx --prerelease=allow bibtui </code></pre> <p>Beyond scratching my own itch, bibtui has been my testbed for <strong>AI-driven development</strong> — a real, non-trivial project to push agentic coding workflows on. It&rsquo;s open source (MIT) and on PyPI.</p> <h2 id="links">Links</h2> <ul> <li>Docs: <a href="https://tgoelles.github.io/bib_tui" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tgoelles.github.io/bib_tui</a></li> <li>Source: <a href="https://github.com/tgoelles/bib_tui" target="_blank" rel="noopener">github.com/tgoelles/bib_tui</a></li> </ul>