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Justin Nel

South African programmer living in Tokyo. I write about the craft between bits and products: AVR C, Go, C#, TypeScript, tools, systems, small game experiments, and the rabbit holes that keep pulling me toward the next thing.

Latest · August 9, 2026 Finding Familiar Code with Mori →
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August 9, 2026 · 5 min read

Finding Familiar Code with Mori

A local tool I built to find structurally similar code, and why I now use it across most of my larger projects.

  • #open source
  • #developer tools
  • #static analysis
  • #go
  • #tree-sitter
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  1. Finding Familiar Code with Mori

    A local tool I built to find structurally similar code, and why I now use it across most of my larger projects.

    #open source#developer tools#static analysis#go#tree-sitter 5 min read

  2. Open sourcing syncpick

    A small interactive picker for copying selected folders from SSH servers with rsync.

    #open source#terminal#ssh#rsync#zsh 3 min read

  3. Building a Local-First Document Workflow Prototype

    A high-level look at a recent client project: turning messy document intake into a structured, auditable workflow without exposing the client details.

    #client work#document processing#ai#typescript 5 min read

  4. Finding My Feet

    Settling into Japan properly: new friends, better health, too many crane games, and personal projects coming back to life.

    #personal#japan#health#projects 4 min read

  5. A long overdue update

    Catching up after a few quiet years, from Sweden and Cyber Lane AB to Japan and Cogent Labs.

    #personal#moving#sweden#japan#work 4 min read

  6. KidSpeak in Lund

    Announcing the KidSpeak Lund event, with signups now live, a Stockholm event coming soon, and more plans around Leetspeak and personal projects.

    #personal#kidspeak 1 min read

  7. Another site for my content

    Separating personal, professional, and project content across Cyber-Lane, Justinel.com, and future Kidspeak updates.

    #personal#kidspeak 2 min read

  8. Why Cloudflare gives error 522 to my NodeJS app

    Debugging Cloudflare error 522 on a self-hosted Node.js app and discovering why port 80 still mattered for HTTPS traffic.

    #node#nodejs#cloudflare#dns#dynamic dns#self hosted#nginx 2 min read
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Mori

Mori

open-source

A local CLI for finding structurally similar functions, scripts, and SQL queries across large codebases.

  • #developer tools
  • #static analysis
  • #go
  • #tree-sitter
  • #open source
syncpick

syncpick

open-source

An interactive terminal picker for safely copying selected folders from SSH servers with rsync.

  • #terminal
  • #ssh
  • #rsync
  • #zsh
  • #open source
Kidspeak

Kidspeak

active

A programming and technology event for kids, running in Sweden since 2016.

  • #kids
  • #programming
  • #conference
  • #blockly
  • #arduino
  • #scratch
Snow-Meep

Snow-Meep

released

A light-up snowman soldering badge kit for events and workshops.