AI;DR - for those who can't be bothered. Note to self (so I can find it again if I need it): I just spent an embarrassing amount of time debugging a problem that compiled without errors, produced no warnings, and simply didn't work at runtime. The culprit? Delphi's smart linker silently optimizing away code that … Continue reading Delphi Class Constructors and the Smart Linker: A Silent Trap
An example conversation with Claude Code
For those who want to know how I actually use Claude Code, here is a conversation (in two parts) that I had with it today. The text I typed is prefixed by "Me>", the rest is output from Claude Code, where "CC>" is directly directed to me, the user. As you can see for yourself, … Continue reading An example conversation with Claude Code
Fixing GExperts Code Formatter Bugs with Claude Code
Over the past few weeks I have been using Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding assistant, to fix long-standing bugs in the GExperts Code Formatter. The results have been impressive - bugs that had been open for years were fixed in a matter of hours, including some that I had hesitated to tackle because of the … Continue reading Fixing GExperts Code Formatter Bugs with Claude Code
GExperts Reverse Statement Expert: Now with Configurable Regex Rules
The Reverse Statement expert in GExperts has received a major upgrade. Previously, it could reverse simple assignments and swap a small set of hardcoded function pairs. Now it uses configurable regex-based rules that you can customize to match your own coding patterns. What Does Reverse Statement Do? When you press Alt+Shift+R in the Delphi IDE, … Continue reading GExperts Reverse Statement Expert: Now with Configurable Regex Rules
Claude Code Session/memory loss after WSL restart
Note to self: Claude Code stores per-project auto-memory and session data under ~/.claude/projects/ using a path derived from the absolute working directory (e.g., -mnt-source-ProjectName). When WSL restarts, Windows drive mount points can change (e.g., /mnt/source becomes /mnt/d/source/), causing the project path to no longer match. This makes previous sessions unresumable and auto-memory invisible. If this … Continue reading Claude Code Session/memory loss after WSL restart
GExperts Code Formatter: Align Assignment Operators
The GExperts Code Formatter can already var blocks, const blocks and single line comments at a configurable column position. The latest addition brings the same capability to assignment operators (:=) in regular code as suggested in this feature request (Yes, I do read those.) How It Works When enabled, the formatter pads the space before … Continue reading GExperts Code Formatter: Align Assignment Operators
GExperts: Sharing Identifier Casing across Experts
The GExperts Uses Clause Manager (UCM) has always parsed the identifiers exported by all units in the search path. It uses this information for its own purposes, like showing you which unit to add to your uses clause when you type an unknown identifier. But that parsed data just sat there, unused by any other … Continue reading GExperts: Sharing Identifier Casing across Experts
GExperts: The Dialog That Ate My Screen (and How I Finally Fixed It)
If you've been using GExperts' "Edit Unit Search Path" dialog on a multi-monitor setup with mixed DPI scaling, you may have noticed something odd: The dialog gets a little bigger every time you open it. Not dramatically - just enough to be annoying. Open it ten times and it's noticeably larger. Open it twenty times … Continue reading GExperts: The Dialog That Ate My Screen (and How I Finally Fixed It)
Exploring DelphiLSP: A Small Experiment
Today I got curious about Embarcadero's DelphiLSP - the Language Server Protocol implementation that powers code intelligence in the Delphi IDE. I wanted to understand how it worked under the hood and whether it could be useful outside of RAD Studio. The result was DelphiLSP Tools, a pair of small Delphi applications: DelphiLspProbe is a … Continue reading Exploring DelphiLSP: A Small Experiment
GExperts 1.3.26 2026-02-07 released
The new GExperts version still supports all Delphi versions back to Delphi 6 (with the notable exception of Delphi 8) and even the Delphi 13 version is no longer in Beta state. There is also a 64 bit DLL to be used in the new 64 bit IDE of Delphi 13. And guess what? Dark … Continue reading GExperts 1.3.26 2026-02-07 released