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Claude Blueprint: Why I Packaged 33 Days Into One Install
Claude Blueprint packages a full Claude Code setup, a CLAUDE.md template, 6 commands, 6 skills, and 3 hooks,…
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Working notes from the studio. The tools I build, the workflows I keep, the mistakes I paid for.
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Why I Keep Shipping Small Tools Instead of One Big Product
Why I build five focused tools instead of one sprawling product, and what Git Dojo, OhNine, and Statusline Builder taught me about scope.
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OhNine: Why I Built a Menu Bar App for Claude Limits
OhNine is a free menu bar app that tracks Claude session and weekly usage limits and warns you…
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Statusline Builder: Why I Give a Tool Away Free
Statusline Builder configures a Claude Code statusline with 33 elements, free forever. Here is why I built it…
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Why I Built Git Dojo Instead of Another Git GUI
Git Dojo teaches git through real terminal commands, not menus. Why I built it that way and what…
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5 agent-browser Workflows That Replaced My Manual Daily Checks
5 agent-browser workflows that replaced manual daily checks and paid SaaS, with command snippets and weekly time saved.
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Server-Sent Events Beat WebSockets for 80% of My AI Streaming UIs: 5 Patterns
Server-Sent Events handle 80% of AI streaming UIs with one HTTP connection and zero WebSocket overhead. 5 production…
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Claude Security Goes Public Beta: Repo Scanning, Vuln Explainer, Patch Guidance
Claude Security entered public beta on May 2026, scanning repos and explaining vulnerabilities for Claude Enterprise customers only
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PostHog Error Tracking Killed My Sentry Bill
Sentry cost me 80 EUR/month for ~12k errors that PostHog now catches on the free tier
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Shopify Functions Replaced 8 Apps In One Saturday
Cancelled 8 paid apps in one Saturday and dropped 180 EUR/month off the app bill to zero recurring…
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Bun Shell Replaced Every Bash Script in My Studio
I deleted 1,400 lines of bash and 23 scripts, replaced by 600 lines of Bun Shell TypeScript
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Neon Database Branching Saved Me 200 EUR Every Month
I run 14 Neon database branches per project for the price of one Postgres instance