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5 Anthropic Prompt Caching Patterns That Cut My API Bill 70%
System-prompt caching alone cut repeat-call costs by half Tool definitions cache separately, perfect for agent loops Conversation history caching pays off after turn three 1-hour...
Why I Run Claude Code Plugins for Brand Voice Enforcement
A brand-voice plugin catches em-dashes and banned words before publish, not after Plugins run on hooks automatically, skills wait until you ask My checker blocks...
Opus 4.8 vs Sonnet vs Haiku: How I Route Work in 2026
Which Claude model for which job in 2026, with Opus 4.8's flat price, cheaper Fast mode, and abstention as the deciding factors. My routing table.
Opus 4.8 in Practice: A Real Coding Session
A field report from one real agentic coding session on Opus 4.8: where it asked instead of guessing, caught its own bug, and held the...
Claude Code Hooks I Ship in Every Project: 6 Patterns
Brand-check hook catches forbidden words before they reach a draft Spacing and font hooks fix layout drift across 40+ templates A11y and SEO hooks block...
Claude Opus 4.8 Is Here: Everything That Changed
Claude Opus 4.8 landed May 28 with a 4x drop in unremarked code bugs, a 3x cheaper Fast mode, Dynamic Workflows, and the same price...
5 Anthropic SDK Streaming Patterns I Use in Production
Token paint with backpressure stops fast streams from crashing slow UIs Partial tool_use blocks let you show "querying X..." 200ms into a call AbortController cancels...
5 MCP Servers I Built This Year and What They Replaced
Built 5 MCP servers in 2026, retired 4 daemons and a Zapier flow Catalog and blog-index MCPs saved roughly 9 hours per week Render-queue MCP...
Claude Opus 4.7 in My Solo Studio: 6 Workflows That Justify the Tier
Opus 4.7 with 1M context lets me refactor 47 files in one prompt, no chunking, no lost thread Multi-agent orchestration runs 4 parallel drafts in...
5 CSS Animations That Needed JavaScript Until 2026
interpolate-size and calc-size finally let a panel transition to height auto with no measuring script. transition-behavior allow-discrete plus @starting-style animates elements both into and out...
CSS Carousels With Zero JavaScript: 5 Patterns
A scroll-snap track plus the new pseudo-elements replaced a 14KB carousel dependency in my UI. scroll-marker-group and ::scroll-marker render the dot navigation with no script...
Claude Security Update: Scans, Webhooks, 6 Partners
Claude Security left its launch behind with scheduled scans, directory targeting, and CSV or Markdown exports. Slack and Jira webhooks plus dismissals that stick turn...