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Honest 6-Month Review of Claude Cowork — What Actually Worked for an Indie Developer
A candid 6-month review of Claude Cowork from an indie developer's perspective. Covers scheduled tasks, skills, and the memory system — what exceeded expectations, what was genuinely painful, and the hard-won lessons that changed how I use AI automation.
Writing Effective Custom Instructions for Claude Projects
A practical guide to writing Claude Projects custom instructions that actually shape Claude's behavior — covering role definition, output constraints, and project-specific context sharing.
How to Commit and Push via GitHub REST API When git CLI Fails in VM Environments
A practical guide to using GitHub REST API (blobs→trees→commits→refs) to push files when git CLI is blocked by index.lock, ownership errors, or permission issues in VM and sandbox environments.
How to Diagnose and Fix Claude Code Network and Connection Errors in 5 Minutes
A systematic guide to diagnosing network and connection errors in Claude Code. Understand what common error messages mean, and follow a step-by-step flow to pinpoint the root cause within 5 minutes.
Claude in Chrome × Google Sheets — Automate Repetitive Tasks with Apps Script
A practical guide to generating and running Google Sheets Apps Script with Claude in Chrome. No programming experience required — automate data cleanup, aggregation, and conditional formatting in minutes.
Claude Code for Data Science — pandas, scikit-learn, and ML Workflows with AI Pair Programming
A hands-on guide to using Claude Code across the full data science and machine learning workflow. From EDA and feature engineering to model evaluation, hyperparameter tuning with Optuna, SHAP analysis, and MLOps basics — with working Python code throughout.
Building a Cost-Optimized Multi-Provider AI Gateway with Claude API and LiteLLM — Fallback Design, A/B Testing, and Provider Migration Strategy
Learn how to build a production-grade multi-provider AI gateway centered on Claude API using LiteLLM. Covers fallback chain design, A/B testing, cost-based routing, and provider migration strategy with complete code examples.
7 Daily Decisions in Solo Development with Claude Code — A Year of Lessons
When I started using Claude Code for solo development, seven recurring decision points kept tripping me up. After a year of running, breaking, and fixing my workflow, here is the criteria I have settled on — including the reasoning behind each judgment call.
Claude Mythos Explained — Understanding Anthropic's New Agent-Focused Product Through Its System Card
A deep dive into Claude Mythos, Anthropic's new sandboxed agent model. Covers the system card, sandbox architecture, comparison with general Claude models, and practical adoption scenarios.
Designing Zero-Downtime Database Migrations with Claude Code: A Production Operations Guide
A production guide to designing zero-downtime database migrations with Claude Code. Covers Expand-Contract, NOT NULL additions, renames, backfills, and subagent reviews — practical patterns that survive real production traffic.
Anthropic IPO 2026 Status — Timing, Valuation, and What It Means for Claude Users
A grounded look at where Anthropic stands on going public as of May 2026. Covers timing speculation, valuation history, comparison with OpenAI, and what an eventual IPO might mean for Claude users.
Designing a Claude API Monthly Budget That Doesn't Blow Up — Cost Management for Solo Developers
When you embed Claude API into a side-project app, the first thing you hit is the end-of-month invoice. Here are the budgeting math, logging, caps, and retry rules I use to keep costs predictable, including the places where I tripped.