Let Claude Draft the Quote's Wording, Keep the Numbers in Your Own File — A Small Source of Truth and a Check Script
How a freelancer can have Claude polish the wording of quotes and invoices while the amounts stay in a JSON file and get verified by a short Python script.
What I Stop Doing Before I Hit Claude's Limit — Rebuilding a Day Around the Five-Hour Window
Claude's usage recovers on a five-hour window, but that window doesn't start on the clock — it starts with the first message you send. Here's how I reordered my working day so I stop before the limit stops me.
Where to Put an Instruction That Keeps Coming Back: Chat, Style, Settings File, or Hook
No comments, please. Do not translate the product name. When an instruction drifts back a few turns later, the fix is usually the location, not the wording. I compared the same sentence across four layers and settled on a rule for which instruction belongs where.
Using Aqua Voice for Cowork and Everyday Messages — What Changed When I Started Speaking Instead of Typing
I use the dictation app Aqua Voice for briefing Cowork and for messages and email on my iPhone. Notes on how the texture of my writing changed before its speed did, how Mac and iPhone use differs, and what still gets in the way.
Three Ways to Start with Claude — Browser, Desktop, and Mobile, and How to Use Each
A clear walkthrough for getting started with Claude on the browser, desktop app, and iPhone/Android — plus how to combine all three so your day flows smoothly. Written from the perspective of a solo app developer who lives across all three.
Five Filters I Use Before Wiring a Claude Code Skill Into My Daily Workflow
Public Claude Code Skills keep multiplying. As an indie developer running a few tech blogs through Claude Code, I share the filters that decide which Skills stay in my daily workflow — and which ones I quietly remove after a few days.
Stop the 'old_string is not unique' Error in Claude Code's Edit Tool — A Practical Rewrite Strategy
When Claude Code's Edit tool throws 'old_string is not unique in the file', the root cause is usually that the prompt didn't guarantee a uniquely identifiable target. Here's how to design rewrites that actually stick.
Codify Your Writing Voice as a Cowork Skill: A Personal Brand Style Guide Pattern
How to capture your own writing voice — vocabulary, rhythm, structural quirks — as a Cowork Skill, using a three-step loop of observation, SKILL.md authoring, and falsification testing, plus a small helper script that turns the numbers into a list of places to re-read.
Claude Code Hooks: A Field Guide to the 8 Core Hooks — and the 33-Event Catalog They Now Live In
Claude Code hooks are powerful, but most people give up before figuring out which event does what. Here's the field guide I wish I had when I started — six months of running hooks in production, distilled.
Test-Driven Development with Claude Code — A TDD Workflow for the Agent Era
Adding the constraint of 'write tests first' to Claude Code stops the agent's drift and dramatically changes the quality of generated code. Here's the TDD workflow I arrived at after six months of trial and error.
Running Claude Code Per Worktree: Notes From Actual Use
Implementation notes on splitting branches into Git worktrees and launching Claude Code per directory. What is shared and what is isolated, measured on a real repository, plus the untracked files nobody warns you about.
Working Between Claude Design and Claude Code — Splitting Diverge and Converge
Rough design in Claude Design, fine detail in Claude Code. Now that the two live close together in the desktop app, here is how to run them as a divide-of-labor between diverging and converging — bridges like Link Local code and Send to included.