Weekend MVP with Claude Code — From Zero to First Revenue in 48 Hours
Build a minimum viable product in a single weekend using Claude Code, integrate Stripe payments, and get your first paying customer — with actual prompts and commands shown step by step.
Claude Code Context Window Mastery — 7 Production Patterns to Stop Sessions From Stalling
Most slowdowns and silent quality drops in Claude Code on large repos come from context window management, not from model limits. This guide walks through seven patterns I rely on in production, with measurement scripts and runtime rules.
When `claude --resume` Won't Restore Your Previous Session — A Practical Troubleshooting Guide
When Claude Code's --resume or --continue stops bringing back your last conversation, the cause almost always falls into one of four buckets. Here's how to walk through them in five to ten minutes.
Using Claude Code in a pnpm Monorepo — Combining --filter with dlx
Running Claude Code in a pnpm monorepo? It often touches files in packages you didn't ask about. Here's how to scope work properly with --filter, when dlx is dangerous, and what to put in .claude/settings.json so confirmation dialogs stop interrupting you.
Should You Flip CLAUDE_CODE_USE_POWERSHELL_TOOL=1? — A Practical Decision Guide for Windows Developers
When you run Claude Code on Windows, you eventually wonder whether CLAUDE_CODE_USE_POWERSHELL_TOOL=1 is worth flipping on. After running both modes across several projects, here is the decision rubric I now use.
Sharing Claude Code's .claude/ directory across a team — what to commit and what to keep personal
When you start sharing Claude Code's .claude/ directory across a team, which files belong in Git and which stay local? Here are the boundaries I've drawn after running it on four projects, plus a working .gitignore template.
Secret Management and Trust Boundaries for Claude Code — A Production Guide for the Agent Era
A field-tested approach to secrets in a Claude Code workflow: trust-boundary modeling, three injection patterns, leak-prevention hooks, and rotation runbooks — with working code for .env, MCP, and OS Keychain integrations.
When Claude Code Hooks Loop Forever — Stopping Self-Triggering PostToolUse Hooks
You wired up Claude Code hooks and now your terminal is a waterfall of tool calls that won't stop. Here's why PostToolUse hooks loop on themselves, and the patterns I use in real projects to make sure they never do again.
Automating CI/CD Pipelines with Claude Code's --print and --output-format json
A practical guide to using Claude Code's --print flag and --output-format json in CI/CD pipelines. Covers automated code review in GitHub Actions, PR comment generation, and test failure analysis — with working code throughout.
Claude Code × uv: Blazing-Fast Python Environment Setup — 10x Faster Than pip in Practice
Learn how to combine uv — Astral's Rust-powered Python package manager — with Claude Code for dramatically faster environment setup. Covers project initialization, dependency management automation, CI integration, and migrating from pip.
When Claude Code Hits `index.lock` in VMs and CI: Three Workarounds That Actually Stick
When Claude Code freezes on `fatal: Unable to create '.git/index.lock'` inside a VM, container, or CI sandbox, here are three battle-tested workarounds — pick the one that matches the layer of failure you're actually hitting.
Editing Multiple Repositories at Once With Claude Code --add-dir
How to use Claude Code's --add-dir flag to edit multiple repositories in a single session. Practical patterns for cross-repo API changes, shared utility refactoring, and keeping docs in sync with code.