Claude Code's Hidden MCP Flag: 32k Tokens Back
ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_MCP_CLI eliminates MCP tool schema overhead entirely. Undocumented, untested in the wild, but it works. Here's what I found.
Read more →claude-launcher: Model Freedom for Claude Code
A CLI wrapper that lets you swap Claude Code's backend between Anthropic and OpenRouter with a single command. Pick any model, configure role-specific models, and switch between them instantly.
Read more →The Open Source Agentic Moment
Two major open source coding models dropped in 48 hours. Both target Claude Code compatibility. Both MIT licensed. The economics of agentic AI just changed.
Read more →Claude in Chrome: Close the Dev Loop Without Leaving Your Terminal
Claude Code can now control your actual Chrome browser. Not a headless session, not a fresh login - your Chrome, with your cookies and sessions. Build, test, and debug without context switching.
Read more →Claude Code: The Details That Compound
Claude Code is evolving on two fronts: expanding scope and polishing ergonomics. The combination makes it feel less like a CLI tool and more like a complete dev environment.
Read more →Three Ways to Build Deep Research with Claude
From 20 lines of shell to production apps. Anthropic renamed Claude Code SDK to Agent SDK because deep research is now a first-class use case.
Read more →Visual Verification: Making Agents Prove Their Work
Screenshots as source of truth, reference comparison to catch agent lies, and video capture for temporal bugs. How multimodal validation changes coding agent workflows.
Read more →claude-tools: A Plugin Marketplace for Claude Code
Five plugins that extend Claude Code with specialized external tools: Gemini for visual analysis, Codex for architecture thinking, Headless for browser automation, Mobile for native app testing, and DNS for multi-provider management.
Read more →Divers and CNC Machines: Yegge and Kim on What's Coming
Steve Yegge and Gene Kim explain why Claude Code 'ain't it' yet, why senior engineers are resisting, and what next year's tools will actually look like.
Read more →Claude Code Gets Path-Specific Rules (Cursor Had This First)
Claude Code 2.0.64 adds .claude/rules/ with path matching. It's a welcome addition, but Cursor's had .cursor/rules/ for months. Here's the comparison.
Read more →Denial, Then Admission: Why LLM Quality Drops Are Real
Anthropic denied issues for weeks, then published a postmortem admitting three bugs degraded 16% of Claude requests. The pattern keeps repeating.
Read more →The External Scaffolding Era Is Ending
BMAD, Spec-Kit, Cline - frameworks that compensated for tool limitations. Plan Mode, Cursor 2.0, and Antigravity absorb the patterns natively.
Read more →Anthropic Bought Bun
Anthropic's first acquisition ever. A $183B AI company just bet their fastest-growing product on a JavaScript runtime. Claude Code hit $1B in 6 months - built on Bun.
Read more →Plan Mode Is Now Mandatory. Auto-Compact Should Be Enabled.
Opus 4.5 shipped Plan Mode as a core workflow. The workarounds are obsolete. And the case for auto-compact finally tips in favor of enabling it.
Read more →Ralph Wiggum: Autonomous Loops for Claude Code
The official Claude Code plugin that lets agents work autonomously for hours. When to use it, when not to, and the philosophy behind letting AI fail repeatedly until it succeeds.
Read more →Claude Code Plugins: Breaking the AI Slop Aesthetic
How Anthropic's new plugin system and frontend-design skill help Claude Code generate distinctive UI instead of generic AI output.
Read more →AI-Generated UI Mockups in Your Coding Workflow
Design systems from mockup to code in a single Claude Code session. Use Gemini 3 Pro to generate UI concepts, then implement them directly.
Read more →Opus 4.5 and Tool Search: The Native Fix for MCP Context Bloat
Claude's new model ships with defer_loading for tools. The MCP isolation patterns I built are now (mostly) obsolete.
Read more →From Single Model to Specialized Tooling: Adding React Grab to the Stack
My AI workflow evolved from 'Claude does everything' to specialized tools for each task. React Grab fills the UI extraction gap I didn't know I had.
Read more →Hybrid AI Workflows: Spawning Gemini from Claude Code
Claude Code for development, Gemini 3 Pro for visual analysis, research, and deep thinking. A slash command that routes tasks to the right model.
Read more →Skills Auto-Activation via Hooks (Does It Solve the Problem?)
Hooks-based skill activation solves context selection (which guidelines? which tools?) but not workflow orchestration. Both patterns have their place.
Read more →Expressing MCP Tools as Code APIs (96% Less Context)
From Chrome DevTools experiment to universal MCP wrapper: progressive discovery works with any server, Skills integration, and smart deduplication
Read more →Claude Skills: The Controllability Problem
Skills are auto-invoked by Claude's judgment. For engineering workflows that need predictability, slash commands give you explicit control.
Read more →When Claude Needs a Second Opinion: Strategic Thinking with Codex
Claude Code loves to jump straight into implementation. Sometimes you need a model that thinks first. Here's how I use Codex for systems thinking and architecture decisions.
Read more →Isolating MCP Context in Claude Code with Slash Commands
How to use slash commands to keep specialized MCP tools isolated from your main conversation context.
Read more →Building Trivista: What AI Coding Actually Solves (and What It Doesn't)
Building a multiplayer trivia app solo with AI coding tools. Here's what worked, what didn't, and the trade-offs no one talks about.
Read more →Stop Speedrunning Claude Code (Master the Core Loop First)
MCPs, subagents, and automation are tempting. But the developers getting the most from Claude Code aren't rushing to advanced features - they're mastering the fundamentals.
Read more →Vibe Coding a Blog Migration: Ghost to Astro in One Night with Claude Code
Converting a Ghost blog to Astro in a single late-night session with Claude Code, reducing memory usage by 75% while learning what AI coding tools actually solve
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