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Articles on AI coding tools, self-hosting, web development and the apps I use every day. When a post quotes a price, a benchmark or a version number, it's the one I checked while writing it.
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GitHub moved the Copilot runtime from TypeScript to 832,000 lines of Rust with agents, for about $120,000 in tokens. Here is why C# and Go lost, and what the benchmarks show.
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· 12 min read
GitHub moved the Copilot runtime from TypeScript to 832,000 lines of Rust with agents, for about $120,000 in tokens. Here is why C# and Go lost, and what the benchmarks show.
· 9 min read
Teams merged 98% more PRs this year and review time went up 91%. The bottleneck moved from writing code to approving it, and most teams haven't noticed.
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jscrambler 8.14.0 shipped a preinstall hook that runs a Rust infostealer during npm install. It goes after AWS, wallets, and your Claude/Cursor/MCP config. What to do.
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The three ways Claude Code handles permission (approval, auto-accept, plan mode), how to cycle them with Shift+Tab, and when to use each.
· 6 min read
I use Dia as my daily browser on my MacBook. Here's what the new Reports feature actually does, and why I'm stuck waiting for the Windows version.
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My real setup for turning Claude Cowork plus an Obsidian vault into a working second brain: how I capture project ideas, keep notes that the AI actually reads, and never repeat myself across sessions.
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I self-hosted n8n for months and hit the license wall. Here are 7 real alternatives, from Activepieces (MIT) to Windmill (code-first), with the trade-offs nobody mentions.
· 8 min read
Documentation used to be for the next developer. Now it is what every AI coding agent reads before it touches your code. Here is what to write and why.
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WordPress application passwords let Claude read, draft, and edit your site over the REST API. No plugin, no code. Here is the setup, the security framing, and the one gotcha that trips people up.
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Most posts start as a problem I hit on client work or my own projects that week.
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Claude Code setups, permission modes and plugins, plus the security side, like the npm hack that hunts AI tool keys.
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VPS pricing, Docker, Coolify and object storage, with 2026 prices instead of the numbers older guides quote.
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JavaScript, .NET and front-end choices, like when HTMX beats React and what RFC 10008 changes for APIs.
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The plugins, launchers, browsers and terminal tools I actually use, and what made me switch.
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