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Why I Stopped Using Cursor for Production Code (And What I Use Now)
Cursor felt fast for prototypes but stalled on real production tasks
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Working notes from the studio. The tools I build, the workflows I keep, the mistakes I paid for.
63 entries · latest 2026-09-30
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5 Claude Code Slash Commands I Built and Use Daily
/publish replaced a 40-line shell script and 6 manual steps
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Why I Run Claude Code Plugins for Brand Voice Enforcement
A brand-voice plugin catches em-dashes and banned words before publish, not after
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Opus 4.8 in Practice: A Real Coding Session
A field report from one real agentic coding session on Opus 4.8: where it asked instead of guessing,…
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Claude Code Hooks I Ship in Every Project: 6 Patterns
Brand-check hook catches forbidden words before they reach a draft
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Claude's Big May: Limit Reset, Code w/ Claude, Small Business
Claude's viral May 2026: a surprise rate-limit reset, the Code w/ Claude half-the-room moment, and Claude for Small…
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Claude Code /goal and Agent View: 5 Solo-Studio Wins
Claude Code v2.1.139 added /goal, which sets a completion condition and keeps the agent working across turns until…
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Claude Code's /recap and 1-Hour Caching: April's Quiet Productivity Update
Claude Code's April update added /recap, 1-hour prompt caching, forced 5-minute caching, and 500K-character MCP tool output, none…
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Claude Code 2.1.118 Adds Vim Mode, /theme, And Hook MCP
Vim visual mode lands in Claude Code 2.1.118 with v and V selection, plus full operator support over…
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Claude Code Ultraplan: Plan in the Cloud, Run Anywhere
Claude Code Ultraplan drafts plans in the cloud, lets you review them in a web editor, then runs…
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Anthropic Confirms Claude Code Was Broken For 7 Weeks
March 4 default reasoning dropped from high to medium for latency, hurt coding accuracy on real tasks
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The 9 Claude Code Hooks That Audit Every File I Write
How 9 shell-script hooks replace code review in a solo studio: what each one catches, how to write…