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Claude Reflect: I Audited How I Actually Use AI
Anthropic's new Reflect dashboard shows how you actually use Claude. I ran it on myself for a week,…
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Working notes from the studio. The tools I build, the workflows I keep, the mistakes I paid for.
469 entries · latest 2026-10-22
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Claude Sonnet 5 Is the New Default: What Changed for Coding
Claude Sonnet 5 is the new default on Pro, Team, and Enterprise seats, with 1M-token context and adaptive…
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Claude Artifacts Now Call Your MCP Connectors for Live Data
Claude published artifacts can now pull live data through each viewer's own MCP connectors, no backend required. What…
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The Micro-Interactions I Add Last That Make a UI Feel Fast
Optimistic UI updates before the server confirms feel instant to users
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The Solo Studio Stack: What I Pay For and What I Self-Host
Subscriptions I keep pay back 5-10 hours weekly, self-host handles predictable batch work
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The Blog Post Structure I Use So Readers Actually Finish
Hook in five seconds or readers leave
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Debugging a Production Bug I Cannot Reproduce Locally
Reconstruct the timeline from prod logs before touching code
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The 5 Metrics I Check Weekly and the Ones I Ignore
Weekly review runs under 10 minutes with 5 tracked numbers
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Shopify Theme Sections I Rebuild on Every Store
Four sections (hero, proof band, FAQ, CTA) I copy into every Shopify store
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Accessible Color Contrast Without Killing the Brand
I keep a dark UI with a bright accent WCAG-AA readable at 4.5:1
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Feature Flags Without a Vendor: The Minimal Setup I Ship
Boolean flags in env vars cover 80% of what vendors sell
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The CSS color-mix Patterns I Use Across Every RAXXO Theme
One brand variable feeds hover, disabled, surface, and text colors