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Claude Code
6 posts on claude code — guides and lab notes from real runs on hardware we own. New posts land here automatically. Start anywhere, or grab the copy-paste prompts that ship with them.
- 5 min read
What Uber's $1,500/Developer AI Cap Tells You About Your Own Bill
Uber caps every employee at $1,500/month per AI coding tool. The real fix is a per-identity cap in code, not a policy memo.
- 5 min read
Microsoft Told Engineers to Ease Off Claude Code
If Microsoft can't absorb agent inference costs, neither can you. Make the cap a config change, not a memo.
- 4 min read
What AI-native startups actually look like in 2026 (and I'm running one from Tennessee)
Flatiron Health toured AI-native startups in SF. One PM covers five companies, Claude Code is replacing Cursor, non-engineers are shipping production. I'm running the same model from Tennessee as a solo holding company. Here's what that actually looks like.
- 5 min read
Claude Code Prompt Caching Costs: Pick the Right TTL (2026)
Claude Code has two prompt-caching TTLs, and most devs pay the pricier tier without knowing. Here's how cache writes quietly inflate your Anthropic bill — and how to cap it.
- 6 min read
How a 9-Person Startup Replaced Its Dev Team With AI
JustPaid ran 7 AI agents 24/7 with OpenClaw, shipped 10 features in a month for $4K/week. Here is the real cost breakdown and what it means for you.
- 8 min read
6 Agent Patterns From Claude Code's Leaked Source
Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code's source. I read through it. Here are 6 architecture patterns that are changing how I build agents for clients.
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