Topic
AI Coding
125 articles
September 13, 2026
Claude Code Auto-Compact: When It Runs, What Stays
How Claude Code auto-compact works: what the context-left warning means, how to move or disable the threshold, and what survives a compaction.
September 13, 2026
Claude Code Revert: Undo Changes With /rewind
How to revert changes in Claude Code: /rewind and its /undo alias, what each restore option does, and the edits checkpoints can't roll back.
September 13, 2026
How to Get Claude Free API Access: What's Real
New Claude API accounts get a small amount of free credits, then it's prepaid. Why Pro doesn't include API access, and what to know about Janitor AI keys.
September 13, 2026
AGENTS.md Generator: Context Files for Coding Agents
Microsoft's AGENTS.md skill writes agent context files for each repo folder, with real build commands and boundaries, and never overwrites existing ones.
September 13, 2026
Archify: Architecture Diagrams Your Agent Can Verify
Archify has your AI agent draw architecture, workflow, sequence, data-flow, and lifecycle diagrams as checked, interactive HTML. How it works.
September 13, 2026
Git Workflow & Versioning Skill for AI Coding Agents
Addy Osmani's git workflow skill teaches an AI agent atomic commits, short branches, and semantic versioning. What it enforces and how to run it.
September 13, 2026
Prototype Skill: Throwaway Code for Design Questions
Matt Pocock's Prototype skill has your AI agent build disposable logic demos or UI variations to settle a design question. How it works and how to run it.
September 13, 2026
Schema-Grounded SQL Queries: Plain English to SQL
An AI skill that reads your database schema and turns plain-English questions into commented SQL for PostgreSQL, BigQuery, MySQL, and more.
September 13, 2026
Web App Testing Skill: Check Your App with Playwright
An agent skill adapted from Anthropic's webapp-testing: browser checks, screenshots, and console errors for your local app. How it works and how to run it.
September 13, 2026
Which Claude Model Is Best for Coding?
Anthropic points complex agentic coding at Opus 5 and everyday coding at Sonnet 5. Where Fable 5.1 fits, Claude Code's defaults, and the effort dial.
September 9, 2026
Using Claude Code With Cursor: Run Both Together
Claude Code and Cursor aren't an either/or. How to run the terminal agent alongside the editor, which does what, and the conflicts to avoid.
September 9, 2026
Claude Code Use Cases: What It's Genuinely Good At
Ten Claude Code use cases sorted by how reliably they work, the property they share, and the tasks worth keeping away from an agent.
September 9, 2026
Claude Code vs Claude Desktop: Chat, Cowork, Code
Claude Desktop now has Chat, Cowork and Code tabs. What each can reach, how approvals work, and when Claude Code in the terminal is still the better fit.
September 9, 2026
How to Update Claude Code (and Why It May Not)
Claude Code auto-updates on native installs but not on Homebrew, WinGet, or apt. How to update each, pick a release channel, and pin a version.
September 9, 2026
Is Claude Code Worth It? Who It Actually Suits
Claude Code needs a paid plan and a terminal. Where it genuinely pays off, where it doesn't, and the four questions that answer this for you.
September 7, 2026
Claude Agent SDK: Which Anthropic SDK You Need
The Claude Agent SDK is Claude Code as a library. How it differs from the Anthropic Client SDK, why it was renamed, and which one you need.
September 7, 2026
Claude Code MCP Server Configuration Explained
How to add MCP servers to Claude Code: the three scopes, four transports, where config lives, and the precedence rule that explains duplicate servers.
September 7, 2026
Claude Code Plugins: What They Bundle
Claude Code plugins bundle skills, agents, hooks, and MCP servers into one shareable unit. What goes where, how to test locally, and when not to.
September 7, 2026
Claude Code in VS Code: Install and Shortcuts
How to add Claude Code to VS Code: extension vs CLI, plan review, @-mentions with line ranges, shortcuts, and setup in Cursor and other VS Code forks.
September 7, 2026
Claude Desktop: What It Does That the Website Doesn't
Claude Desktop runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux and is free to install. What each of its three tabs does, and which parts need a paid plan.
September 7, 2026
Claude on Linux: Desktop Beta, the CLI, and WSL
Claude Desktop for Linux is a Debian-only beta. Which distributions it supports, what's missing from it, and why the CLI covers far more ground.
September 7, 2026
Is Claude Pro Worth It? Free vs Pro, Compared
Claude Pro adds usage headroom and unlocks Claude Code, Cowork, and Design. Whether that's worth it depends on one question — do you write code with it?
September 5, 2026
Best MCP Clients: What to Use and How to Judge One
A practical guide to MCP clients — the host-versus-client distinction, which apps support what, and the four things that decide whether a server works in yours.
September 4, 2026
AI App Builders Compared: What You're Left Holding
Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, Base44 and Manus all turn prompts into software. They differ on the artifact you keep and what leaving costs — compare on that.
