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How claude skills were meant to be made (by hand)
Hand-written claude code skills outperform generated ones because they carry only the delta the model needs. Drop the bloat and survive every model upgrade.
I Audited 8 Months of AI-Generated Code. Here's What Nobody Talks About.
After auditing 8 months of AI-generated commits across 3 projects, the problems aren't bugs. They're patterns no linter or test suite catches: copy-paste architecture, false confidence, and tautological tests.
Why the Most Productive Developers Aren't the Loudest AI Users
The METR study found AI tools make experienced developers 19% slower. The most productive developers use AI selectively and quietly. The loudest adopters ship the least.
TypeScript Types Have Gone Too Far (And What to Do About It)
TypeScript type complexity has become a status symbol. When the type definition is longer than the function it describes, something went wrong. Here is what actually works.
Gemma 4 Is Google's Best Open Model Yet (Here's How to Use It)
Gemma 4 ships Apache 2.0, 256K context, and four model sizes. Benchmarks beat Llama 4 across the board. Quick use cases with Ollama and Transformers code.
Vibe Coding Is Breaking Production (Here's How to Do It Right)
Vibe coding shipped 1.5 million leaked API keys and got apps banned from the App Store. The problem is not AI-generated code. It is skipping the review. A practical checklist for doing it right.
IntelliJ vs VS Code in 2026: The Honest Comparison
IntelliJ vs VS Code compared on refactoring, pricing, and AI tooling. Find which IDE fits your stack and budget in 2026, plus Neovim as a third option.
React Is Winning the AI Code Generation War
Every AI coding tool generates React by default because it dominates training data. Explore how this self-reinforcing flywheel reshapes frontend development.
Claude Usage Limits Are a Bigger Problem Than Anthropic Admits
Claude usage limits burned $200 plans in 19 minutes. Zero published quotas, peak-hour rationing, and opacity are driving developers away from Anthropic.