Claude Code Custom Commands: 3 Practical Examples + When to (Not) Use Them

Understanding when to make Claude Code Custom Slash Commands, how to find useful ones online, and when to skip using this feature

Nov 6 • 

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October 2025

Claude Code vs Codex: I Built A Sentiment Dashboard From 500+ Reddit Comments

I scraped hundreds of Reddit comments that compare Claude Code and Codex, and used Claude Haiku to build a sentiment analysis dashboard. The dashboard…

Oct 16 • 

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OpenAI Dev Day: Sora 2 Stole the Show

Sora 2 is now available via API, why OpenAI gives direct competitors the mic on Main Stage, and how I feel they stack up against Anthropic after DevDay…

Oct 7 • 

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Claude Code 2.0 Is Promising But Flawed

Sonnet 4.5 arrives to great acclaim, but the new features like checkpoint rewinds and usage monitoring seem half-baked compared to third-party…

Oct 1 • 

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September 2025

The Hidden Costs of Claude Code: Cost Optimization and Token Usage Monitoring

Anthropic hides your cost data, but here’s how to track tokens, compare subscription vs API, and avoid wasting money.

Sep 24 • 

Bill Prin

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Devs Cancel Claude Code En Masse - But Why?

Redditors have started a mass cancellation campaign of Anthropic's Claude Code over pricing and quality issues.

Sep 9 • 

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August 2025

Scaling Claude Code with GitHub Actions and Pull Requests

My initial experiments with letting Claude add features to my app using GitHub Actions and GitHub Pull Requests

Aug 20 • 

Bill Prin

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How YC Startups Use AI: Agents, OCR, and Prompt Engineering with Mercoa (YC W23)

An interview with Sandeep Dinesh, Co‑Founder and CTO of Mercoa (YC W23), on building AI agents, doing OCR with LLMs, and lessons learned from AI in the…

Aug 6 • 

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July 2025

Claude Code vs Cursor: First Look On A Real Dev Problem

I gave Claude Code a specific task and compared how it did vs Cursor

Jul 29 • 

Bill Prin

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June 2025

From Zero to Monetized iOS App in 10 hours with Bolt.new, Expo, and RevenueCat

More of my Bolt.new $1M Hackathon Experiences, this time focusing on using Expo to build native apps

Jun 25 • 

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Speedrunning an AI Art App With bolt.new, Supabase, and Replicate

When a friend asked if I could make an app for a Washington DC meetup in under 2 hours, it was perfect timing because bolt.new is running a $1 Million…

Jun 12 • 

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May 2025

Building a Custom MCP Server to Query Firebase from Cursor

My experience extending MCP for Firebase so I could ask product analytics questions in plain English and have the AI build the database queries for me

May 28 • 

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