Guides

How-tos & walkthroughs

July 7, 2026

The Claude skill that stopped me from fake-learning

Reading a good explanation and actually understanding something are two different activities — and only one involves you doing any work. A tiny Claude skill called /teach-me forces the second one.

June 15, 2026

The $0.09 question: when a cheaper model is the right call

NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Super costs a fraction of Claude Sonnet and matches it on a surprising number of jobs. Here's where that trade actually pays off — and where it doesn't.

June 3, 2026

The $500 million invoice: how to stop LLM spend from running away

Three companies, same shape of problem — give capable people a metered tool with no guardrails and spend climbs faster than anyone expects. Here's how AWS Bedrock's native controls fix all of it.

May 12, 2026

Claude Code on AWS Bedrock: An Enterprise Architecture Your CFO, CIO, and CISO Will All Sign Off On

Same tool developers already love. Your cloud. Your rules. A deep dive into running Claude Code through Amazon Bedrock — identity, cost control, observability, security, and ROI.

May 10, 2026

Your .gitignore Is Doing More Work Than You Think

A line-by-line tour of a Claude Code .gitignore — what each entry protects, what would break without it, and the three rules that explain every pattern.

May 4, 2026

Getting Started with Claude Code Plugins

What plugins are, a side-by-side example with and without them, and how I decide which ones earn a spot in my workflow.