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ai · MAY 19 · 2026

Conductor: How I Run a Whole Team of Claude Agents From One Mac

How Conductor turns Claude Code into a parallel workforce — many agents, many projects, one overview, and a clean plan→PR→merge→archive loop per task.

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claude-code · MAY 17 · 2026

How To Double Your Claude Code Sessions Without Restarting

Claude Code's context window fills up faster than you'd like. RTK is the small tool I lean on to keep sessions lean — and it's one of the highest-leverage things in my workflow.

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ai · MAY 15 · 2026

Why I'm Using the Caveman Plugin in Claude Code

A Reddit post about teaching Claude to talk like a caveman to save tokens turned into a real, well-built plugin — and it stayed in my Claude Code setup. Here's what it does, what's overhyped, and why I still keep it installed.

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ai · DEC 30 · 2025

A CTO's Perspective on AI in 2026

Every year brings a new wave of AI predictions. Most are hype. Here's what I actually think will matter in 2026.

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ai · OCT 18 · 2023

I Recreated the Ultimate Cocktail from Just an Instagram Pic: Here's How!

What if I told you that with a bit of ingenuity, and a dash of tech magic, I managed to reverse-engineered one of the best cocktails I've ever sipped - the mysterious Señor Smokey!

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startup · JUN 04 · 2023

Empowering Startups: Six Essential Tech Workshops for Ideation, Validation, and Revenue Growth

Leveraging my expertise in technology and lean methodologies, I've crafted six pivotal workshop topics for startups. These sessions, covering areas from Lean Startup principles to AI, aim to help young startups transition from ideation to a revenue-generating, scalable business model.

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ai · MAY 28 · 2023

Vital questions your company should ask your AI Provider!

Successfully integrate AI without risking your data. Uncover 10 critical security and privacy questions to ask your AI service provider, ranging from GDPR compliance to exit strategies. Stay ahead of risks and confidently harness the power of generative AI in your business operations.

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ai · MAY 14 · 2023

Leveraging ChatGPT in Pitching and Evaluating Startups

ChatGPT can be a powerful tool for startup founders and investors alike. It can offer an objective analysis of a business idea, enabling founders to refine their pitches and prepare for investor meetings. For VCs and business angels, it can be an efficient tool for initial screening. By leveraging this innovative technology, both founders and investors can make the startup journey more streamlined and focused.

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ai · APR 25 · 2023

Harnessing Generative AI: A New Era of Developer Productivity

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has led to the advent of generative AI systems, which have the potential to redefine the way software developers approach their work.

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aws · APR 14 · 2023

Automatically Invalidate AWS CloudFront Cache When Updating Files in an S3 Bucket with CloudFormation

This blog post will guide you through the process of creating a CloudFormation stack that automatically invalidates CloudFront cache when you upload updated files to an associated S3 bucket. We will achieve this by using an AWS Lambda function that gets triggered by S3 bucket notifications.

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