Claude Code Hooks Explained: The Deterministic Layer Around Your Agent
Claude Code hooks run shell commands at lifecycle events — guaranteed. Every event, exit-code semantics, and five patterns from Prettier to a Stop gate.
AI DevelopmentWriting
Thoughts on design, development, AI infrastructure, and building products.
Codex CLI vs Claude Code 2026: Architecture, Pricing, and China Access
Codex CLI vs Claude Code in 2026: kernel sandboxing, hook governance, model context, pricing, China cloud access, and when to use each tool.
AI DevelopmentInstall Claude Code CLI: 5-Minute Setup Guide (2026)
Install the Claude Code CLI in one npm command, authenticate, then set up CLAUDE.md, permissions, and hooks. A working setup in under 5 minutes.
AI DevelopmentClaude Code Hooks Tutorial: 5 Production Hooks From Scratch
Build 5 production Claude Code hooks from scratch with full JSON configs: auto-formatting, security gates, test runners, notifications, and quality checks.
AI DevelopmentAGENTS.md Patterns: What Actually Changes Agent Behavior
Which AGENTS.md patterns actually change agent behavior? Anti-patterns to avoid, patterns that work, and a cross-tool compatibility matrix for 8 tools.
AI DevelopmentClaude Code Skills: Build Custom Auto-Activating Extensions
Build custom Claude Code skills that auto-activate based on context. Step-by-step tutorial covering SKILL.md structure, frontmatter, LLM-based matching, and team sharing via git.
AI DevelopmentClaude Code vs Codex CLI 2026: Decision Reference
Claude Code vs Codex CLI, current to June 2026: Opus 4.8 vs GPT-5.5, hooks vs kernel sandboxing, AGENTS.md portability, and 36 blind duel results.
AI DevelopmentClaude Code Hooks: Why Each of My 95 Hooks Exists
I built 95 hooks for Claude Code. Each one exists because something went wrong. Here are the origin stories and the architecture that emerged.
AI DevelopmentClaude Code + Cursor: 30 Sessions of Combined Use
I tracked 30 development sessions using Claude Code and Cursor together. The data shows where each tool wins and where the combination fails.
AI DevelopmentClaude Code Extensions: Organizing 139 Skills and Hooks
Claude Code offers four extension types. After building 95 hooks, 44 skills, and dozens of commands, I learned which abstraction fits which problem.
AI DevelopmentPRD-Driven Development: How I Use 30+ PRDs to Ship with AI Agents
I've written 30+ PRDs for AI agent tasks. Here's where PRD-driven development works, where it fails, and how my template evolved over 6 months.
AI DevelopmentContext Window Management: 50 Sessions of Data
I measured token consumption across 50 Claude Code sessions. Context exhaustion degrades output before you notice. Here are the patterns that fix it.
AI DevelopmentExternal Publications
Technical writing at Introl
Local LLM Hardware Pricing Guide 2025
Comprehensive hardware recommendations and cost analysis for running large language models locally.
H100 vs. H200 vs. B200: Choosing the Right NVIDIA GPUs for Your AI Workload
GPU selection guide comparing NVIDIA's latest datacenter accelerators for different AI workloads.
TPU Architecture: Complete Guide to Google's 7 Generations
Deep technical dive into Google's Tensor Processing Unit evolution from TPUv1 to TPUv5.
GPU Memory Pooling in Multi-Tenant Kubernetes
Resource sharing strategies for GPU clusters in containerized environments.
Ray Clusters: Distributed AI Computing Infrastructure
Guide to building and managing distributed AI computing with Ray framework.
DeepSeek V3 Open Source AI Cost Advantage
Analysis of open source LLM economics and DeepSeek's competitive positioning.
NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPU 600kW Racks 2027
Future datacenter power requirements and NVIDIA's next-generation GPU roadmap.
SMR Nuclear Power for AI Data Centers
Small modular reactor solutions for powering next-generation AI infrastructure.
DeepSeek MHC Architecture Breakthrough
Technical analysis of DeepSeek's Multi-Head Compression architecture innovations.
