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19 write-ups

Everything, written down

Each one is the full build behind a video. Read it instead of the video, or alongside it. Code, prompts and settings included.

11

What GPT-6 Astra Can Actually Do: 5 Use Cases I Tested

It opens a browser, drives desktop software click by click, and keeps working until the job is done. Here are five real jobs I gave it, with every prompt.

11 Sept 202611 min readgpt-6 astraopenai
12

How to Use Claude Code: The Complete Guide

Setup, permission modes, CLAUDE.md, context, cost, skills, hooks and the seven day path to actually learning it.

10 Sept 202614 min readclaude codeanthropic
13

Grok Bot Review: Is the $20 Plan Worth It?

Two weeks with Grok Bot at its new $20 price, including the usage costs, the shared-machine security model and the account risk the demos leave out.

6 Sept 202610 min readgrok botai agents
14

10 Open Source Alternatives to Paid Subscriptions

Ten self-hosted repos that replace about $183 a month of software, with the honest catch on every one and the prompt to hand a repo to your agent.

3 Sept 20268 min readopen sourceself-hosted
15

How to Build an Agent Skill That Actually Fires

I measured the 55 most popular skills on GitHub. Half of them never tell your agent when to run, and they charge you tokens on every message anyway.

30 Aug 20269 min readagent skillshermes agent
16

DeepSeek Harness Setup: A Free Coding Agent You Actually Own

The harness was always a separate purchase from the model. One of them just went to zero.

28 Aug 20267 min readdeepseekcoding agents
17

Higgsfield MCP Setup: How to Connect Hermes Agent to Real Video Generation

A single MCP endpoint now lets Hermes, Claude, or any other agent generate video, cut clips, and write finished files straight into your working folder.

27 Aug 20266 min readhiggsfieldmcp
18

How to Make Hermes Agent More Reliable (Without Adding More Tools)

More tools made my agent worse. Fixing the trust line is what let it run without me.

27 Aug 20268 min readai agentshermes
19

Claude Code Rate Limit: Why You Hit It and the 7 Fixes That Actually Work

Almost none of your Claude Code usage limit comes from what you type. Here is what actually burns it and how to stop it.

27 Aug 202611 min readclaude coderate limit