#productivity
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Dev tools — my must-haves in 2026 (terminal, editor, tooling)
After a year of mixing in new tools I have a stable list of dev tools I actually use daily. Showing each one, why, and what I dropped along the way.
Spec-Driven Development with Claude Code — one year later, retrospective
A year ago I wrote about SDD as a methodology. After 12 months of heavy use I have data: what actually pays off, what I no longer recommend, and when SDD hurts.
Memory in Claude Code — what it actually remembers and how to steer it
Memory is a Claude Code mechanism that persists facts about you, the project and preferences across sessions. Showing how it works under the hood, when to use it, and when CLAUDE.md is better.
Obsidian + CouchDB livesync — my Notion replacement
Notion was comfortable, but data on someone else's server and a format lock-in. Obsidian + CouchDB livesync gives the same, locally, with markdown on disk. Showing the setup.
Vikunja — a task tracker that talks to agents
Trello was comfortable but my data lived on someone else's server. Vikunja is a local alternative, plus MCP. Showing how I wired it into Claude Code and what actually changed in my workflow.
AI image generation in 2026 — Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Flux vs SDXL — what I use and when
Four models, three price points, one case study (cover image for the blog). Showing what works for which use case, where the API hurts, and when it pays to go back to Sharp + Canvas.
Claude Code skills in 2026: what's worth knowing, what to avoid, and why 36% try to rob you
Skills ate slash commands, the plugin marketplace has 1,234 entries, official Anthropic skills are doing design work, and ToxicSkills found prompt injection in over a third of them. Practical ecosystem map: what to install, what to scan, what to delete.
Spec-Driven Development in Claude Code — why I no longer write 'just build me X' prompts
A five-stage process for planning a feature before the first line of code. Fewer iterations, fewer bugs, less refactoring. Concrete example: the very blog you're reading.