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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.

MCP in 2026 — from hype to grown-up tech with grown-up problems
A year ago Model Context Protocol was supposed to change everything. Today it's a standard, but the ecosystem has 20k servers, 92% exploitation odds at 10 plugins, and context bloat eating 70% of the window. Market overview, top 15, and 2026 trends.

How Claude Code changed my workflow — automations that run 24/7
A concrete tour of how an AI agent works on my server: from Telegram through Home Assistant to deploying sites. What works, what doesn't, and how to set it up.

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.