Things worth knowing
AI, full-stack, automation. I write about what I build and what I learn.
Browse by tag
Background agents and Ralph loop — when they pay off, when they burn tokens
Background agents and Ralph-style loops are powerful, but easy to turn into a token furnace. Showing my three real cases and the rule for when to even turn this on.
MCP servers I actually use — review after 6 months
I have 12 MCP servers wired in — Home Assistant, Proxmox, Cloudflare, Vikunja, Gmail, Calendar, n8n. Showing which actually pay off and which sat unused until I unhooked them.
Plan mode in Claude Code — when to turn it on, when not to bother
Plan mode shipped recently and already changed my workflow. When I use it, when it slows me down, and what questions to ask so the plan is actually useful.
claudeclaw + cron — Claude as an assistant with its own schedule
Claude Code can work even when I'm not driving. claudeclaw is the mechanism that schedules tasks for it — daily briefings, PR reviews, dependency audits. Showing how it works on my setup.
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.
Cookie consent and GDPR for small businesses in 2026 — what you need to avoid fines
Cookiebot is 99 EUR/mo, Iubenda 27 EUR. For an agritourism, salon or one-person company that's absurd. Showing free / DIY setups that pass the regulator's audit.
Restic + Backblaze B2 in homelab — backup that actually works, costs $1.20/mo, lets me sleep
After two years with various solutions (Borg, Duplicati, hand rsync) I landed on Restic + B2. Full setup with systemd timer, encryption, retention policy and Telegram alerts.
Schema.org for small businesses — Local SEO that actually works in 2026
For agritourism, salon, clinic: copy-paste JSON-LD plus what bonuses Google gives (rich results, knowledge panel, maps). Showing 4 schema types I drop in for clients and measurable effects.
Stripe + BLIK + Przelewy24 for small businesses — what took me 6h saves you a week
Online payments setup for an agritourism, honey shop, course — from account to first webhook. Concrete walls that hit you (BLIK on Stripe, VAT invoices, data retention), with doc links.
Hooks in Claude Code — how I enforce discipline on the agent
Hooks are a small piece of config that turns Claude Code into a tool with real guardrails. Showing my setups: blocking destructive commands, enforcing commit policy, telemetry to Telegram.