Practical AI tools and workflows for indie developers.
Hands-on notes from actually building and shipping with AI — which tools earn their place in the stack, which ones quietly waste your money, and how to wire the good ones together.
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Claude Code Skills Explained: A Beginner’s Guide + 8 Skills Every Solo Founder Should Have
What Claude Code skills are, how they differ from CLAUDE.md, subagents, hooks and MCP, how to build your first SKILL.md in five minutes, and…
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Free Claude Code Alternatives: OpenCode vs Cline vs Aider (Tested on a Real Project)
Open-source Claude Code alternatives that cost $0 for the tool: OpenCode for a terminal TUI, Cline for VS Code with approvals, and Aider for…
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Best MCP Servers for Claude Code for Indie Hackers (Tested, with Setup Commands)
A minimal MCP stack for solo SaaS builders on Claude Code: Playwright, GitHub, Supabase, Context7, and Sentry, with copy-paste setup commands, .mcp.json examples, and…
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Claude Code vs Codex vs Cursor for Solo Developers (October 2026): Pricing, Limits & Which to Pick
Claude Code vs Codex vs Cursor for solo developers, October 2026: verified prices, 5-hour and weekly limits, what Cursor’s new X Subscription changes, and…
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CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md: Which Files Claude Code, Codex & Cursor Actually Read (2026)
A clear map of which AI coding agents read CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md in 2026, plus one setup that works across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…
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How to Reduce Claude Code Token Usage: 15 Tactics to Stop Hitting Your Limits
Short answer: most Claude Code “limit” pain is long context, not one bad prompt. Run /clear between unrelated tasks (it costs nothing), measure with…