Working with Claude Code
One mention, one merged PR: Claude Code as a GitHub App
I ran /install-github-app on my own repo and ten minutes later a README PR was merged. The timings are the least interesting part — the write path, the commit attribution and whose rules the CI agent followed are better.
27 Jul 2026
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6 min read
Working with Claude Code
Shipping my own site at the speed of a prompt
How I turned my repo's operational knowledge into custom Claude Code skills — /dev, /code-review, /ship — so any change goes from idea to verified-in-production in a single session, with me still on the trigger.
8 Jul 2026
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6 min read
Working with Claude Code
Loop Engineering with Claude Code: Four Rungs and Three Bites
An evening climbing the loop ladder in Claude Code, from a one-shot fix to an unattended cloud routine. The lessons had nothing to do with the code and everything to do with how a loop stops: unenforceable budgets, self-writing reward hacks, and why a trapped loop cannot free itself.
1 Jul 2026
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7 min read
The Model Context Protocol, hands on
Field notes: running my Fastmail inbox over MCP
Field notes from wiring Fastmail's MCP server into an AI client and pointing it at my real inbox — the search syntax worth memorising, plus the two gotchas (deferred schemas, and stage-vs-commit on calendar events) that cost me a few minutes.
25 Jun 2026
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5 min read