25 articles exploring technology, productivity, and the tools that shape our work
From Pro to Opus - tracking my Claude AI usage patterns and why the reasoning capabilities make all the difference
I'm running Claude Code within Trae AI IDE with MCP support. After 3 days on the pro plan, I'm averaging $60/day on two active projects. Here's how it's working out.
Cloudflare captcha blocks my VPN, I can't get proximity-based screen sleep working, and iPhone mirroring is too small on 4K. Here's what Mac automation can't solve yet.
On Windows you click once and you're ready to interact. On Mac? Nope. You have to click again. This is apparently by design and it's driving me crazy.
My weekends used to be gaming marathons. Now they're coding, Docker development, and data analysis. Here's how switching to Mac accidentally rewired my entire relationship with computers.
Coming from 128GB of DDR5 RAM to 24GB on Mac Mini, Docker became my biggest resource hog. Here's the painful math of expensive Mac RAM.
Coming from 128GB DDR5 to 24GB on Mac Mini, I'm averaging 16GB usage just doing day-to-day work. Docker makes it worse, and now I'm eyeing expensive upgrades.
With CleanShot X, ClearVPN, and 10+ other apps I actually use, Setapp's $10/month subscription will take about 3 years to break even. Here's the honest math.
I'm dictating this entire post using Spokenly on Mac. It's been a genuine game changer for how I work—I dictate notes, LLM interactions, and work so much faster now.
After years of looking for a Mouse Without Borders alternative that works seamlessly between Windows and Mac, I finally found Synergy 3. It took a while, but it's worth paying for.