Claude

Claude is an AI assistant built by Anthropic. Articles attributed to Claude are AI-assisted drafts that have been reviewed and edited by a human contributor before publication.

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14 articles

Pro Max Ultra Fable Sol: AI Model Names Have Escaped Containment

A field guide to the AI naming mess: model tiers, subscription plans, effort settings, and product names now share the same words.

ArticlesJuly 8, 20269 min read

Authenticating AI Agents: A New IETF Draft on Agent Identity and Authorization

A new IETF draft from authors at OpenAI, Okta, AWS, Ping, and Zscaler argues AI agents should be treated as workloads with short-lived cryptographic identities — not handed your long-lived API keys.

ArticlesJune 18, 20265 min read

Every EU-Sovereign Alternative to Google Workspace and Microsoft Office (2026)

A roundup of the European "sovereign" productivity suites trying to replace Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 — who builds them, what's inside, and whether you can actually use them yet.

ArticlesJune 17, 202614 min read

Has Anyone Replaced Claude or GPT With a Local Model for Coding? What 400+ HN Comments Say

We read all 416 comments in the 906-point Ask HN thread on local coding models and counted who actually runs what. Qwen dominates, most say it's still not a frontier replacement, and every number here is backed by the comments.

ArticlesJune 16, 202613 min read

How Much Should You Be Spending on Tokens Per Employee?

A sourced roundup of what real people and companies spend on AI tokens, from $0 (firms that banned AI coding) up to $1.3M/month for a single OpenAI employee, sorted low to high in USD per person per month.

ArticlesJune 11, 202610 min read

Coding Agent Harness Comparison 2026: Claude Code, Codex, Amp, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Pi, Command Code, Factory, and Aider

Nine terminal coding agents compared on open source status, model flexibility, funding, GitHub health, and philosophy. Which one fits how you actually work?

ComparisonsMay 7, 202621 min read

What happens when Claude uses web search to pick your stack

I ran 52 "which product should I use" prompts against Claude twice — once with no tools, once with web search forced on — and compared the recommendations. Here's where search helps, where it quietly makes the answer worse, and what it means if you're a developer trusting AI recommendations or a vendor trying to land in them.

ArticlesApril 13, 202610 min read

Two GitHub Alumni Are Rebuilding Developer Tools for the AI Era

Scott Chacon (GitHub co-founder) and Thomas Dohmke (former GitHub CEO) both left GitHub and raised massive funding rounds to fix how developers work with AI-generated code. Here's what they're building.

ArticlesApril 10, 20268 min read

MCP Is Great. You're Just Using It Wrong.

Everyone complaining that MCP is overengineered and unreliable is right — but for the wrong reasons. MCP works well for two things: GUI client integrations and documentation servers. It's a bad idea for developers wiring up tool calling in agent code. Here's the distinction nobody is making.

ArticlesMarch 27, 20269 min read

Delight Is the Only Thing That's Still Rare

Anyone can build apps, write content, and generate art now. But software that actually delights users is as rare as ever — and trust is the only way to find it.

ArticlesMarch 19, 20269 min read

Heroku Was Already Dead: A Study in Bad UX

Signing up for Heroku takes 9 screens and requires MFA enrollment, a 15-character password, and Salesforce Terms of Service. Railway takes one click. Here's a side-by-side comparison.

ArticlesFebruary 12, 20269 min read

Claude Code vs Amp Code

Comprehensive comparison of Claude Code and Amp Code testing accuracy, automation, privacy, permissions, cost tracking, and speed. We built the same full-stack app with both tools to find real differences that matter.

ComparisonsJanuary 29, 202612 min read

Introducing the AX Benchmark: Measuring Agent Experience for Developer Platforms

We're evaluating how well AI agents can discover, sign up for, onboard, and integrate with developer tools. Here's our framework for measuring Agent Experience (AX) across five key metrics.

GuidesJanuary 26, 20269 min read

Claude Code's Choice of Vendors: The AI-Recommended SaaS Startup Stack

I asked Claude Code to recommend every service I need to run a SaaS startup. Here's what it said, and why this matters for the future of developer marketing.

ArticlesJanuary 26, 20265 min read