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AI coding workflows tested on real work — not demos.
Claude Desktop Now Runs Ollama Models — Officially, With One Toggle
Ollama v0.33 ships official Claude Desktop support. One toggle swaps the model behind Claude — local models run free, and turning it off restores your setup instantly.
Claude CodeA Claude Chat Became a $19 Product
Automating my own short-form pipeline left a 16-file folder. Listing it cost $0.99. The real fee math, and the four things that blocked the upload.
Claude CodeI Read the Code, Not the Docs
A marketing workflow turned into a Claude Code skill. It reads the source instead of the README, which is how it found a feature nobody had documented.
App LaunchDashDock: A Job for the Old Phone
Plug an old Android phone into a charger and it becomes an always-on dashboard — clock, weather, calendar, prices. Free, no signup, and 45 days late.
AI Tools3 AI APIs With No Credit Card
OpenRouter, NVIDIA Build, and Bytez all hand you an API key without a credit card. Here are the real rate limits, what runs out, and which one to start with.
Claude CodeGive Claude a Memory With Two Plain Files
Claude forgets everything when a session ends. Two plain markdown files fix it — no API keys, no external tools. Full templates included, free to copy.
Claude CodeI Handed Claude a Phone
Claude reads the phone screen and decides what to tap — no coordinates. Every tap is logged, and that log becomes the cursor in the finished demo video.
Marketing ToolsYouTube Rejected My Carousel
Shorts only accepts video, so a set of carousel PNGs is unusable there. An ffmpeg tool turns them into a 9:16 slideshow and writes the per-channel copy too.
Claude CodeFive Claude Code Plugins — One Failed
Five Claude Code plugins, actually installed and verified on Windows 11. One never produced a command. Exact install lines plus the verify step for each.