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Engineering notes on AI agents, automation, and the infrastructure behind them.
Claude Code SDK Agents: Build Production Agents Without the Loop
Claude Code SDK agents give you file tools, bash, MCP, and subagents for free. Here's when to use the SDK vs the raw Claude API, with real code. Download the free AI Automation Checklist.
RAG Pipeline Tutorial: Build a Production Document Q&A System with Qdrant and Claude
End-to-end RAG pipeline tutorial. Qdrant + Claude Sonnet 4.6 + local embeddings. Real code for chunking, retrieval, augmentation, and citation-grounded answers. Download the free AI Automation Checklist.
Spend Your Human Thinking Tokens Where They Compound
More automations running. More agents deployed. More pipelines humming. But the biggest improvement wasn't adding more automation — it was getting honest about where my thinking actually matters. Download the free AI Automation Checklist.
n8n Self-Hosting Guide: Docker, Kubernetes, and Bare Metal in Production
Production n8n self-hosting guide with three deployment paths: Docker Compose, Kubernetes, and bare systemd. Real configs, backups, scaling numbers. Download the free AI Automation Checklist.
Build MCP Server TypeScript: Complete Tutorial with Claude
Build MCP server TypeScript tutorial. Ship a production model context protocol server with the typescript mcp sdk, stdio transport, zod validation, and Claude mcp integration. Download the free AI Automation Checklist.
Claude Extended Thinking: How budget_tokens Is Billed (Real Costs)
Extended thinking bills as output tokens. What budget_tokens controls, real cost per request, and the Node.js setup with a copyable cost table.
Claude API Structured Output: 3 Patterns for Guaranteed JSON
Clean JSON from Claude every time: tool use as schema contract, assistant prefill, stop sequences. When each pattern wins and what breaks them.
AI Skills Are the New Boilerplate: They Fix Nothing
Everyone shares skill libraries now. Why the 20-slash-command pitch and the 2-hours-saved claim miss what actually ships value in production. Book a free discovery call.
Linux VPS AI Development Setup: Debian, Claude Code, MCP
Complete linux vps ai development setup guide: Debian hardening, Claude Code install, MCP clients, systemd services, backups, and cost tracking. Download the free AI Automation Checklist.
Claude API Prompt Caching: When It Saves Money and When It Doesn't
Practitioner guide to claude api prompt caching. Cache control, TTL, pricing math, TypeScript code, and when the 10x cache read discount actually pays off. Download the free AI Automation Checklist.
How I Built a Business Email Agent with Compliance Controls in Go
How to build a production email agent in Go with compliance controls. Why off-the-shelf AI email tools fail for business operations, and what to do instead. Download the free AI Automation Checklist.
Systemd Services for AI Servers: Production Setup on Linux
How to run systemd services for AI servers in production. Unit files, timers, logs, resource limits, and security hardening for MCP and LLM workloads. Download the free AI Automation Checklist.