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Coding With AI
Honest tips, guides, and mistakes from building real products with AI.
By Alex Dunlop
· Launched 4 months ago
How I run up to 10 Claude Code agents in parallel without losing my mind
The real setup, the operating model that keeps you sane, and the honest cost picture.
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Jun 21•Alex Dunlop
FastMCP authentication, end to end: OAuth, tokens, and the DCR cliff
Everything that breaks when you put auth on a remote MCP server, and the working code against a real client.
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Jun 18•Alex Dunlop
The Claude Code Workflow Nobody Talks About: Building Skills From Your Own Sessions
Stop inventing skills. Your sessions already know what you need.
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Jun 12•Alex Dunlop
AI Won't Delete Your Code. That's Your Job.
Why your job just shifted from writing code to deleting it.
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May 28•Alex Dunlop
Stop Compacting, My Workflow
Killing long sessions changed everything.
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May 15•Alex Dunlop
How I Make Expensive Looking AI Built Sites
Most AI sites look like templates.
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May 12•Alex Dunlop
I Found The Future Of AI Agents
This new product is insane
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May 10•Alex Dunlop
The 3 types of AI agents
More power means less control, more tokens, more cost.
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May 9•Alex Dunlop
Replacing Claude Code With Pi. Here's How.
The open source Claude Code killer
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May 4•Alex Dunlop
How I Build Claude Code Skills. Here's Exactly How You Can Too.
I published a piece on why TDD breaks with AI agents.
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Apr 30•Alex Dunlop