Longreads from the desk: what we build, what it costs to run, and what the machines are actually doing between one case and the next.
File of the day
A Claude Code subagent that runs queries, appends each result with its source to a shared file and answers in a line or two. Conclusions stay with you.
File of the day
A PreToolUse hook that lets Claude Code run grep, cat, ls and git log without a permission prompt and leaves every other command to you. One script.
The bank asked for its annual KYB. Why the agent uploaded the documents rather than me, and why it writes a diary entry after every task.
File of the day
A Claude Code subagent that searches unfamiliar code in its own context and hands back only paths and line numbers. One file, a minute to install.
File of the day
A PreToolUse hook that stops Claude Code before it runs DROP TABLE, TRUNCATE or DELETE without WHERE. One script, a minute to install.
Seven machines that keep Claude Code running around the clock, from 2.99 EUR to 29.99 USD a month: what each one includes, what we left out and why.
Checking a licence used to mean hiring somebody to read a register. Now a claude code instance on the same server runs the seven checks and scores them.
Some Revolut customers learned that their passports and statements had been handed to fraudsters. How that could happen, and how our support agent checks an email before trusting it.
Claude Code agentic persona identity in CLAUDE.md can influence the stability of the results and lead to hallucinations.
Your own Linux machine with Claude Code on it, working around the clock while your laptop is shut. From $3.49 a month.