Notes from the work
What I learned building tools for clients and for myself — AI-assisted development, automation, and keeping small systems running.
Notes
Checking the PHP Patch Version on a Rental Server: October 2026 Vulnerability Response
When the October 2026 PHP vulnerabilities came out, I found a rental server still running a May release. Here is how to check the real patch version through WordPress Site Health or SSH, since the control panel only shows minor versions, plus options beyond WordPress.
Mass-Producing LPs by Running Devin from Slack: From One-Week Requests to About One Hour
At a marketing company where LP changes used to take a week through engineers, I built a Slack workflow that has Devin make the changes. Covers splitting work (AI) from review (engineers), standardizing layouts for A/B tests, and handling a Devin spec change.
Automating Tech Catch-Up with Claude Code Routines
Too many technologies to follow, so a Claude Code routine now reads official changelogs every morning and adds only the new entries to my own site. Covers duplicate detection, a roadmap built one item per day, and flagging explanations that news has made outdated.
Handling Internal Inquiries in Teams: Publishing a Teams Bot Template
A Teams Bot foundation for internal inquiries, published as a template: Azure resources via Terraform, CI/CD from day one, and near-zero monthly cost for internal usage.
Building a Narration Generator from Scripts with Amazon Polly and Claude Code
I built an internal tool that generates narration audio from a script using Amazon Polly and Cloudflare. This article covers how I turned a design doc into 37 issues with Claude Code and built it in a week, plus measured limits such as the script length cap.
Using a Private Plugin in a Claude Code Routine: Passing a PAT via Setup Script and Two Pitfalls
How I load a plugin from a private GitHub repository into a Claude Code cloud routine: passing a least-privilege PAT through the setup script, plus two pitfalls, a token leaked into logs and network allowlists blocking fetches.
Making Claude Code Skills Visible to Your Team: Why I Built a Catalog Site
With 40 Claude Code skills and agents, nobody could tell what existed, so I built a catalog site that generates itself from repository frontmatter. Covers the effects on inventory, onboarding and duplicate prevention.
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