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What xhigh Effort Bought Me on Short Tasks: Tokens, Not Answers
ultrathink now runs at xhigh effort in Claude Code. I ran six exact-answer tasks 96 times from low to max: every level got them right; higher just cost more.
Anthropic
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Turning a Blog Post into a Deck with Claude Slides
Slides is out of beta. I had Claude Code turn one of my posts into a nine-slide deck, then checked every claim against the source. Here's what held up.
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Haiku 5.5 vs Opus 5.5 on Real Repo Chores in Claude Code
I gave Haiku 5.5 and Opus 5.5 the same five chores in this blog's repo. Both passed every run. Haiku cost 25 times less, and the diffs show what Opus adds.
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Claude's Server-Side Tools in Foundry: What to Let the Provider Run
Claude hosted on Azure in Foundry now runs web fetch, web search, tool search and an MCP connector for you. Decide which belong behind your own gateway.
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Model Router Already Routes to Claude and Open Models: Govern the Pool
Foundry Model Router picks from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, xAI and Meta models. Treat subsets, policy and model logging as governance, not tuning knobs.
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Claude Extended Thinking: Solving Complex Reasoning Problems
Enable extended thinking for mathematical proofs, code analysis, strategic planning, and multi-constraint optimization problems. For simple queries…
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet for Code Review: Automated PR Analysis Patterns
Claude 3.5 Sonnet has become my go-to model for automated code review workflows. Its exceptional ability to understand context across large codebases makes…
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Model Context Protocol Six Weeks In: What It Is and Where It Fits
A practitioner's read on Anthropic's Model Context Protocol in January 2025: the primitives, a read-only SQL server in Python, and when not to use it.
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Claude 4 Speculation: What to Plan For While Anthropic Is Quiet
No Claude 4 is announced yet: what Anthropic actually shipped in late 2024, what it hints at, and how to stay ready without guessing.
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Claude Computer Use Preview: AI That Can Control Your Desktop
Computer Use is a significant step toward truly autonomous AI agents. Use it responsibly with appropriate safety controls.
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Anthropic Models Coming to Azure: What It Means
For organizations already invested in Azure, this eliminates the complexity of managing another vendor relationship.
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Claude Artifacts: Interactive AI-Generated Content
The key difference from regular responses: artifacts persist, can be modified, and are rendered appropriately for their type.
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs GPT-4o: A Technical Comparison
With Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o both available, choosing the right model for your application requires understanding their differences. I've been testing…
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Anthropic's New Benchmark in AI
Performance That Competes Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms Claude 3 Opus on most benchmarks while being significantly faster and cheaper. It's positioned as a…
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Claude 3 Released: Anthropic's Most Capable AI Model Family
Today, Anthropic released Claude 3 - their most capable AI model family yet. With three models (Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku), Anthropic is directly challenging…
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Claude 2.1 vs GPT-4: A Technical Comparison While We Await Claude 3
With Claude 3 expected soon, now is a good time to compare the current state of play between Claude 2.1 and GPT-4. Let's dive into a technical comparison of…
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Anticipating Claude 3: What We Know So Far
Anthropic has been signaling that Claude 3 is on the horizon, and the AI community is buzzing with anticipation. Based on Anthropic's track record and hints…
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Multi-LLM Strategies: Building Resilient AI Applications
Resilience : Failover when one provider has outages Cost optimization : Route to cheaper models when possible Capability matching : Use best model for each…
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Claude vs GPT: Choosing the Right LLM for Your Application
Anthropic has hinted at Claude 3 coming soon, which promises even better performance across benchmarks. Meanwhile, OpenAI continues to iterate on GPT-4. The…
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Constitutional AI: Self-Supervised Alignment
Understanding Constitutional AI and how it enables scalable alignment through self-critique and revision.