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Claude Code's Monitor Tool vs Polling: What Actually Happened
I gave Opus 5.5 a build to watch and a dev server to start, with and without the Monitor tool. It used Monitor inconsistently, and headless runs hid the answer.
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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.
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Auditing 30 of My Posts with claude -p --json-schema
I had Haiku 5.5 audit 30 of my posts twice: once with --json-schema, once asking nicely for JSON. The shape held. The judgement moved, and that's the lesson.
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I Planted Five Bugs to Test Claude Code's Review Levels
I hid five bugs in a real change and ran /code-review at low, medium, high and xhigh. Medium found all five for 15 cents. Here's what each level adds.
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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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I Put a Guard on az in a Claude Code Mod, Then Tried to Get Past It
A Claude Code mod to hold destructive Azure CLI commands passed 12 unit tests and stopped nothing live. Here's why, the fix, and the gap no regex closes.
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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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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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Prompt Caching with Claude and Azure OpenAI: Reducing Latency and Costs
Track cache hit rates in your monitoring. Applications with high context reuse typically see 60-80% cache hit rates, dramatically reducing per-request costs.
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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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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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Leveraging Azure OpenAI with Claude Dev and Continue in VSCode
As a developer constantly evaluating new tools to enhance productivity, I've recently implemented a setup that combines Azure OpenAI with two VSCode…
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Advanced Coding Techniques with GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Refactoring Goals: {goalstext} Think through the design before implementing. """ response = client.chat.completions.create( model="gpt-4o"…
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Choosing the Right Model: GPT-4o vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet for Different Tasks
Based on published benchmarks: Task GPT 4o Claude 3.5 Sonnet MMLU 88.7% 88.7% HumanEval 90.2% 92.0% MATH 76.6% 71.1% Graduate Reasoning 65% 59.4% The model…
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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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March 2024 AI Recap: Claude 3, Model Evaluation, and RAG Advances
March 2024 was a transformative month for AI. Here's a comprehensive recap of the key developments and what they mean for practitioners.
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Model Selection Strategies: Right-Sizing Your AI Workloads
While the AI community anticipates Claude 3's tiered model approach, it's worth examining how to right-size your AI workloads today. Understanding when to…
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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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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…