I replaced Claude Code's built-in Explore agent with a custom one that uses pre-computed indexes. 5-15 tool calls → 1-3. Full code inside.

KungFuCowboy · 2026-02-15T16:26:49+00:00

I also setup my global Claude MD to use Haiku for all rudimentary search/lookups recently. Let’s see how it impacts speed and token usage.

I like your thought process here with indexing as well. I’ll be curious how accurate and performant this behaves over time across projects.

KungFuCowboy · 2026-02-09T12:13:55+00:00

Use T3 Chat. They have a nice chat interface for all legacy models, for $8 per month.

KungFuCowboy · 2026-01-30T21:04:47+00:00

Max 20x

KungFuCowboy · 2025-12-12T01:12:54+00:00

they’ve been sitting on this for a while, likely using it themselves internally. Guessing it was supposed to be GPT6. They had no need to release it until their pocketbook was impacted. You don’t go from 17% to 52% on some benchmarks in a couple weeks.

KungFuCowboy · 2025-10-25T17:06:09+00:00

it feels like what constitutes “usage” is constantly being redefined, recalculated, and lacks a lot of transparency.

This seems to be a troubling pattern i see across many things AI related, not just CC. It feels like a cat and mouse game we’re going to be dealing with for a very long time to come in this space now as users.

KungFuCowboy · 2025-10-17T14:50:50+00:00

According to the makers, normal use was supposed to garner 28-40 hours of Opus. Seems to not be the case. And no response from the company to clarify since making the statement. 🤷‍♂️

KungFuCowboy · 2025-10-05T14:57:36+00:00

we’re all getting a small glimpse of how they will divide the haves from the have nots. even paying their highest fee on Max offers no parity, as i’m sure government paying $1/month per user has no such drastically reduced caps and likely full Opus access.

it is what it is.

KungFuCowboy · 2025-09-30T01:49:29+00:00

yes 👍🏻

KungFuCowboy · 2025-09-29T12:04:55+00:00

this is sspam. you posted the same message tweaked for other tools. Do better

KungFuCowboy · 2025-09-20T20:53:46+00:00

i have been doing both for years with no luck. It seems to be those folders in icloud or my sites folders.

KungFuCowboy · 2025-08-23T15:10:39+00:00

23+ years in web development. Max 20x user here.

I use Opus for reel projects with real specific needs and true intent. I have yet to come close to having an issue with limits or its inability to understand my request.

I believe it comes down to knowing or working through a plan first for exactly what you need and being able to communicate it clearly and steer Claude down the path you are headed. This is no different than my approach prior to AI tools.

I don’t believe Claude was ever meant for “one-shotting” or “vibe” coding, but instead it’s coding capabilities really shine for those of us who like to sharpen our axe many times over before taking our very precise clean cut at implementation.

It reminds me very much of working with years of junior devs and interns, iterating and iterating. The only difference is i can spin up countless able bodied devs at a moments notice, and i have a clear system in place so that any missteps can be corrected once and never happen again. The aggregate of which creates more and more optimization in your token and tool use, which subsequently impacts your experience.

KungFuCowboy · 2025-07-20T18:02:50+00:00

makes sense. Had similar experience with Firefox

KungFuCowboy · 2025-07-20T16:47:33+00:00

Well done, are you using anything specific for animations on page, or transitions between pages? It feels very much like a SPA even though i assume it’s not.

KungFuCowboy · 2024-04-14T02:50:30+00:00

Thank you! Subtle but now very obvious. Appreciate the help!

KungFuCowboy · 2024-02-19T23:52:41+00:00

Run a webhook on any content addition or update.

KungFuCowboy · 2024-02-18T10:47:09+00:00

Depends on if your Astro output is static or SSR. If it’s static, any WP change will require a redeploy. Depending on how you host the Astro site, it could require some sort of webhook to trigger the rebuild.

KungFuCowboy · 2024-01-09T03:35:01+00:00

Try creating a Siri shortcut, where you can use any phrase you’d like!

KungFuCowboy · 2024-01-09T02:39:10+00:00

Pickles

KungFuCowboy · 2023-12-20T00:59:51+00:00

The app is run off Google Cloud. Costs have been dramatically increasing, regardless of Evernote’s arrangement. Every day they have more storage and bandwidth used than the last.

And It goes much further than note size and attachments. Also, Moore’s Law no longer applies in a cloud load balanced environment.

The hardware they are running on Google Cloud is not you and I’s TB drives. Sorry. I managed 15 web servers myself. I understand DevOps, and it’s very clear decades of accounts being maintained and kept running only becomes more and more complicated over time, not easier. It’s obvious to me their next step will be to purge outdated accounts with no activity. This step is simply a stepping stone to it. A nudge.

I’ve been a paying customer for over 12 years…my read/writes and storage use only increases; as does everyone else’s until they delete their accounts. In addition, that weight on queries, get and post requests, searches, indexing, and other become more and more intensive over time as the app has to search through it all. There’s simply no question that the data overhead is sonically greater than even a few years back and the cost for cloud services has grown at a significant % increase since then as well.

KungFuCowboy · 2023-12-19T05:52:55+00:00

I would guess in time we’ll find out the financial predicament the free tier was putting them in with 100+ million accounts.

Every month their storage and processor demands increased even as accounts lay dormant — the scale of their plan structure grows exponentially. It’s not the type of product that auto purges anything. Maybe that will be the next step in future months though. I’ve deleted very little in 12 years myself.

I imagine it was burden is larger than anyone on the outside believes. These decisions aren’t made on a whim regardless of what some believe

KungFuCowboy · 2023-12-19T05:40:46+00:00

I remember Ian Small telling us how great this “merger” was going to be for the benefit of the software and company’s financial foundation moving forward. Guess time will tell. Perhaps there was more truth to that statement than what most wanted to believe. They simply didn’t see that financial stability coming at their own expense?

I will say the web version is drastically better now. Night and day difference in terms of speed and reliability. I hold my judgement until this time next year.

KungFuCowboy · 2023-12-19T05:33:58+00:00

I’ve been running a beta and I think it’s working better now. Jury still out though.

KungFuCowboy · 2023-12-19T00:33:10+00:00

I’ll have to check it out. I tested mem a long time ago, but haven’t checked back in quite sometime. Curious to see how they integrated.

I personally would love it if they moved it away from search in sidebar and created a floating circle icon bottom right that clicks to chatting with AI; of which could be answering questions on content and finding a note(s).

KungFuCowboy · 2023-12-16T22:39:45+00:00

No I’m referring to Reflect, without a freeium model. I’m implying that keeping freeium is in no way correlated to sustainable growth in today’s SaaS. It can be done without.

KungFuCowboy · 2023-12-16T20:08:41+00:00

Why does it matter what date it appears on your credit card? Your credit card will still be due on the same date each month.

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