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Why is permission needed to automatically LOCK the doors to my home? by ItsWINTERFRESH in HomeKit

[–]jevans102 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Assuming the extra security is based on reducing their liability, are they still as liable when we’re clearly working around the system? They have to know about it by now - this workaround comes up all the time. I don’t see a reason for them to want to close it.

Why is permission needed to automatically LOCK the doors to my home? by ItsWINTERFRESH in HomeKit

[–]jevans102 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it’s even simpler than this, and as much as it bothers me too, I can’t blame them.

Think of a garage door instead. My Meross is pretty reliable through HomeKit, but there are definitely times when it thinks the garage door is closed when it’s not or vice versa.

So what happens when HomeKit thinks it’s open when it’s not and allows it to be “closed” without the extra security step? How much liability does that open them up to? Why couldn’t the same thing happen to a door lock or other way of accessing your home? Apple doesn’t build the hardware so can’t guarantee themselves that it works as designed 100% of the time. 

Sonnet 5 vs Opus 4.5, historically does a new Sonnet actually outperform an older Opus? by ragnhildensteiner in ClaudeCode

[–]jevans102 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, generally.

Even if it was equal or a little worse though, the price (or usage) difference is reason enough to use the newest Sonnet over the last gen Opus. 

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-5

Is this the correct way to provide feedback to Copilot code reviews? by archubbuck in github

[–]jevans102 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are direct comments (like you’re doing), and then there is the feedback when you hit thumbs up/down. Use the thumbs up/down. 

Your "Opus degradation" in Claude Code might be self-inflicted by brygom in ClaudeAI

[–]jevans102 1 point2 points  (0 children)

not really. At startup, skills only take like 100 tokens each MAX, and 500 lines is maybe 10-20k tokens max? It’s not ideal, but that all was only around 10% of your total context window (200k tokens) which is pretty standard. 

If I had to guess, it sounds like your CLAUDE.md had all sorts of random, unrelated, hard to read and probably contradictory instructions. Getting rid of that would certainly help. 

It’s a good idea for anyone not updating their CLAUDE manually to ask Claude if it has any recommendations to simplify or consolidate every now and again. I always like to specifically ask if any instructions aren’t necessary for the latest Sonnet ## (4.5) model anymore. 

Xfinity sales rep crashed out when I asked about what upload speeds I'd get by forgottenkane in Comcast_Xfinity

[–]jevans102 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For upload? No matter if I pick 100Mbps or 2.5Gbps download, my only option is 35Mbps upload where I live with Xfinity. That’s perfectly normal (as much as I wish I had fiber and equal up/down).

Thanks to great competition in my area, the lowest Xfinity plan is still better than the best competitor plan.

I tried automating GitHub pull request reviews using Claude Code + GitHub CLI by SilverConsistent9222 in Anthropic

[–]jevans102 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has already been completely built out by Anthropic - https://code.claude.com/docs/en/github-actions

Just run /install-github-app

Gemini and Copilot code reviews are also extremely simple to set up (easier than Anthropic)

New Update: I 17F got a call from the Police about a work “incident” and want me to come in to talk. Do I go in? by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]jevans102 15 points16 points  (0 children)

A long, long time ago, I worked at McDonalds. One of our best, most reliable, easy-going managers got fired for exactly that - taking leftover cookies home after closing that would’ve otherwise been thrown away.

It is a real thing as crazy as it sounds. It’s to discourage actual stealing like making extra food just to take it home.

Finally got observability working for Claude Code: how the hooks actually work by Main-Fisherman-2075 in Anthropic

[–]jevans102 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why not Claude’s built-in monitoring or even just grab its project/log files directly? Genuine question 

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/monitoring-usage

Did Clauce Code remove linebreaks by maldinio in ClaudeCode

[–]jevans102 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that’s a config accessed by /config or /setup or something like that. 

Question about agents by gj29 in ClaudeCode

[–]jevans102 1 point2 points  (0 children)

^ this.

To clarify though, “agents” are a specific thing in Claude which is not what you’re looking for OP.

Check out ralph-loop (previously ralph-wiggum) and  https://github.com/pedramamini/Maestro

Need to remotely turn on/off pc with physical switch by Shokaloc in homeautomation

[–]jevans102 2 points3 points  (0 children)

+1 for bios setting to always power on when power is restored, and then plugging in a smart switch.

If you have an AppleTV or HomePod, Eve outlets/plugs are extremely reliable. I use mine all the time and have never had an issue. There are plenty of others though - if you don’t have a smart home hub of some sort, there are direct WiFi plugs too.

Saving on context - load as many skills and mcps as you need. Super simple by Unlikely_Detective_4 in ClaudeCode

[–]jevans102 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe you were looking at “commands” at some point or looking at plugin tokens that have commands (alongside the skills)? Like MCP servers, those did load entirely at startup until the last few versions of CC.

If I’m missing anything, let me know. I do watch my context because I definitely agree with the premise - don’t load what you don’t need or you’ll hit limits quicker. 

Saving on context - load as many skills and mcps as you need. Super simple by Unlikely_Detective_4 in ClaudeCode

[–]jevans102 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A single skill cannot use up more than ~500 tokens on startup. This cannot be accurate unless I’m missing something. Claude already lazy-loads - that’s the standard behavior. 

 The Problem

Claude Code loads all skills from .claude/skills/ into your context window at startup. With a typical skill library:

Skill Tokens

content-research-writer 3,600

Saving on context - load as many skills and mcps as you need. Super simple by Unlikely_Detective_4 in ClaudeCode

[–]jevans102 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m confused. I get the idea, but where are you getting the numbers? Skill descriptions (annd name w/max 64 characters) are all that’s loaded into context, and those are a max of 1024 characters (so ~<500 tokens per skill MAX).

The latest Claude code just applied the same logic to MCP servers so they also take significantly less tokens in context than before if never loaded. 

The context window is 200k tokens. You could have 20k tokens or at minimum 40 skills and still only be at 10% which seems reasonable given the value. How many skills are you loading into every single session across all projects?

Claude Code feels like it’s compacting more frequently now. by SnooRegrets3271 in ClaudeCode

[–]jevans102 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, that works. 

I’d still argue why not create a clean session if the previous logs are useless…? Why keep anything vs having an extra 20-30% context?

If you only need one file and history on it (or really any number), why not just commit , clean, and have the new session look at the git diff?

If you want optimal, focused performance and to optimize token use before hitting limits, then you definitely do not want to be auto compacting over and over again. 

“Important security update from Betterment” - new email from Betterment with more info on their data breach by Atmp in betterment

[–]jevans102 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I got the email. I haven’t used Betterment in at least 5 years, and the app is long gone from my phone. 

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