Two worlds,
one curiosity.
By day I build better public services; by night I lose myself in a glass of wine. In between, I put AI to work hands-on, so I stay ahead and can bring others along. What I find beneath the surface, I share here.
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Innovation, AI & wine
MCP just got its biggest update yet: what it means for you
MCP is the standard every Claude connector runs on. A new version shipped today, the biggest since launch. Here is what actually changes in daily use.
7 design skills for Claude Code: how to improve any design
Claude Code has seven built-in design skills, from accessibility-review to ux-copy. What they do, when to use them, and the sentence that turns each one on.
Claude Design: from idea to working prototype in minutes
Claude Design turns a plain description into a real page with working code. What it is, who it helps, and how it differs from Figma or Canva.
Four things that break when you move to Opus 5
For anyone building on the API. Two changes throw a hard error, two others quietly cost you money. Plus the instructions you should be deleting.
The Opus 5 benchmarks, and the four rows it loses
Anthropic publishes fourteen benchmarks. Opus 5 wins ten. That is news, but the four it loses say more, and one number puts the whole table in perspective.
Effort is the dial that matters in Opus 5
Five settings, from low to max. The price per token has not changed, so this is where your bill gets decided. And the surprise sits at the bottom end.
I barely type to my AI anymore
I dictate almost everything, this article included. Allen Pike puts a name to my hunch: voice in, visuals out. Plus a few honest limits.
Claude Opus 5 is here: what changes for you today
Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 5 today. Same price as 4.8, close to Fable 5. What that means in practice, whether you just chat, build with it, or pay for it.
Anthropic put its best prompts in a library. Here's what I took from it.
Claude Code got a prompt library: copy-paste starters pulled from official workflows and internal teams. I didn't know it existed. Five patterns I picked up immediately.
Sparks
Short notes, tips & loose thoughtsTested a new local image generator. Runs fully offline. The hero above came out of it.
Tasted blind: a grower champagne beat two big houses. Notes to follow.
EUDI Wallet pilot live in NL. First take: UX decides whether the trust lands.
Tip: keep your best prompts as snippets, not in your head. Saves time daily.
Golden hour lasted eleven minutes yesterday. Exactly enough for three bottles.
Note to self: a method is a tool, not an excuse to stop thinking.