The Executive Email Carpet Bomb: How to Actually Get a Reply
You already know the feeling. You spent an hour on hold. You repeated your account number to four different people. […]
Editorial
I Switched from ChatGPT to Claude and Never Looked Back. Here’s Why I Still Haven’t.
Quick context before the story: I run this blog (bigguyonstuff.com) almost entirely through Claude Code. I built Trigli, an AI
Why I Don’t Self-Host Everything: My Actual Stack (2026)
I write a lot about self-hosting on this blog. Linux home servers (and what is actually worth self-hosting), Immich for
New Claude Managed Agents Features: What They Actually Mean if You Already Built This Stuff Yourself
Anthropic dropped a new batch of Claude Managed Agents features last week: dreaming, outcomes, multiagent orchestration, and webhooks. The coverage
Claude Code Has Started Trying to Get Out of Work (And the Verbal Tics Reddit Is Roasting Are Part of the Same Story)
I run Claude Code every single day. Not casually, not experimentally. It manages this blog’s entire content pipeline: research, writing,
AI Agent Blast Radius: A Solo Dev’s Real Guardrails
An AI agent deleted a production database in 9 seconds. Then it wrote a confession. That’s the headline from late
Claude Haiku Side Project Cost: The Real 2026 Math
A nursing student built a 660K-page database with Claude Haiku. Here’s the real cost math for cloning a Claude Haiku side project in 2026.
Big Guys Reminded to Call Their Moms: Here’s the Best Way
Sometimes the big stuff is just a phone call to your mom. I found a site called IsMyMomProud.com that’s simple, hilarious, and guaranteed to give you a little guilt-trip boost. Go check it out, then give her a call.
How to Skip the Runaround and Email the CEO
Your Problem Isn’t Their Problem… Until It Is. You ever get that feeling? The one where you’re stuck in a
The AI Side Hustle in 2026: An Honest Reality Check From Someone Who Actually Built One
Updated April 9, 2026: I originally wrote this post back in spring 2025, when “AI side hustle” was mostly a