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- Claude Code vs Codex Plugins — Native Agent Packages How native Claude Code and Codex plugins work: marketplaces, manifests, skills, hooks, MCP, app connectors, and what to inspect before installing.
- DNS Resolution: The Full Picture How DNS resolution works — root servers, TLD nameservers, record types, response codes, zone files, and why queries are nearly invisible.
- Writing an Effective CLAUDE.md Patterns for project instruction files that actually change how AI agents behave — boundaries, conventions, and the rules that matter.
- Reviewing AI-Generated Code A checklist and mental model for reviewing code you didn't write — what to look for when your coding agent hands back a diff.
- Researching Codebases with AI Agents A systematic methodology for analyzing open-source repos with AI agents — two-category research, structured questions, and synthesis.
- Setting Up Claude Code for a New Project How to configure CLAUDE.md, hooks, permissions, memory, and agent-browser for productive agentic coding from day one.
- Context Management for AI Coding Agents The context hierarchy for AI coding agents — project rules, files read, prompt, training data — plus window management and the anti-patterns to avoid.
- Agentic Coding: Getting Started What agentic coding is, the plan–act–verify loop it runs on, and a first-task workflow that actually ships — a practical, experience-grounded guide.
- Prompt Patterns Reusable prompt templates and techniques for getting better results from AI coding agents.
- Build and Deploy The full pipeline — dev server, production build, Pagefind search, and Cloudflare Pages.
- Components Reusable building blocks — like Python functions that return HTML.
- Content Collections Typed, validated markdown — like a DataFrame for your articles.
- File-Based Routing The file system IS the router. No config files, no URL mapping — just directories and files.
- .astro Files The core building block — a code fence that runs at build time and a template that outputs HTML.
- Astro Layouts Template inheritance — wrap pages in shared structure without repeating yourself.
- Markdown and Code Blocks How Astro processes markdown, renders code with syntax highlighting, and supports MDX.
- The Mental Model What Astro actually is — a compiler, not a server. The single concept that makes everything else click.
- Astro Styling Scoped CSS, global styles, design tokens, and how Catppuccin theming works.
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