Weekly Side-Vibes for the Week of May 3, 2026
Dogfooding notes from a week of Mac menu bar apps, iOS workflows, BugDrop, issuectl, and small agent-powered developer tools.
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Weekly UpdateMac Apps
2026
How to File Your Taxes with AI in 2026
A step-by-step guide to using Claude or ChatGPT for AI tax filing. Collect your documents, redact sensitive info, clean up the noise, and let AI help you fill out every form — without uploading your SSN to the cloud.
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AITaxes
Playwright MCP Save Session: Keep Logged In Across Claude Code Sessions with storageState
Stop re-authenticating every Playwright MCP session. This Claude Code plugin saves storageState authentication profiles per user role — log in once, keep your session persistent across sessions.
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Claude CodePlaywright
I'll Build Your Whole "AI Product" for Only a Third of Your Total Raise
It's 2026 and big checks are still being cut to pre-product AI companies. Here's my standard reply to the recruiters.
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AIClaude Code
The Ralph Loop is Now Basically a Fixed-Point Process
The brute-force framing misses the point. For well-defined closure tasks — plan refinement, prototype validation, implementation verification — the Ralph Loop doesn't stumble toward correctness. It converges.
6 min read
Claude CodeAI
How to Set Up Your Repo for Claude Code and Codex
Nine layers of guardrails that make AI coding agents safe, predictable, and actually useful — from CLAUDE.md to CI pipelines to specialized review agents.
14 min read
Claude CodeCodex
The Vibe Coding Interview: How to Hire AI-Assisted Developers
The old question was 'can you code?' The new question is 'can you build and ship?' A framework for evaluating engineers who use Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI-assisted coding tools.
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Vibe CodingAI
TDD Is Dead
Test Driven Development is dead. Quality control can be largely automated now. That frees you to focus on what actually matters: building things people want.
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TDDAI
Claude Code SVG Logo Design: A Reusable Skill for Generating Logos
I built a Claude Code skill that turns logo design into a conversation. Point it at your repo, pick a direction, and iterate until you're happy — no design tools needed.
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Claude CodeClaude Code Skills
A Claude Code Incubator
Anthropic just raised $30B. A small fraction could fund the Claude Code showcase the ecosystem actually needs.
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Claude CodeAI
