AI & Tools
Claude, AI workflows, automation, prompts
My work context was scattered across email, meetings, documents, and notes. So I wired it into a private Obsidian vault Claude Code can read.
AI coding tools edit files. Your content lives in a database. This is the pull, diff, push workflow that connects the two without hand-writing SQL against production.
Three weeks, end to end: PHP backend, vanilla JS, a CSS design system I built by hand, the lot. Claude did most of the typing. The interesting bit isn't the speed. It's which decisions I'd still own and which I'd hand back.
As projects grow, the way you use Claude Code needs to evolve. Start fresh sessions often, be specific about files, and break big tasks into small steps.
Claude Code is powerful, which is exactly why you should verify the important stuff. Review changes, protect sensitive files, save snapshots, and start fresh sessions.
Something broke. Don't panic. Describe the problem, show Claude a screenshot, and let it investigate. Most bugs get fixed in two or three rounds.
Andrej Karpathy called it "fully giving in to the vibes." Collins Dictionary made it Word of the Year. What vibe coding actually means, when it works, and how everything you've learned so far has been building toward it.
A messy project folder slows you down and confuses Claude. Organized projects get better results because clear structure means clear communication.
CLAUDE.md gives Claude the overview, but rule files handle the details. They're focused documents in .claude/rules/ that Claude reads automatically based on what it's working on.
Some prompts you'll type over and over. Custom commands let you save them as reusable recipes. Type a short name instead of pasting a paragraph every time.
Every time you start Claude Code, it forgets who you are. CLAUDE.md is a text file that gives it permanent memory. One file, read automatically at the start of every session.
Claude Code will misunderstand you. It will edit the wrong file. It will occasionally do the opposite of what you asked. Normal. You just need to know how to recover.