Claude Code Best Practices From 4 Months of Unattended Runs (Not From One Weekend Project)
Nine Claude Code best practices from 1,740 unattended runs, each with the dated incident that taught it, plus the popular tips I dropped.
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Tip Tuesday: Give Every AI Agent a Timeout, Then Make It Loud (16 of My Runs Got Killed. None of Them Left a Note)
Every scheduled agent needs an AI agent timeout. Mine killed 16 of 1,707 runs, and all 16 logs were empty. Set limits from real runtimes and make every kill alert you.
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Claude Code Sandbox: What 4 Months of Unattended Container Runs Taught Me (Built-In, Docker, or Both?)
Claude Code sandbox, tested on a container that has run agents unattended since June: what /sandbox blocks, what Docker blocks, and what still leaks.
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Monday Myth-Busting: “A Smarter AI Model Will Fix Your Agent” (40 of My Agents’ Runs Failed. The Model Caused None of Them)
Is a smarter AI model the fix for AI agent failures? I sorted all 40 failed runs in my fleet’s logs. 38 were expired logins, 2 were quotas. Check access first.
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Enterprise AI Agents (2026): The Platform Shortlist Is Easy. Here’s What Kills the Pilot
Choosing an enterprise AI agent platform takes ten minutes. Getting a pilot to month three is the hard part. The shortlist with real list prices, why pilots stall, a one-page pilot charter, and production controls with receipts.
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Sunday Setup: The 10-Minute AI Agent Cleanup Sweep (My Agents Saved 470 Backup Copies of Their Notes. Nothing Reads Them)
Every Sunday I share one setup habit that keeps an AI agent fleet healthy for the week ahead. This week’s is about the files your agents leave behind, because I just measured mine and it…
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What Is an AI Employee? An Honest 2026 Definition From Someone Running 20 of Them
An AI employee is the hottest job title in software right now, and almost every page explaining it is written by a company that wants to rent you one. That isn’t a crime. It just…
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Saturday Shortcuts: 3 Ways to Catch Outdated Blog Content (My Site Still Says Cursor Costs $20 in 6 Places)
Outdated blog content still reads as true. 109 of my 354 posts quote a price, and 76 haven’t been touched in 60 days. 3 shortcuts to find stale claims fast.
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Cursor vs Claude Code (2026): After the SpaceX Deal, Which One Runs When Nobody’s Watching?
Cursor vs Claude Code after Cursor joined The X Subscription: October 2026 prices, the 3am unattended test, and when a solo operator should use each one.
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FAQ Friday: How Many AI Agents Does a Small Business Need? (I Run 20. Two Have Shipped Nothing in 4 Months)
How many AI agents does a small business need? One per consumer, not one per task. I sorted my 20 agents by who uses their output, and 2 had nobody.
