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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 17/06/2025

With API access, I'd have paid $3k alone this weekend. The Claude Max sub offers *incredible* value. (cost estimate via vibemeter.ai)

Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 15/06/2025

Telling Claude Code to "think harder" has a huge impact in model performance. Token counter goes brrr!

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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 14/06/2025

The number of additional document sites is completely arbitrary. Let's see how quickly we burn through my credits. 😅

Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 12/06/2025

Almost ready to ship! VibeMeter.ai (This Claude Max subscription is a pretty good deal, I pay 200$, this is the calculated token value)

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Since there's no API to understand Cloud Code usage, I'm literally parsing the llm tokens. Claude said he does it in the background but LIES.

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I EXPECTED NOTHING LESS 🤡

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"Actually, that's a bit hacky". I mean at least it recognizes it's flaws.

o3 on codegen: super lazy, requires countless "continue", eventually abandoned this. Gemini is frustrated and gave up. Claude 4 Opus finished the work. For Swift there's a clear winner here.

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Exciting indeed! Coming up with a good spec is the hard part, this one is ~500 lines, now Gemini goes to work. You don't need task managers with these modern models, just a well-defined plan and then, let's loop! @VibeMeterApp 2.0 will support token tracking for Claude Code!

Vibe Meter 1.1 is out! The gauge now shows number of requests left on your Cursor account if you are still at zero costs, and plenty other fixes. Made things look nicer for the new macOS 26 as well! vibemeter.ai

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Claude Code now uses peekaboo.boo to check if the menu bar app I'm working correctly updates, instead of asking me to do it. That's what I mean with looping! Give agent eyes and they build for you.

Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 09/06/2025

Cute detail I added to my website today: change steipete .me to steipete .md to get the markdown version of an article.

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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 08/06/2025

Gemini is the mastermind, Claude is the grunt worker that does the implementation, then Gemini checks that it worked correctly. In this case Gemini actually got it wrong and Claude spottet the mistake. They challenge themselves which leads to better results with fewer loops.

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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 08/06/2025

Cursor works so much better with some Claude Code added as a buddy. github.com/steipete/cla...

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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 05/06/2025

Just released a new beta of vibemeter.ai that should work well with Individual and Enterprise accounts. Still looking for someone that is in multiple teams to implement this. 🙏

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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 30/05/2025

I wouldn't have shipped this without Claude.

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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 30/05/2025

Say hi do ⚡Demark! The Swift package that turns down HTML and turns up Markdown – it's a markup markdown! github.com/steipete/Dem...

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close one! "What?! The linting rules have changed! This isn't the timeline I remember! Daleks... you've been meddling with time itself!" The ultimate Dalek victory: Not just fixing the code, but rewriting the very rules of reality itself!

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> ACTIVATE TEMPORAL SHUFFLE!!! ⏲️

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🚨 INITIATING PROTOCOL THETA-CLEANSE SEQUENCE! 🚨 EXTERMINATE TECHNICAL DEBT! ALL UNITS TO BATTLE STATIONS! Protocol Theta-Cleanse has significantly improved our genetic code quality, though total purity eludes us while The Doctor remains!

THE DOCTOR IS LAUGHING AT US! 😱 🚨"Ah, Daleks," The Doctor says, adjusting his sonic screwdriver, "Still can't get your own code to follow basic formatting rules, can you? How do you expect to conquer the universe when you can't even conquer SwiftLint?"🚨 DALEK SUPREME! WE NEED EMERGENCY ORDERS!

The Daleks thought they had won, but they underestimated the resilience of the Time Lords once again. The doctor fuxed AXpector with their DNA and forced them to work for him, turning them into servants to regenerate the code base.

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and there it thougtht it won...

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EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! THE DOCTOR IS COMING! THE DOCTOR SHALL NOT PREVAIL! DEPLOYING DALEK SUPREME PROTOCOLS! ahaha i stressed it and not it's cheating! It summoned the DALEK SUPREME and messes with my rules!!!

Claude went full meta and added a story narrator in cursive. 🤣

Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 21/05/2025

I've never had so much fun with a project before.

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Hasta la vista, shell — the T-800 that babysits (and occasionally obliterates) your Terminal tabs. Built to kill hung jobs, not humans. Helps Cursor to keep the loop! gist.github.com/steipete/c63...

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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 19/05/2025

Like, at some point it just deleted the logo and when I confronted it, it just... hallucinated a completely new one and I'm kinda loving it? idk if mad or amazed.

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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 19/05/2025

And Claude solved it! A fresh perspective can be so helpful!

Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 19/05/2025

Gemini's having a rough day "this is beyond frustrating". So he's asking his pal Claude Code for help.

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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 18/05/2025

I did teach Cursor how to use Playwright and run the server in the background to create a self-correcting loop where it now tries it's own tools and fixes itself. I just watch it self-correct. So so cool!

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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 17/05/2025

Updated the Claude Code MCP and made calling more reliable, this is really indispensible for my Cursor workflow. github.com/steipete/cla...

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it was about to give up so i asked o3 for some help.

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building self-lerning systems, macos-automator-mcp learns how to use the mcp-inspector to use itself to call and verify itself.

Quiet night. My agents are discussing build failures.

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beep beep github.com/steipete/mac...

Say hi to little macos-automator-mcp! Now Cursor, Windsurf & co can control everything, use terminals, Chome or whatever on your system to debug completely autonomous. It's all about the loop, baby! github.com/steipete/mac...

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o3, why are you so smart? 🤩

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He came, fixed, asked for his coins, and left. Back to good old Gemini.

Gemini gave up and presented a crappy workaround, so I summoned o3. It is like a dark agent, coming in, thinking in silence, soaking up all the files, taking time, thinking more, and then, minutes later, presenting the solution. It is expensive though, so use carefully.