Claude & Anthropic
Tutorials and guides for building with Claude and the Anthropic API.
Claude Code Best Practices That Actually Matter
Claude Code best practices from real sessions: scoped skills, the 60% context rule, session handoffs, permission modes, and how to hand Claude an error.
Cursor vs Claude Code: One Tool or Both?
Cursor vs Claude Code, decided by how you actually work. Editor habits, budget, the usage bill nobody warns you about, and when running both is right.
Is Claude Max Worth It? How to Decide in a Week
Is Claude Max worth it? Only if you hit your Pro limit most days with usage credits on. Here is how to work out your own number in one week.
Codex vs Claude Code: Which Fits How You Work?
Codex vs Claude Code, decided by your situation rather than benchmarks. The Windows, AGENTS.md and undo differences that actually change the answer.
5 Things Claude Code Pricing Does Not Tell You
Claude Code pricing is public. The number that decides your bill is not. Five gaps between the published rates and what five models actually cost me.
Load Claude Code Skills Before You Build Anything
Claude Code skills change what it knows before it writes a line. Two students built for weeks without them. Here is how to install and verify them.
Is Claude Code Safe to Use?
Is Claude Code safe to use? Yes, and safer than most. But the tool being safe is not the same as your project being safe. Here is where the line sits.
Can Claude Set Up Your Jira Service Desk?
Can Claude set up your Jira service desk? It writes the JQL, the board design and the content, but a human still configures. Here is where the line sits.
Build a Handoff File Claude Can Debug From
Build a handoff file that lets Claude Code recover its own broken setup. In a real session it diagnosed two separate faults from its own notes in minutes.
When Your Company Blocks Claude Cowork
Your company blocked Claude Cowork or gave you API-only access. What still works, what quietly disappears, and how to pick a path IT will approve.
6 Setup Problems That Stall Every AI Beginner
Six setup problems that stall AI beginners, from 14 logged one-to-one lessons with four working professionals. What really ate the time, and the fixes.
6 Mistakes Professionals Make with AI Tools
The six mistakes I watch professionals make with AI tools, from trusting confident-but-wrong output to betting a whole week on one model, and the fixes.
How to Set Up Claude Code on Windows and WSL
Set up Claude Code on Windows using WSL, step by step, including the install error that stops most beginners. Get to your first real session in 45 minutes.
She Feared Claude Code Would Break Everything
Can a non-coder use Claude Code? She was sure one request would break her whole site. The fear came from a different tool entirely, and naming it fixed it.
5 Marketing Tasks You Can Automate with Claude
Five real marketing tasks you can hand to Claude this week, from the weekly ads audit to win-loss analysis, with the exact prompts my client teams use.
Build a Portfolio Website with Claude Code, No Coding
Never coded? This walkthrough takes you from an empty folder to a live portfolio URL with Claude Code, in one afternoon, with every step shown.
6 Ways Claude Cowork Streamlines Your Workweek
Six real jobs I hand Claude Cowork every week, from the file pile to the report you dread, with the exact setup and schedule that makes each one stick.
What the Fable 5 Shutdown Taught Me
In June 2026 the US government had Anthropic pull Claude Fable 5. What a model vanishing overnight taught me about building your week on any one AI tool.
Claude Cowork or Claude Code: Which Do You Need?
What is Claude Cowork, and should you use it instead of Claude Code? Over 90% of Cowork use is not software development. Here is how to pick.
Set Up Claude Cowork and Run Your First Task
A hands-on Claude Cowork tutorial for non-developers: install it, point it at a real folder, run your first task, and put it on a weekly schedule.
What Is a CLAUDE.md File and What Goes In It?
A CLAUDE.md file is the project memory Claude reads every session. Here is what goes in one, how long it should be, and why Anthropic just cut 80%.
Why the $20 AI Coding Tools Era Is Over
The $20 AI coding tools era ended in spring 2026. What changed, why the serious tier is now $30 to $100, and which tier your real workload needs.
MCP for Beginners: Model Context Protocol Explained
MCP for beginners: what Model Context Protocol is, why it matters in 2026, and how to write a simple MCP server in Python and wire it to Claude Code.
Can Claude Transcribe Audio? Yes, With /voice
Yes, through the /voice command in Claude Code. How to set up the mic, when voice beats typing, and the one spoken instruction that fixes messy output.
The Sentence I Now Say in Every First AI Session
A product manager arrived with a notebook full of prompt templates and still got weak output. The one reframe I now teach in every first AI session.
Claude Code for Non-Developers: I Built 100 Course Slides
Claude Code for non developers: how I built 100 course slides with zero design skill, the honest token cost, and what kept it from looking like slop.
Build Your First RAG App: A Practical Python Tutorial
Build your first RAG app in Python with Claude and Chroma. Load, chunk, embed, retrieve, generate. Complete tutorial with runnable code, May 2026 stack.
Composer 2.5 vs Opus 4.7: Which Should You Buy?
Composer 2.5 vs Opus 4.7 vs Codex, compared on benchmarks, price, and real student work. Which one fits how you actually code, updated August 2026.
Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot: Which Fits You?
Claude Code vs Cursor vs GitHub Copilot, decided by how you actually work. Situation-based verdicts, real pricing, and which one I tell students to buy.
Claude Code Tutorial for Beginners (2026 Hands-On Guide)
A beginner's tutorial for Claude Code: install, your first session, real workflows, permissions, and when to use it instead of Cursor or ChatGPT.
How to Use Claude at Work (Non-Technical Guide for 2026)
A practical guide to using Claude at work. Real workflows for writing, analysis, meetings, and decisions, plus the safe patterns and what to avoid.
Claude vs ChatGPT for Coding: An Honest 2026 Comparison
Which AI is better for coding in 2026? We tested Claude Opus 4.7 and ChatGPT 5.3 across real coding tasks. Here is the honest verdict, by use case.