What I test and learn about AI coding tools such as Claude Code, AI agents and MCP, and web development with PHP.
MCP is the open standard that lets AI applications discover and use tools and data. How it works, what the July 2026 specification changes and why securing integrations is still your job.
Most Claude Code tips are about hidden commands. The real difference comes from three things: keeping context clean, planning first and making Claude check its own work.
Forrest Chang turned Karpathy's criticism of coding agents into four behaviour rules in a single CLAUDE.md. What they do, why they help and where they stop.
Letting Claude Code work through the night: auto mode instead of --dangerously-skip-permissions, the Ralph loop against stopping early, and tmux to keep the session alive.
OpenAI's Responses API has a WebSocket mode. What it does, why agents with many tool calls get up to 40% faster, and when you can skip it.
The list my colleague uses to keep up with AI every morning: twenty sites and newsletters by category, with links checked in September 2026.