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The Token Efficiency Mindset - Why Your Claude Conversations Cost More Than They Should

If you’re paying attention to your Claude usage, you’ve probably noticed something: your token bills don’t scale linearly with your productivity. Sometimes a conversation that feels quick costs three times more than expected. Other conversations that took hours feel suspiciously cheap. The difference isn’t randomness. It’s a mental model problem. The Problem With “Just Ask” Most people treat Claude like a search engine with a long context window. You dump information, ask a question, wait for an answer. If you don’t like it, you ask again. Iterate until satisfied. ...

April 17, 2026 · 5 min · James M

Cline: The Next Generation AI Coding Assistant

An exploration of Cline, the autonomous AI coding agent that lives in your IDE and handles complex, multi-step engineering tasks through tool-use and agency.

April 9, 2026 · 3 min · James Myddelton

Paperless-ngx: Self-Hosted Document Management Without the Vendor Lock-in

The paper stack on your desk is growing again. Medical records mixed with tax documents, utility bills, insurance forms—all of it scattered across a filing cabinet that’s become increasingly harder to navigate. There’s probably some important document you can’t quite remember where you filed it. This is the problem Paperless-ngx solves, but with a crucial difference from commercial alternatives: you own it entirely. What is Paperless-ngx? Paperless-ngx is a community-driven, self-hosted document management system that automates the digitization and organization of physical paperwork. It’s the modern continuation of the original Paperless project, designed as a more actively maintained fork. ...

April 8, 2026 · 5 min · James M