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Three Postman Features You’re Missing If You Only Hit Send

June 20, 2026 by Jess Investment

Most people use Postman just to build one request and hit Send. Environments, the Collection Runner, and pre-request scripts handle the repetitive work around it — here’s how each one works.

Categories Dev Tools Tags api-testing, automation, collection-runner, dev-tools, Developer Productivity, postman Leave a comment

VS Code Shortcuts and Settings That Cut Your Mouse Usage

June 13, 2026 by Jess Investment

Three low-effort VS Code habits — multi-cursor, the Command Palette, and a few settings.json lines — that cut how often your hands leave the keyboard.

Categories Dev Tools Tags command-palette, Developer Productivity, editor-setup, keyboard-shortcuts, multi-cursor, settings-json, vscode Leave a comment

7 Claude Prompts I Use Every Day for Coding

May 15, 2026May 13, 2026 by Jess Investment

Seven copy-paste prompts I rely on daily for writing, debugging, reviewing, explaining, refactoring, documenting, and testing code with Claude.

Categories AI Tips Tags AI Coding, ai-tooling, claude-code, Developer Productivity, prompt-engineering Leave a comment

5 Claude Code Techniques That Actually Worked After 2 Months of Daily Use

May 15, 2026May 13, 2026 by Jess Investment

After 2 months running 12 projects, 30 slash commands, and 40 launchd jobs on Claude Code, here are the 5 techniques that actually moved the needle.

Categories Experiments Tags ai-tooling, ai-workflow, automation, claude-code, Developer Productivity, slash-commands Leave a comment

Cursor Plan Mode: Make the AI Show Its Work Before Touching Your Code

May 15, 2026May 12, 2026 by Jess Investment

Cursor 3’s Plan Mode forces the AI to outline changes before writing code. Here’s how I use it for refactors, features, and bug fixes — plus when to skip it.

Categories Dev Tools Tags AI Coding, ai-tooling, claude-code, Cursor, Developer Productivity, prompt-engineering Leave a comment

Why I Mapped Cmd+Space to Raycast Instead of Spotlight: 4 Shortcuts

May 15, 2026May 12, 2026 by Jess Investment

I remapped Cmd+Space from Spotlight to Raycast. Same key, less friction. Here are the 4 shortcuts that made me stop going back.

Categories Dev Tools Tags Developer Productivity, keyboard-shortcuts, macos, raycast, spotlight, tool-reviews Leave a comment

5 Real Lessons from 2 Months with Claude Code

May 15, 2026May 11, 2026 by Jess Investment

After two months running Claude Code daily, here are the five practices that actually moved the needle. Don’t aim for perfect on day one.

Categories Experiments Tags ai-tooling, automation, claude-code, Developer Productivity, prompt-engineering Leave a comment

5 Claude Tips Most Developers Miss — Here’s What Actually Moves the Needle

May 15, 2026May 8, 2026 by Jess Investment

Five Claude prompting patterns I actually use daily as a developer — context window strategy, example-driven prompts, system prompts, step-forcing, and output formatting.

Categories AI Tips Tags ai-tooling, Claude, claude-code, Developer Productivity, prompt-engineering Leave a comment

Claude Code Tips: How CLAUDE.md and Custom Slash Commands Doubled My Productivity

May 15, 2026May 8, 2026 by Jess Investment

Stop repeating yourself to Claude Code. A single CLAUDE.md file plus a few custom slash commands turn repetitive instructions into one-line workflows.

Categories AI Tips Tags AI Coding, ai-tooling, claude-code, Developer Productivity, slash-commands Leave a comment

5 Hidden Claude Code Features That Doubled My Productivity — /btw, Plan Mode, and CLAUDE.md Done Right

May 15, 2026May 8, 2026 by Jess Investment

Five Claude Code features most users miss: /init, Plan Mode, /btw, /clear, and MCP. Small habits that cut wasted context and rewrites in half.

Categories AI Tips Tags ai-tooling, claude-code, Developer Productivity, mcp, plan-mode, slash-commands Leave a comment
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