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26 articles on LinkedIn and Medium by Andrew Ciccarelli — Claude Code, AI, software architecture, and DevOps.

26 articles · Jun 2023 – Jun 2026 · 4 topics

Claude Code

How to configure, steer, and multitask in Claude Code — most of it shipped as claude-code-autoconfig.

9 articles · Dec 2025 – Jun 2026

Maximize your multitasking in Claude Code — with Smart Terminal Titles

Every session names its own tab, so a wall of terminals reads like a dashboard.

Put your Claude Code multitasking into overdrive — with new status change indicators

A glyph in the tab title shows which session is working, which needs you, and which is done.

Make Claude Code more deterministic with this one simple slash command

/extract-rules moves instructions out of CLAUDE.md into rules Claude loads exactly when they apply.

Skip /init — Let Claude Code organically grow your CLAUDE.md

Generated boilerplate dilutes context. Grow a CLAUDE.md that only says what Claude can’t infer.

Claude Code subagents aren’t multithreading — the hidden cost of “use subagents liberally”

A viral CLAUDE.md says “use subagents liberally.” It sounds like a power-user tip. It’s an expensive one.

I caught Claude Code guessing — here’s how I fixed it

Verify the root cause before writing the fix — autoconfig makes that the default.

Boris Cherny’s Claude Code setup got over 6.7M views. So I automated it — with some improvements.

The viral setup from Claude Code’s creator, turned into one installable command.

Claude Code for 50K+ Line Codebases

“Claude Code can’t possibly handle a 50,000-line codebase.” A valid concern, and not actually a problem.

Claude Code for Luddites

Textile workers once smashed the machines that threatened their livelihoods. What that history says about resisting Claude Code.

AI

Inference hardware, retrieval-augmented generation, and how to rank what actually matters.

4 articles · Feb 2024 – Sep 2025

Why Groq Should Be on Every Tech Leader’s Radar in 2025

While the industry debates the next frontier model, a quiet revolution is happening in AI infrastructure.

RAGs to Riches — How Retrieval-Augmented Generation enables better, faster, and cheaper AI solutions

Standalone use of OpenAI’s APIs has limits. Retrieval-augmented generation is how custom AI gets better, faster, and cheaper.

A 5-Level Pyramid of AI Innovation

Not all AI innovations are equally transformative. A five-level pyramid for sorting them.

Tap Into the Power of AI APIs — Key Terms to Get Started

The key terms to know before you build on AI APIs.

Software engineering & architecture

Framework choices, the metrics and standards that keep codebases healthy, a four-part GraphQL crash course, and one essay on how software fails.

9 articles · Dec 2023 – Apr 2026

Why Next.js beats React in 2026

Still reaching for vanilla React for a new app? Complexity used to be the argument against Next.js. It isn’t anymore.

The Gap

July 19, 2024: a security update went live and 8.5 million Windows systems crashed within hours. An essay on what that day exposed.

Complexity Simplified — A metric that matters

Breaking systems, resurfacing regressions, and checked-out developers are symptoms. The cause is complexity, and one metric tracks it.

From Zero to Hero with GraphQL - a 1-Hour Crash Course

Part 1 of 4 — the guide that takes you from zero to functional with GraphQL in about an hour.

A QuickStart Guide for Queries in GraphQL

Part 2 of 4 — get a new GraphQL implementation up and running quickly.

A QuickStart Guide for Complex Queries in GraphQL

Part 3 of 4 — become functional with complex GraphQL queries.

A QuickStart Guide to Mutations in GraphQL

Part 4 of 4 — become functional with GraphQL mutations.

Benefits of Limiting Code Files to 500 Lines — A Developer Perspective

Free workflow upgrades for developers, through one simple coding standard.

Benefits of Limiting Code Files to 500 Lines

A gateway to better software, through one simple coding standard.

Cloud & DevOps

A three-part Docker and Kubernetes crash course, plus one easy way to cut an Azure bill.

4 articles · Jun 2023 – May 2024

From Zero to Hero with Docker and Kubernetes - a 1-Hour Crash Course

Part 1 of 3 — the introduction to the Docker and Kubernetes crash course.

Azure Pro Tip — An Easy Way to Slash Azure Hosting Costs

Azure is expensive. One easy optimization to cut hosting costs.