Which model to pick, what it really costs and what it changes when you work alone: releases from Claude, ChatGPT and the others, explained in plain words.
Tempted by mods but not sure what to ask for? Here are 7 ideas that help when you work alone, each with the sentence to paste into Claude Code.
Your Claude Max plan hides $100 to $200 of API credits a month, but you have to claim them. We show you where to click, and the trap to avoid when you confirm.
A Claude model ten times cheaper than the last one, and open to free accounts: what is Haiku 5.5 for when you work alone? We sort it out with you.
Claude Code can finally look like what you need, and Claude does the work. Here is how to get your first mod, and the trap to avoid.
Faster, cheaper, almost as strong as Opus: Sonnet 5.5 is tempting. Here's where it shines, what it really costs, and what breaks when you switch to it.
Claude Opus 5.5 costs 20%, 40% or 60% less, depending on who is counting. We untangle the prices, the scores against Fable 5.1 and what changes for your quota.
Cowork is no longer a separate product: one Claude, no selector. What keeps running in the cloud, what still needs the desktop app, and on which plans.
Free, Pro, Max 5x, Max 20x, Team: real limits per 5-hour window, prices, access to Fable 5.1 and Claude Code, and the point where paying more pays off.
Cache reads down 75%, 52.6% on Terminal-Bench-Science, looser cyber safeguards: every Claude Fable 5.1 number decoded, and what it changes when you work alone.
Anthropic raises Claude weekly limits by 25% on September 14. Why your real quota can still drop despite the increase, and how to adapt your workflow.
Tired of repeating the same instructions to Claude? Learn to build a Claude skill once, no coding needed, and let it trigger itself automatically.
Trying to understand the Claude watermark: what Anthropic actually marks, why, and what to know before you touch it.
