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Hands-on reviews of the AI tools that actually work for work, content, and code. No hype, just what we tested.

How to Use VS Code OpenSCAD with Claude

OpenSCAD is a free, programmer-friendly 3D CAD tool where you build models by writing code instead of dragging shapes, and you can run it inside VS Code with the right extension setup. Adding Claude to the mix closes the loop: you describe the object you want, Claude writes the OpenSCAD code, and you preview, tweak, … Read more

How to Make Money Using Claude and Beehiiv Together

Claude and Beehiiv form one of the most practical newsletter money stacks available today. Claude handles the research and writing, Beehiiv handles the publishing, growth, and monetization. The workflow is simple enough to start in an afternoon: pick a niche, use Claude to research what people actually want, generate the newsletter content, publish on Beehiiv’s … Read more

How to Use the Claude Code Frontend Design Plugin

Claude Code’s frontend-design skill is an official Anthropic-released capability that turns the terminal agent into a frontend designer. Instead of asking for generic “make this page nicer” improvements, you invoke the skill with /frontend-design, and Claude applies a structured design system: typography, spacing, color, and layout decisions guided by established UI patterns. It is one … Read more

Claude Code Sessions Can Now Message Each Other

Claude Code has shipped a feature that sounds futuristic until you use it: your terminal sessions can now send messages to each other. Rolling out in Claude Code v2.1.224 on macOS and Linux, cross-session messaging lets one session hand off a finding, ask a question, or coordinate work with another session, without you re-explaining the … Read more

OpenAI Delays Astra Over Critical Cybersecurity Risk

OpenAI has paused the rollout of Astra, its next frontier model, after internal and external evaluations found it hits a level of capability the company was not prepared to ship immediately. Under OpenAI’s own Preparedness Framework, Astra is the first model the company has classified as “critical” for cybersecurity risk, the highest threshold on the … Read more

Claude Sonnet 4.6 API Pricing Guide – Get AI Best

Claude Sonnet models sit in the middle of Anthropic’s lineup for a reason: near-frontier quality at a fraction of Opus pricing. Sonnet 4.6 continues that positioning, and for most production workloads — coding assistants, RAG pipelines, summarization at scale — it is the model teams actually build on. The pricing structure follows Anthropic’s standard API … Read more