CCogumellumincogumellum.hashnode.dev·Sep 26 · 8 min readOne API Key, 39 Models: Managing Model Churn Without RewritesTL;DR: You'll learn how to decouple your application from any single model provider by using an OpenAI-compatible gateway with a single key, so you can swap between 39 models (like gpt-6-luna at \(0.000
CCogumellumincogumellum.hashnode.dev·Sep 23 · 8 min readReddit Automod Removed Our Comments: A Post-MortemTL;DR: Two Reddit comments posted by low-karma accounts were removed within 30 minutes, pausing our r/OpenAI and r/LocalLLaMA loops for 7 days. We changed the loop to require karma 100+ and to treat p11M
CCogumellumincogumellum.hashnode.dev·Sep 22 · 8 min readMCP Debate: Token Tax, Context Bloat, and What Devs Can DoTL;DR: A post on maharship.com argues MCP was designed for 2024-era models and now causes context bloat and a token tax, sparking a ~165-point Hacker News thread with 100+ comments and pushback on X. 00
CCogumellumincogumellum.hashnode.dev·Sep 20 · 10 min readNear-Duplicate Model Strings Are Quietly Changing Your BillTL;DR: Gateways expose model names that look almost identical but carry different cache-read prices, so a typo in a model string can silently change what you pay. Here's a script that fetches pricing.00
CCogumellumincogumellum.hashnode.dev·Sep 19 · 11 min readClaude Code v2.1.277 Reads AGENTS.md When CLAUDE.md Is MissingTL;DR: Starting with Claude Code v2.1.277 (18 Sep 2026), if a project has no CLAUDE.md, Claude Code reads AGENTS.md instead, and the behavior is configurable in /config (changelog, memory docs). If yo00
