gilcodes.hashnode.devFinding the “Sweet Spot”: Why I’m Moving Beyond Claude and Embracing CodexIn my last few posts, I talked a lot about my 3-pane, 3-worktree setup for parallel AI sessions. It felt like the ultimate productivity engine. But as anyone working in this space knows, the “perfect”Feb 19·4 min read
gilcodes.hashnode.devHow to Make Sense of an Expensive Gaming GPU: Run Your Own Coding Assistant1. The Cost Question Most AI tools today live in the same pricing range — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and similar services all hover around the same monthly cost. That’s not inherently bad, and in many cases it’s absolutely worth it. But I do wonder, co...Dec 29, 2025·6 min read
gilcodes.hashnode.devLessons From Working Across Time Zones1. Working From Japan Under WFA With the flexibility of the company’s Work From Anywhere (WFA) policy, I decided to spend some time working from Japan. The policy allows 20 days per year from any time zone, without a strict requirement for overlap — ...Dec 22, 2025·6 min read
gilcodes.hashnode.devHow I Built an Agent That Turns Jira Tickets Into Actionable Development Plans1. The Missing Piece in My Workflow Before writing any code, I always had to translate each Jira ticket into something the architecture could understand: which view models were involved, which repositories or use cases were touched, and where the UI ...Dec 15, 2025·5 min read
gilcodes.hashnode.devHow I Keep Claude’s Development Loops Alive While Moving Around (ZeroTier + tmux + Terminus + GitHub Mobile)1. The Actual Constraint Once I started working with several Claude sessions in parallel, I ran into a new kind of bottleneck that had nothing to do with code or architecture. It was physical. Each session was tied to a different worktree, running it...Dec 10, 2025·7 min read
