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Let AI Read Documents, but Let Code Do the Math
AI

Let AI Read Documents, but Let Code Do the Math

The controller requires manually entered values to fall between 0 and 100, but the path where AI reads values from documents and feeds them in only checks whether they are numeric. A single negative value inflated the result to 5.25 times what it should have been without an error — a lesson in treating AI output as untrusted input, just like values entered by people.

#ai#llm#claude#claude-code
10 min read·12 Oct
Driving SketchUp with Claude Code, Part 2 — MCP Plugin Bug Fixes
AI

Driving SketchUp with Claude Code, Part 2 — MCP Plugin Bug Fixes

Let Claude Code actually "see" and "drive" SketchUp through a community MCP plugin, with fixes for 2 time-wasting bugs — a broken PyPI wheel and a UI freeze caused by a blocking socket

#mcp#claude-code#claude#sketchup
9 min read·5 Jun
Driving SketchUp with Claude Code, Part 1 — uv and PyNite Setup
AI

Driving SketchUp with Claude Code, Part 1 — uv and PyNite Setup

Start a series on using Claude Code to draw 3D steel structures in SketchUp and run FEA calculations. This first part covers setup only, configuring Claude permissions, installing uv, and creating a conda env with PyNite.

#claude-code#claude#ai#sketchup
9 min read·5 Jun
qcow2 or ZFS — Why I Switched After 12 Years on the Same Server
Linux

qcow2 or ZFS — Why I Switched After 12 Years on the Same Server

The reasons behind my storage choices for a Proxmox server that has run for 12 years without a reinstall — why I chose qcow2 in 2014, why I only moved to ZFS in 2026, and what actually changed the calculus.

#zfs#qcow2#proxmox#storage
12 min read·21 May