
How We Rank AI Models Without Publishing a Score
We publish vendor prices, context windows and licences for 21 AI models, plus four labelled picks. Here is the method, the limits and what we refuse to invent.
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We publish vendor prices, context windows and licences for 21 AI models, plus four labelled picks. Here is the method, the limits and what we refuse to invent.

Security & Privacy15 min
Claude Code 2.1.299 changed which MCP servers an allow or deny rule covers. I ran 2.1.296, 2.1.299 and 2.1.307 with servers named a and a__b. Here is what ran.

Security & Privacy16 min
Claude Code 2.1.300 validates updatedInput from PreToolUse hooks. I compared 2.1.299 with 2.1.300 and 2.1.306 on unknown keys, bad types, paths and Edit.

Security & Privacy20 min
Claude Code hooks fail open on most events. I tested onFailure block across four builds with cases like missing scripts, exit 1, timeouts and schema errors.

Tooling & Productivity35 min
Claude Code mods explained with 10 tested use cases: guard risky commands, mask secrets, add commands, panes and tools. Every example passes claude plugin test.
Tooling & Productivity14 min
GitHub Copilot moved to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026. Here's how AI Credits work, what plans include, what stays free, and how to avoid a shock bill.
LLM & Integration12 min
Anthropic's Claude Code CLI, explained: Opus 4.6 + Sonnet 4.6, 200K (1M beta) context, tool use, and extended thinking. Setup, real examples, costs.
AI & Machine Learning11 min
OpenCoder review: the free-to-download code model in 1.5B and 8B variants. 83.5% HumanEval, 79.1% MBPP — deployable on your own hardware, though the model weights carry a custom license, not Apache 2.0.
How AI is transforming Python type hints in 2026: model-inferred annotations, auto-refactoring, and the readability and reliability wins it unlocks at scale.
LLM & Integration9 min
Claude Code complete hands-on tutorial: setup, natural-language coding, refactors, agent mode, CLAUDE.md practices, and the workflows senior devs actually use.
Tooling & Productivity10 min
Customize VS Code for 2026: themes, keyboard shortcuts, extensions, tasks, snippets, and workspace automations — the setup senior engineers ship with.
Tooling & Productivity10 min
IDE productivity pro tips: multi-cursor editing, live templates, macros, snippets, and the extensions that compound into real daily developer time savings.