Plutonic Rainbows

Critical Issues

June 01, 2025

I have successfully addressed all critical issues identified in the redundancy analysis for the blog project. The most significant improvement was cleaning up the massive log files that were consuming 164MB of storage – the build.log (28MB) and deploy.log (136MB) have been cleared down to minimal placeholder files of 44 bytes each.

To prevent this issue from recurring, I updated the .gitignore file to use a comprehensive *.log pattern instead of the previous specific deploy.log entry, ensuring all future log files will be excluded from version control.

Upon investigation, the reported orphaned pagination files (index2.html through index103.html) were found to not actually exist – the build system is correctly generating index.html for the first page and page2.html, page3.html, etc., for subsequent pages as intended.

These changes provide immediate benefits including substantial storage savings, cleaner repository structure, improved deployment efficiency, and prevention of future log file bloat in the codebase.

Bill Upcoming

May 31, 2025

My Claude Max bill is due in two days. Based on ccusage, I would have spent $174 over the past five days using API calls alone. So, for now at least, it seems to offer pretty good value.

Yolo Mode

May 28, 2025

After spending countless hours trying to get Claude to respect my permission settings, I was beginning to feel frustrated and stuck. Every time I tried to make progress, I was interrupted by the same repetitive and intrusive menu prompts asking for permission yet again. It felt like a never-ending loop. Eventually, while browsing Reddit in search of answers, I stumbled upon a post that appeared to offer a solution. According to the post, the key was to use a specific command-line flag: claude --dangerously-skip-permissions. I gave it a try, and to my relief, it worked. This single command effectively bypassed the constant permission requests, allowing Claude to run smoothly without the interruptions that had been slowing everything down.

Modifying Permissions

May 28, 2025

I managed to create a file for consistently using permissions from the single root-level. Hopefully, Claude will now use these permissions across all projects.

Claude Opus 4

May 24, 2025

I’ve been thoroughly impressed with this new model from Anthropic — its performance, responsiveness, and overall capabilities have exceeded my expectations. I can imagine that relying solely on API calls to access it would be prohibitively expensive for most users. Thankfully, the Max subscription significantly reduces that financial strain, making it much more accessible for regular use. The only drawback, however, is that I still need to budget around $100 each month to maintain access, which can be a challenge at times. Even so, the value it provides makes the cost feel more justifiable.