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Homestead

The whole story, in six minutes.

Four problems I ran into with Claude Code, what I built for each, and where it stands.

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I’d love to hear from you.

1 Email me

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2 Or book a time

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The code is public. Make it yours.

Everything Homestead runs on is open. Don’t try to set it up by hand, though. On its own it’s wired to my Mac, my phone and the way I work. Paste one prompt into Claude Code (or any agent) and it builds you your own, then helps you bend it to fit your work.

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