Tips, tricks, and lessons from building software.
Tips, tricks, and lessons from building software — a personal dev blog by Tommy.
Choosing a Model for Each Subagent
Set a model alias per subagent so cheap jobs run on a fast model and hard jobs get a stronger one.
Running Subagents in Parallel
Because each subagent has its own context window, you can send several to investigate different areas at once.
Keeping Your Main Context Clean with Subagents
Offload noisy investigation to subagents so your main session keeps only the decisions, not the file dumps.
Always Give Claude a Way to Check Its Work
Hand Claude a test, lint, or build command it can run itself, and it will catch and fix its own mistakes before you ever see them.
Point Claude at Examples and Patterns
Show Claude an existing file that does it the right way, and new code will match your conventions instead of inventing its own.
Paste Screenshots to Explain Bugs Faster
A screenshot of a broken layout or an error dialog tells Claude in one glance what a paragraph of description struggles to.