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Switch to Claude Code Opus 4.7 [instructions]

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Opus 4.7 launched on April 16, 2026. Here’s the fast path to switch Claude Code over, including the gotcha I hit in the VS Code extension. Quick upgrade (terminal) Three commands, in order: claude update claude –version claude –model claude-opus-4-7 If that last command starts a session confirming claude-opus-4-7, you’re done. If not, keep reading. Step 1: Update Claude Code Most people run Claude Code in a terminal. One command does it: claude update Anthropic lists v2.1.111+ as the minimum

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Claude Code Rate exceeded.

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If you are getting “Rate exceeded.” when trying to re-authorize your Claude Code instance, it is probably because Anthropic’s servers are having API/login issues: Specifically, if you haven’t been heavily using Claude and you get kicked out of Claude Code with reauthorization required… for me every time it has been server issues  on anthropic side and the eventually resolve. Still, that is small consolation if you are trying to finish up a project or get work done! Claude has been

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How to Enable Wake-on-LAN (WoL) on a Synology NAS (DS925+ and Others)

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TL;DR: On a Synology NAS, enabling Wake-on-LAN takes two steps in two different DSM screens. Turn on Enable WOL on LAN 1 in Control Panel > Hardware & Power > General, then get the NAS MAC address from Control Panel > Info Center > Network, not from Network > Network Interface. Why Wake-on-LAN for your NAS? Wake-on-LAN, or WoL, lets you wake a powered-down device by sending a small network broadcast called a magic packet. I wanted it on my

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Meta Muse Spark: The Honest Scorecard (3 Wins Out of 20)

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Meta just released Muse Spark, the first model from their new Superintelligence Labs. Along with it came a 20-benchmark comparison chart. The chart highlights every Muse Spark score in blue, which makes it look like Muse is leading across the board. The original Meta release table/graphic just highlighted their column and it made it seem almost as if they won every row… They did not win every test (far from it) so maybe the the table could use some actual

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Who Reads This Blog? Traffic Breakdown by OS

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Who’s reading this blog, and what are they running? I pulled month of site visitor stats to find out. The Breakdown Here’s the operating system split across all visitors over the last month or so: Operating System Users Share Windows 12,292 53.6% iOS 3,846 16.8% macOS 3,732 16.3% Android 1,919 8.4% Linux 420 1.8% Chrome OS 53 0.2% Other / Unknown 677 2.9% Total: 22,939 users over 90 days. Windows Still Dominates, But Apple is a Third of the Audience

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Can MacBook Neo Run Claude Code?

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So in updating my MacBook Neo review with some additional stress testing and thermal testing, I came across some interesting results that begged the question: “Can it run Claude?” If you’re a gamer, that probably triggers the old “Can it run Crysis?” reflex. For those who don’t remember (or weren’t there), Crysis was the 2007 PC game that became the de facto hardware torture test. If your rig could run Crysis, it could run anything. It was a rite of

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Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini for Coding: Testing Results

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TL;DR: I ran the same 5 coding tasks through Claude Opus 4.6, OpenAI Codex CLI (gpt-5.3-codex), Google Gemini 2.5 Flash (sorry I did not have easy access to the newer models, but Gemma 4 was tested!), and two open-source models I ran locally: Gemma 4 31B and Qwen 3.5 35B. Claude’s code was the most production ready. Codex and Qwen tied for best code reviewer. Gemini was the cheapest. The open-source models scored A-, closing in on the paid tier.

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Claude Code /buddy How to Preview, Hatch, and Reroll Your Terminal Pet

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TL;DR: Claude Code v2.1.89 added /buddy, a virtual pet companion in your terminal. Your buddy’s body is deterministically generated from your account, and the personality generates permanently the first time you hatch it. Preview yours first with npx any-buddy current, but install Bun before you do (if you don’t already have it) Is This an April Fools Joke? I first noticed /buddy the least trustworthy way possible, by seeing it appear in Claude Code’s slash-command autocomplete on April 1. 😜

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