4 posts tagged with "devex"

AI Coding Tool Comparison 2026: Claude Code vs Cursor vs GitHub Copilot vs Windsurf​

I use multiple AI coding tools every day. Not because I'm indecisive — because different tools genuinely excel at different tasks. After a year of tracking my usage through PromptConduit and monitoring releases through Havoptic, I have a data-informed perspective on where each tool shines and where it falls short.

This isn't a surface-level feature checklist. It's an honest assessment from someone who ships production code with these tools daily, tracks their release velocity, and measures their impact on productivity.

Claude Code Hooks: A Complete Guide to Automating Your AI Coding Workflow​

If you've been using Claude Code for more than a week, you've probably noticed a pattern: you keep telling it the same things. "Run prettier after editing." "Don't touch the .env file." "Run the tests before you stop." These aren't complex instructions — they're rules. And rules shouldn't depend on an LLM remembering to follow them.

That's exactly what Claude Code hooks solve. They're deterministic automation that runs at specific points in Claude Code's lifecycle, executed by the harness itself — not by Claude. If you configure a hook to format code after every edit, it will format code after every edit. No exceptions. No "I forgot."

Havoptic: I Built a Visual Release Tracker Because I Couldn't Keep Up​

Here's a confession: I can't keep up with release notes. Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Codex CLI, Kiro – they're all shipping at breakneck speed, and every week there's a new version with features that could change how I work. But reading through changelogs? My eyes glaze over by paragraph two. I'm a visual person. I need to see what changed, not read a wall of text about it.

That frustration is why I built Havoptic.

AI Agents and the Future of Development: Lessons from a Hackathon​

What happens when you give a small team of developers one week, a pile of AI tools, and the audacity to think we could build something meaningful? This is our story from the KOLO AI Hackathon – a journey into what agent-led development might actually look like.