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Ten MCP Servers Worth Installing First, in Priority Order for Developers
A ranked starter set of MCP servers for AI coding assistants, from Context7 and GitHub to Postgres and memory, with install configs and permission cautions.
16 min readAn Eight-Layer Claude Code Setup: CLAUDE.md, Memory, Hooks and Guardrails
How eight configuration layers, from scoped CLAUDE.md files and hooks to device verification and reversibility rules, make a Claude Code workflow trustworthy.
9 min readSeven AI Coding Agents Worth Comparing Before 2026 Ends
Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, OpenCode, Devin and Antigravity CLI compared: what each does best, how it's priced as of August 2026, and how to mix them.
9 min readClaude Code or Codex in September 2026: Pricing, Models and Fit
Claude Code or Codex in September 2026: local and synchronous vs cloud and async coding agents, compared on pricing, models, benchmarks and EU data residency.
8 min readOpen Knowledge Format: Portable Memory for AI Coding Agents
The Open Knowledge Format stores what coding agents learn as linked markdown files. How it differs from CLAUDE.md and MCP, and how to start using it today.
11 min readSerena MCP Server: Symbol-Aware Code Editing for AI Assistants
Set up Serena with Docker and SSE so Claude Code, VS Code and OpenCode get LSP-backed symbol search, safe renames and persistent memory with fewer tokens.
9 min readSix MCP Servers Worth Keeping in Claude Code and What to Cut
Trim an overloaded MCP setup: Context7, GitHub, Postgres MCP Pro, Playwright, Sentry and Brave Search, with project scoping and a tool-count audit under 50.
7 min readBuild a Searchable Work Journal MCP Server in 190 Lines of TypeScript
A small MCP server over Markdown files: four intent-based tools, prompt-style descriptions, a stdio demo client that doubles as a test, plus real gotchas.
8 min readUsing Codex in VS Code: Scope, Recovery Points and the Fixes for the Usual Stalls
Codex in VS Code without the usual stalls: install and sign-in, a first bounded agent task, cloud vs CLI, shared config, and fixes for WSL and approvals.
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