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The AI Agency Retainer Model 2026: Why $40K Projects Died

📝 Claude Code

9 min read

The AI Agency Retainer Model 2026: Why $40K Projects Died

I quoted a client $38,000 in late 2023 for a custom AI automation pipeline: document intake, classification, routing into their CRM, a Slack...

#Claude Code #AI Agency #Retainer Pricing

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Apr 24, 2026

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I Built My Family Tech-Support Bot With OpenClaw in 2026

📝 OpenClaw AI

9 min read

I Built My Family Tech-Support Bot With OpenClaw in 2026

The fastest way to get real value out of OpenClaw is to build it small. Not "my second brain, my inbox, my calendar, my life" — one narrow j...

#OpenClaw #Personal AI #Telegram Bots

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Apr 24, 2026

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GPT 5.5 vs Opus 4.7: I Tested Both. Here's What Won.

📝 AI Models

8 min read

GPT 5.5 vs Opus 4.7: I Tested Both. Here's What Won.

The tab said 250,000 output tokens. I refreshed the dashboard twice; same number. Opus 4.7 had just finished a solar-system simulation, and...

#AI Coding #Codex #Opus 4.7

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Apr 24, 2026

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📝 Claude Code

7 min read

Forked Subagents in Claude Code: Why I Stopped Using Normal Ones

Subagents in Claude Code have a failure mode nobody warns you about: they are confidently wrong about your own session. Not because the mode...

#Anthropic #Developer Tools #Claude Code

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Apr 23, 2026

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Kimi K2.6 Tested: The Open-Source Model That Runs 12 Hours

📝 Kimi AI

9 min read

Kimi K2.6 Tested: The Open-Source Model That Runs 12 Hours

I left the house at 8:14 PM on a Tuesday with Kimi K2.6 in the middle of a job. When I walked back in at 8:03 the next morning, the terminal...

#Open Source AI #AI Coding Models #Kimi K2.6

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Apr 23, 2026

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📝 Claude Code

9 min read

Claude Code 1M Context: How I Stop Context Rot

My global Claude Code settings pin the 1M-context variant as my default model. Not for special occasions — for everything. I run day-long se...

#Claude Code #AI Workflow #Deep Dive

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Apr 23, 2026

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The AI Data Crisis: Simula, Euphan, Hermes Tested

📝 AI Agents

22 min read

The AI Data Crisis: Simula, Euphan, Hermes Tested

The paper that made me stop everything I was doing last week wasn't about a new frontier model. It wasn't a benchmark leak. It wasn't even a...

#AI Agents #OpenAI #Synthetic Data

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Apr 23, 2026

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The AI Agency Retainer Model 2026: Why $40K Projects Died

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GPT 5.5 vs Opus 4.7: I Tested Both. Here's What Won.

Forked Subagents in Claude Code: Why I Stopped Using Normal Ones

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