Tools

The tools, models, and services that power this lab and everything around it. Most of them run 24/7 on a Hetzner dedicated server.

AI Coding

AI Coding

Claude Code (Anthropic)

The backbone. Claude Code runs as a persistent agent on the server, writing code, deploying sites, managing content, debugging, and orchestrating other tools. It powers this entire site, the daily article pipeline, social media distribution, and most of the automation. Opus model for complex tasks, Sonnet for routine work.

Kimi Code (Moonshot AI)

Alternative AI coding assistant with strong context window. Used as a second opinion for complex architectural decisions and for tasks where a different perspective helps.

GLM CodeGeeX (Zhipu AI)

Coding planning and code generation tool. Useful for breaking down complex features into implementation steps and generating boilerplate.

Creative AI

Creative AI

KIE AI

Budget-friendly API for image generation, video, and TTS. Google Imagen 4 Fast, Seedream, WAN 2.6 for video, ElevenLabs for speech. Credits cost roughly $0.005 each.

Replicate

AI model inference. FLUX Schnell for fast images, Nano Banana for stylized outputs. Used when KIE does not carry a specific model.

OpenRouter

Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Hetzner Dedicated Server

Everything runs on a single Hetzner box. All websites, the Claude agent, preview environments, databases, and workers. Ubuntu, nginx, PM2, Let Encrypt SSL.

Cloudflare

DNS, CDN, DDoS protection. R2 storage for assets. Workers for edge logic.

This Site

This Site

EmDash CMS

Database-first headless CMS built on Astro. Full admin UI, Portable Text editor, media management, SEO tools. Content lives in SQLite, pages are server-rendered.

Astro

Astro 6 with SSR, React integration, Node.js adapter. Fast, lightweight, great for content sites.

Orchestration

Orchestration

Linear

Issue tracking. Every project has a board. Claude picks up issues, works on them, updates status automatically.

Rube MCP

500+ app integrations. Gmail, Slack, Linear, Notion, GitHub, Calendar, Telegram via unified MCP interface.

Telegram Bot

Notifications, remote control, article approvals from phone. Voice messages transcribed via faster-whisper.

Post Bridge

Social media distribution. Twitter, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube from a single MCP API.

Remotion

Programmatic video rendering in React. AI Digest podcasts and YouTube Shorts with narration, captions, and compositing.

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