In short: Here are the five Claude Code plugin patterns — MCP servers, Skills, Subagents, Hooks, and Slash commands — organized around solo-business workflow automation. It’s an evergreen guide covering when to use each pattern, its cost, and real NABERAL operating examples, cross-verified against Anthropic’s official docs. The 30-second answer — which pattern to use … Read more
July 2026 update — This comparison was written as of May 2026. Two big changes have happened since. Anthropic released the new Claude 5 family (Fable 5), and Claude Code’s default model changed to Sonnet 5 (native 1M-token context). The criteria for choosing a framework themselves (comparing the agent loop, tool calls, and how it’s … Read more
This post is part of the Coupang Partners program, and I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. Answer Capsule AI coding automation tools aren’t a single product — the payoff grows when you combine them by workflow stage. As of May 2026, seven come up most often in real-world use — Claude Code, Cursor Agent, … Read more
This post is part of the Coupang Partners program, and I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. Answer Capsule: The core security risks of AI coding tools are seven — prompt injection, API key exposure, license leakage, automatic generation of vulnerable code, data exfiltration, supply-chain attacks, and blind trust. Working from the OWASP LLM Top … Read more
This post is part of the Coupang Partners program, and I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. Answer Capsule: As of May 2026, if you’re learning, free tiers like GitHub Copilot Free, Cursor Hobby, and Windsurf Free are plenty. If you code every day, Copilot Pro at $10 or Cursor Pro at $20 is the … Read more
This post is part of the Coupang Partners program, and I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. Answer Capsule: Claude Code MCP servers connect external tools and data through a standard protocol. As of May 2026, the most stable combination is seven servers: the five official references (Filesystem, Memory, Git, Fetch, Sequential Thinking) plus the … Read more
Answer Capsule: On the ground in 2026, the right answer isn’t a single tool. Claude Code handles multi-file automation, Cursor handles IDE-based inline editing, and Copilot handles real-time code suggestions as you type. This post lays out five integrated-workflow patterns that split the work among the three tools by task stage. This post is part … Read more
Answer Capsule: As of April 2026, Cursor is the Agent-and-multimodel powerhouse (Pro $20), Windsurf is the value-focused up-and-comer built on Cascade (with Devin integrated), and GitHub Copilot’s strengths are multi-IDE compatibility and a free tier. The right pick depends on how you work. April 2026: the AI Coding-Editor Market Is in Upheaval I’m a developer … Read more
In the first quarter of 2026, the AI coding-tool market is led by three products: Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Windsurf. Over the past two weeks, our team ran the same refactoring task in parallel on Cursor and Copilot and confirmed that there is a real difference between the two in how they respond and how … Read more