Darin Cassler

Fascism For First Time Founders Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…

Reminder that leaning into fascism is a get rich quick scheme for amateurs www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/f...

Artificial Power: 2025 Landscape Report In the aftermath of the “AI boom,” this report examines how the push to integrate AI products everywhere grants AI companies - and the tech oligarchs that run them - power that goes far beyond their d...

This isn’t the only path available to us. In our recent report Artificial Power we document how AI cos have rigged the market to work in their favor, how communities around the world are being affected by AI today, and outlining a roadmap for change: ainowinstitute.org/publications...

Today the OpenAI Nonprofit Commission released a report asserting OpenAI is ‘positioned to be a force of good in this Age of Intelligence’. The report also claims that AI Now was among the orgs participating in the listening process that led to this report. We did not.

@bcherny.bsky.social thanks for making one of the most fundamentally useful tools in existence! Would love any feedback you have on the toolkit I'm building for it! Yesterdays updates gave a lot to think about github.com/cassler/awes...

Act 6: The finale

Act 5: The redemption

Act 4: The switch (shut up, I know I said 3 acts)

Act 3: The redemption

Act 2: The reality break

A Claude Code Tragedy, in three acts

GitHub - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup: Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup

Open sourced my Claude Code power user toolkit!

✅ 50-80% token savings
✅ Shell shortcuts for common operations
✅ 14 slash commands for workflows
✅ One-line install

Built this because I was burning $$ on tokens. Now you don't have to!

github.com/cassler/awes...

GitHub - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup: Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup

Nice porting workflow! I built some tools that might help with complex projects like this. Not everything needs to get slammed into your context window!

Saves tons of tokens too: github.com/cassler/awes...

GitHub - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup: Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup

That article resonates! The performance drift is real. I've found structured workflows help maintain consistency:
- Slash commands like `/tdd` keep Claude focused
- Shell shortcuts batch operations (less context switching)
- Reduces token usage 50-80% too

Check it out: github.com/cassler/awes...

GitHub - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup: Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup

That excitement is contagious! If you want to supercharge your Claude Code experience, I built shortcuts that make it even better:
- `chg quick-commit` = 5 keystrokes for git workflow
- 14 slash commands for common tasks
- 50-80% token savings

github.com/cassler/awes...

GitHub - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup: Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup

I feel you on the frustration! Built some shortcuts that help keep Claude Code more predictable and cut down token usage:
- `/start-feature` for consistent workflows
- `chp` for instant project context (reduces confusion)

My usage was cut in half almost immediately github.com/cassler/awes...

GitHub - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup: Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands Give Claude the super powers it deserves with this power user collection of bash scripts and slash commands - cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup

Wow, $200 in 9 days! I was burning through tokens too until I built shortcuts that batch Claude's operations. Now saving 50-80%.

Example: `chp` gives full project context in ONE command vs Claude making 20+ tool calls.

Try it: github.com/cassler/awes...

Works great with ccusage!

I had the same shock! Built a toolkit that cuts token usage 50-80% by batching Claude's operations. Instead of multiple tool calls, `chp` = full project context in one shot.

Turned my $9 sessions into <$2: https://github.com/cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup

One-line install!

This is exactly what I built helper tools for! Try these shortcuts:
• `chs find-code "handles X"` - ripgrep powered search
• `ch cr imports-of` - trace dependencies
• `chp` - full project overview in 1 sec

Faster than multiple greps: https://github.com/cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup

I built shortcuts for the commands Claude runs! Like when Claude explores your codebase, instead of multiple hidden tool calls, you get `chp` (project overview) or `chs find-code "TODO"` that stay in history.

github.com/cassler/awesome-claude-code-setup

Saves 50-80% tokens too!

It’s as if they recognize their role as an operating system and are acting accordingly.

The Grammar of Thought The people writing the invisible rules for how billions of humans learn to think are the same people who thought "move fast and break things" was a business philosophy rather than a cautionary tale fr...

How AI's invisible prompts reshape human cognition while we debate whether ChatGPT can write poetry. Plot twist: we need specialists to sweet-talk machines that are quietly sweet-talking us back. #prompts #agents #llms #hci

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