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How I'm Using Z.ai as a Claude Code Fallback with a Simple PowerShell Switch

How I'm Using Z.ai as a Claude Code Fallback with a Simple PowerShell Switch

April 2026 has been a bit of a shit show from Anthropic in terms of how they're handling peoples usage limits, and the degradation of Sonnet and Opus 4.6. Then they bring out Opus 4.7 which is a regression due to it now forcing 'adaptive-thinking&

By VYRUS 17 Apr 2026

Testing Azure Application Insights at Scale

We've got a trust issue with our logging strategy. Right now we're logging everything to blob storage. Exceptions, usage metrics, sync reports. It works, but querying JSON files in blob storage when something breaks isn't great and it's reactive. Not good when

By VYRUS 07 Jan 2026

The first post, what this blog is for

I needed somewhere to dump thoughts that don't fit anywhere else. Tech stuff I've figured out, games I'm into, whatever's going on. Patch notes for my life basically. Day job is software dev/architecture in edtech. When I'm not doing

By VYRUS 06 Jan 2026
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