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Rapls

Freelance web developer / WordPress plugin author. Rapls AI Chatbot, Thanks Mail for Stripe, Rapls PDF Image Creator on WordPress.org. Blog: raplsworks.com

Location Japan Joined Joined on  Personal website https://raplsworks.com github website

Education

Largely self-taught. 6+ years building and shipping as a freelance developer.

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he/him

Work

Freelance web developer. WordPress plugins on WordPress.org.

Write your error states for a stranger three months from now, not for yourself today

Write your error states for a stranger three months from now, not for yourself today

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I published a rule for picking AI tools. A commenter rewrote it into a better one.

I published a rule for picking AI tools. A commenter rewrote it into a better one.

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My AI agent got dumber mid-session. I measured the context window before blaming MCP.

History bloat vs minimal tool overhead

My AI agent got dumber mid-session. I measured the context window before blaming MCP.

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I shipped 35 bugs in my AI chatbot. The scariest one was on the output side.

Treating model output as untrusted input

I shipped 35 bugs in my AI chatbot. The scariest one was on the output side.

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I built a WordPress AI chatbot where the free tier isn't a trial. Here's the design story.

I built a WordPress AI chatbot where the free tier isn't a trial. Here's the design story.

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I run Claude Code and Codex side by side. Here's the division of labor that actually works.

Conversation versus straight-line automation

I run Claude Code and Codex side by side. Here's the division of labor that actually works.

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Claude Fable 5 lasted three days. Then the US government pulled it.

Claude Fable 5 lasted three days. Then the US government pulled it.

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WordPress.org now distrusts my commits by default. As a plugin author, I think that’s right.

Triggered by backdoors on 400,000 sites

WordPress.org now distrusts my commits by default. As a plugin author, I think that’s right.

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Claude's June 15 billing split: are you even affected? A solo dev's triage

Claude's June 15 billing split: are you even affected? A solo dev's triage

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Claude Fable 5 can run for days. When does a solo dev actually want that?

Claude Fable 5 can run for days. When does a solo dev actually want that?

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Who pays for the tokens? Designing an AI plugin that doesn't break your users' wallets

Who pays for the tokens? Designing an AI plugin that doesn't break your users' wallets

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Skill, MCP, Plugin, or just a CLI: how I pick a Claude Code extension, lightest first

Nested tool logic and security pitfalls

Skill, MCP, Plugin, or just a CLI: how I pick a Claude Code extension, lightest first

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AI wrote 80% of my plugin. Six months later I couldn't maintain it.

AI wrote 80% of my plugin. Six months later I couldn't maintain it.

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The lines I add to Claude Code's settings.json after one near-miss

The lines I add to Claude Code's settings.json after one near-miss

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I Couldn't Read the Code I Wrote With AI Six Months Ago

I Couldn't Read the Code I Wrote With AI Six Months Ago

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The WordPress AI Client silently dropped my chat history — and threw no error

The WordPress AI Client silently dropped my chat history — and threw no error

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Building "あ" -> "雨": Japanese Suggest Without IME Access

Building "あ" -> "雨": Japanese Suggest Without IME Access

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