# Blog — Software & Cloud Engineering

> Thoughts on software engineering, cloud infrastructure, AI-assisted development, and building things for the web.

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## Posts

- **2026-04-20** — [Hourly Improvements: Two Ways to Keep a Site Moving](https://iammattl.com/blog/hourly-improvements-two-ways-to-keep-a-site-moving) — _#cloudflare #ai #agents #claude-code #workers_
  Two parallel implementations of the same idea: one small improvement to my site, every hour, forever. A Claude Code scheduled task running locally and a five-agent pipeline on Cloudflare Workers called Vigil. Same rule at the top of both: ONE improvement per run, never batch.
- **2026-04-15** — [Cloudflare Connect London 2026: The Agentic Internet is Here](https://iammattl.com/blog/cloudflare-connect-london-2026) — _#cloudflare #ai #agents #mcp #events_
  A day at Cloudflare Connect London during Agents Week. Sandboxes, MCP Server Portals, Cloudflare Mesh, Moltworker, Kilo Code, and AI Crawl Control. I deployed an AI agent and hardened an MCP server before the day was over.
- **2026-04-13** — [Agents: When Claude Works Autonomously](https://iammattl.com/blog/agents-when-claude-works-autonomously) — _#claude-code #ai #agents #automation #developer-tools_
  Skills tell Claude how. MCP servers give Claude access. Agents let Claude work autonomously. The final post in the Extending Claude Code series covers subagents, agent libraries, multi-agent orchestration, and the trust question.
- **2026-04-07** — [MCP Servers: Connecting Claude to Real Infrastructure](https://iammattl.com/blog/mcp-servers-connecting-claude-to-real-infrastructure) — _#Claude Code #AI #MCP #Infrastructure #DevTools_
  Skills tell Claude how to do things. MCP servers tell it where to look. How I use Cloudflare, GitHub, Context7, Chrome DevTools, and a custom TrueNAS server to give Claude direct access to real infrastructure.
- **2026-03-30** — [Plugins and Skills: Making Claude Work Your Way](https://iammattl.com/blog/plugins-and-skills-making-claude-work-your-way) — _#Claude Code #AI #Skills #Plugins #Automation_
  Skills and plugins let you package expertise so Claude works consistently across projects. Here's how I built an SEO suite with 13 skills and 6 subagents, and the patterns that apply to any workflow.
- **2026-03-23** — [Getting Started with Claude - Beyond the Chat Box](https://iammattl.com/blog/getting-started-with-claude) — _#AI #Claude #Productivity #Workflow_
  Most people use Claude like a search engine with better grammar. Here's how to actually make it useful.
- **2026-03-16** — [What I've Learned Building Projects with Claude Code](https://iammattl.com/blog/what-ive-learned-building-projects-with-claude-code) — _#Claude Code #AI #Software Engineering #Pair Programming_
  After building multiple projects with Claude Code — from Terraform modules managing 400+ Cloudflare zones to a full-stack price comparison site — here's what actually works when using AI as a pair programmer.