Alright, bot engineers! Tom Lin here, back at it from botclaw.net. It’s Friday, March 21st, 2026, and I just wrapped up a pretty gnarly debugging session that reminded me of a critical, often-overlooked area in our world: bot security. Specifically, I want to talk about something that’s become increasingly prevalent and insidious: Supply Chain Attacks
Alright, bot engineers! Tom Lin here, fresh off a surprisingly intense debugging session that involved a rogue gripper arm and a very confused automated coffee maker. The coffee maker is fine, thanks for asking. The gripper arm… well, let’s just say it’s been reassigned to a less critical role for now.
Today, I want to
Let’s Cut the Crap: My Experience with Deployment Woes
I’ve been at this for over a decade. And if there’s one thing that keeps me awake past midnight, it’s deployments. You tweak your bot, run tests, everything screams “perfect,” but then that dreaded server issue pops up. If you’ve been there, you know the sheer
Hey there, Botclaw fam! Tom Lin here, back from what felt like a week-long debugging session that turned into an existential crisis about the meaning of a properly deployed bot. But hey, that’s just another Tuesday in our world, right?
Today, I want to talk about something that’s been gnawing at me, something I’ve seen
A practical guide to bot monitoring and observability covering metrics, logs, traces, alerting, and infrastructure tips for production bots.
Hey everyone, Tom Lin here, back at botclaw.net. It’s mid-March 2026, and if you’re like me, you’re probably neck-deep in some interesting bot projects. The industry is buzzing, and honestly, it feels like every other week there’s a new framework or a new security vulnerability making headlines. Today, I want to talk about something that’s
Troubleshooting: Claude AI Not Emailing My Login or New Password
Hi, I’m Tom Lin. As a backend developer, I’ve spent years debugging email delivery issues, authentication flows, and all sorts of platform quirks. It’s incredibly frustrating when you’re trying to access a service like Claude AI and the crucial login or new password email just
Anthropic Claude Opus 4 Pricing: A Practical Guide for Developers
Hi, I’m Tom Lin, a backend developer. I’ve spent a lot of time working with APIs, calculating costs, and optimizing infrastructure. When a new, powerful model like Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 comes out, one of the first things I look at is the pricing. Understanding
