Balancing simple prompts and complex scaffolding

This week, Federico and John share their workflows and tips on how they use Claud Code and Codex to build automations.

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Links and Show Notes

Our Claude Code and Codex Workflows

• Federico’s Setup
  • Jump Desktop
  • Termius
    • tmux
• John’s Setup
  • Jump Desktop
  • Screens
  • Claude Usage Tracker
  • PopClip Extensions
    • Using PopClip Extensions to Get Started with Claude Code

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