The Archive

2026

38 posts published in 2026

25 May 2026

Skank Fever and Purple Devotion Beneath Moon Shaped Neon

Week 21 leaps from ska punk and Madchester haze to synth soul and art rock a globe spanning ride through restless classics left turns and timeless mood

18 May 2026

Basement Hooks Meet Autobahn Pulse and Desert Smoke

Week 20 jumps from Kraftwerk pulse to Cake wit, Belly shimmer, Spin Doctors groove, Rush drive and Om meditation a genre spanning trip worth the dive

11 May 2026

Chrome Souls, Nervous Rooms, and Holy Houses in Midnight Glow

Week 19 leaps from art rock and prog to synth pop soul and alt fire tracing Bowie Wonder Zeppelin and LCD through bold restless records and eras

10 May 2026

codebase-memory-mcp: Giving Claude Code (and Codex) a Map

A short look at codebase-memory-mcp, an MCP server that indexes your codebase into a queryable knowledge graph so Claude Code or Codex can answer structural questions without grepping every file.

4 May 2026

Cathedrals of Static and Stardust with Velvet Funk Undertow

Week 18 leaps from post punk fire and dream pop to space rock funk and prog grandeur a bold journey through visionary albums that reshape mind mood and scale

1 May 2026

Counting the Cost of Vibe Coding

A local-first dashboard for tracking AI coding tool spend across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, and Gemini CLI - with a TUI, a desktop app, and zero API keys required.

27 Apr 2026

Rain Slicked Wires and Rebel Choirs Under Stadium Lights

Week 17 moves from Floyd and Simple Minds grandeur to Pixies and Pulp bite with Sly Pogues XTC and Sultans adding wit soul punk and post punk color

20 Apr 2026

Mascara, Mod Rain, and Skyline Static After Midnight

From Britpop glow to goth haze, mod opera, alt grit and prog hush, Week 16 links iconic 90s and beyond into one richly restless ride

19 Apr 2026

Is my blog Agent-Ready?

Running russ.cloud through isitagentready.com and wiring up the checks that actually make sense for a static blog - Link headers, Content Signals, agent-skills discovery, llms.txt, and a tiny Cloudflare Worker to serve markdown on demand.