# Ultrathink and Build: Weekly Dev Log with AI Tools and Side Projects

> Source: <https://dev.to/stevengonsalvez/ultrathink-and-build-weekly-dev-log-with-ai-tools-and-side-projects-56le>
> Published: 2026-07-10 15:44:18+00:00

**stevengonsalvez.com** 🟢 Active

Next.js 15 + MDX blog platform with the byte-sized banter section you're reading right now. Foundation's done, blog section coming together. Next up is deploying to Vercel and sorting the domain.

**Personal MCP Server** 🟡 On Hold

Custom [MCP server](https://dev.to/byte-sized-banter/week-28-mcp-context-kryptonite) for personal productivity tools. Paused while I wait for Claude Desktop to get its MCP support properly sorted.

Migrated the blog from dev.to-only to a self-hosted Next.js site. Launched this new weekly banter format. Still experimenting with how often I actually want to publish, reckon weekly is about right but we'll see.

**Quick git alias for better logs:**

```
git config --global alias.lg "log --graph --oneline --all --decorate"
```

This creates a beautiful visual git history that's way more readable than the default log.

**Claude Desktop optimization tip:**

Keep conversations small and restart often. The message limit resets every 5 hours, but shorter conversations use fewer tokens per message. You can get 2-3x more usage by starting fresh chats instead of continuing long threads. (If you're weighing up Claude Code versus other terminal tools, I did a [proper comparison of Claude Code vs Warp AI](https://dev.to/byte-sized-banter/week-27-claude-vs-warp) a while back.)