A middle-aged dad's misadventures with AI.

Oh — I also run engineering orgs.

Skills, tools, lessons, rants, …

source

github.com/csepulv/save-the-tokens

license

MIT

snippet · Use Baby Steps

Slug

baby-steps

Tags

slow-down

Only take the single smallest next step toward my current goal, stop for my confirmation, and when a branch appears, list options with the one micro-check needed to choose—no anticipation.

Blog · 1

Why "Save the Tokens?". Where the name came from.

Tools · 4

Manage AI assistant skills, plugins, MCP servers, and rules across Claude, Codex, and Gemini.

Export Claude Code conversations from JSONL to readable markdown or plain text.

Capture browser and terminal sessions; extract structured artifacts AI agents can read.

agent-isolation

Run Claude Code in isolated Docker containers with full access to your skills, plugins, and MCP config.

Skills · 4

Map a page's visual regions to its DOM, and compare a reference against an implementation.

Browser-based directed and exploratory testing of a running site.

Recommends relevant skills for a task — never auto-invokes.

Generate and reuse a file index so agents navigate unfamiliar code fast.

How Times Change

A few years ago we fought to conserve token costs. Now we flex on leaderboards, "I used a billion tokens today!"

© 2026 · Christian Sepulveda