Guides from the shop floor.
Practical, tested write-ups on the hooks that let you control Claude Code and Codex, on giving your AI coding agents working hours, and on keeping agentic coding from eating your evenings. Every example here was run before it was published.
Claude CodeClaude Code hooks, explained
How UserPromptSubmit and PreToolUse hooks work, what blocks and what doesn’t, and three tested examples you can copy.
CodexCodex hooks and /hooks trust
hooks.json, the review-and-trust step, and how to block prompts and tool calls in OpenAI’s Codex CLI.
Working hoursStop Claude Code at night
Give Claude Code and Codex working hours, breaks and a daily limit, with a do-it-yourself hook or the easy way.
WellbeingAgentic coding and burnout
Why AI agents keep developers up at night, what the evidence says, and boundaries that actually hold.