Rapls

Freelance web developer / WordPress plugin author. 7 plugins on WordPress.org, incl. Rapls AI Chatbot, Prime Cache, Rapls Passkey and Rapls Copy Notice. Blog: raplsworks.com

Japan Joined on Apr 19, 2026 https://raplsworks.com

Education

Largely self-taught. 6+ years building and shipping as a freelance developer.

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he/him

Work

Freelance web developer. WordPress plugins on WordPress.org.

Rapls

Nov 1

My Cursor state.vscdb was 8.9 GB. You can work out how much VACUUM will save before you run it

#cursor #sqlite #macos #productivity

4 min read

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Rapls

Oct 24

php -v over SSH doesn’t tell you which PHP your website runs

#php #webdev #wordpress #devops

4 min read

Rapls

Jun 25

Claude Code now blocks the git command that almost cost me a day's work. I'm keeping my deny rules anyway.

#claudecode #ai #security #productivity

4 min read

Rapls

Jun 23

I trusted my CLAUDE.md. WordPress.org rejected the exact thing it was supposed to prevent.

#productivity #llm #claude #ai

4 min read

Rapls

Jun 22

AI found 300 WordPress plugin zero-days in 72 hours. I build plugins. Here's what changed for me.

#wordpress #security #webdev #ai

5 min read

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Jun 22

GitHub Copilot is usage-based now. Here's what that changes for terminal users.

#ai #github #githubcopilot #productivity

4 min read

Distinguishing agent actions from beliefs

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Jun 21

Connecting an MCP server gives your agent hands. It also gives a stranger a way in.

#ai #security #claudecode #mcp

5 min read

Breaks OpenAI-compatible endpoints

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Jun 20

I Created a Gemini API Key and Got AQ. Instead of AIza

#gemini #api #webdev #googlecloud

5 min read

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Jun 19

I automated everything except the code, and that's where Claude Code actually paid off

#ai #productivity #claudcode #webdev

5 min read

Error states as incident reports for async work

Rapls

Jun 18

Write your error states for a stranger three months from now, not for yourself today

#ai #productivity #devops #llm

4 min read

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Jun 18

I published a rule for picking AI tools. A commenter rewrote it into a better one.

#ai #productivity #claudecode #career

5 min read

History bloat vs minimal tool overhead

Rapls

Jun 17

My AI agent got dumber mid-session. I measured the context window before blaming MCP.

#ai #claudecode #productivity #llm

5 min read

Treating model output as untrusted input

Rapls

Jun 15

I shipped 35 bugs in my AI chatbot. The scariest one was on the output side.

#security #ai #llm #webdev

5 min read

Rapls

Jun 15

I built a WordPress AI chatbot where the free tier isn't a trial. Here's the design story.

#showdev #wordpress #ai #php

6 min read

Conversation versus straight-line automation

Rapls

Jun 14

I run Claude Code and Codex side by side. Here's the division of labor that actually works.

#ai #productivity #claude #codex

7 min read

Rapls

Jun 13

Claude Fable 5 lasted three days. Then the US government pulled it.

#news #ai #claude #security

10 min read

Triggered by backdoors on 400,000 sites

Rapls

Jun 12

WordPress.org now distrusts my commits by default. As a plugin author, I think that’s right.

#wordpress #security #opensource #webdev

4 min read

Rapls

Jun 11

Claude's June 15 billing split: are you even affected? A solo dev's triage

#ai #claude #productivity #webdev

5 min read

Rapls

Jun 10

Claude Fable 5 can run for days. When does a solo dev actually want that?

#ai #claude #llm #productivity

5 min read

Rapls

Jun 9

Who pays for the tokens? Designing an AI plugin that doesn't break your users' wallets

#ai #llm #webdev #productivity

7 min read

Nested tool logic and security pitfalls

Rapls

Jun 8

Skill, MCP, Plugin, or just a CLI: how I pick a Claude Code extension, lightest first

#claudecode #ai #productivity #mcp

9 min read

Rapls

Jun 7

AI wrote 80% of my plugin. Six months later I couldn't maintain it.

#ai #codequality #productivity #webdev

8 min read

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Jun 5

The lines I add to Claude Code's settings.json after one near-miss

#claudecode #ai #security #cli

8 min read

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Jun 4

I Couldn't Read the Code I Wrote With AI Six Months Ago

#ai #productivity #webdev #programming

7 min read

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May 28

The WordPress AI Client silently dropped my chat history — and threw no error

#ai #wordpress #php #webdev

11 min read

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Apr 19

Building "あ" -> "雨": Japanese Suggest Without IME Access

#javascript #webdev #tutorial #i18n

6 min read

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My Cursor state.vscdb was 8.9 GB. You can work out how much VACUUM will save before you run it

Want to connect with Rapls?

php -v over SSH doesn’t tell you which PHP your website runs

Claude Code now blocks the git command that almost cost me a day's work. I'm keeping my deny rules anyway.

I trusted my CLAUDE.md. WordPress.org rejected the exact thing it was supposed to prevent.

AI found 300 WordPress plugin zero-days in 72 hours. I build plugins. Here's what changed for me.

GitHub Copilot is usage-based now. Here's what that changes for terminal users.

Connecting an MCP server gives your agent hands. It also gives a stranger a way in.

I Created a Gemini API Key and Got AQ. Instead of AIza

I automated everything except the code, and that's where Claude Code actually paid off

Write your error states for a stranger three months from now, not for yourself today

I published a rule for picking AI tools. A commenter rewrote it into a better one.

My AI agent got dumber mid-session. I measured the context window before blaming MCP.

I shipped 35 bugs in my AI chatbot. The scariest one was on the output side.

I built a WordPress AI chatbot where the free tier isn't a trial. Here's the design story.

I run Claude Code and Codex side by side. Here's the division of labor that actually works.

Claude Fable 5 lasted three days. Then the US government pulled it.

WordPress.org now distrusts my commits by default. As a plugin author, I think that’s right.

Claude's June 15 billing split: are you even affected? A solo dev's triage

Claude Fable 5 can run for days. When does a solo dev actually want that?

Who pays for the tokens? Designing an AI plugin that doesn't break your users' wallets

Skill, MCP, Plugin, or just a CLI: how I pick a Claude Code extension, lightest first

AI wrote 80% of my plugin. Six months later I couldn't maintain it.

The lines I add to Claude Code's settings.json after one near-miss

I Couldn't Read the Code I Wrote With AI Six Months Ago

The WordPress AI Client silently dropped my chat history — and threw no error

Building "あ" -> "雨": Japanese Suggest Without IME Access