A developer blog by Nathan. Writing about AI tools, web development, and things I'm figuring out along the way.https://www.nthandev.com/https://www.nthandev.com/posts/why-i-use-warp-terminalhttps://www.nthandev.com/posts/why-i-use-warp-terminalI wasn't looking for a new terminal. But running Claude Code from VS Code's built-in terminal kept creating friction I couldn't ignore. Here's what Warp actually changed.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nthandev.com/posts/junior-developer-at-a-startuphttps://www.nthandev.com/posts/junior-developer-at-a-startupI expected chaos and responsibility going into my first dev job at an early-stage startup. I got both. But the specifics were nothing like I pictured.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nthandev.com/posts/why-i-switched-from-chatgpt-to-geminihttps://www.nthandev.com/posts/why-i-switched-from-chatgpt-to-geminiI switched from ChatGPT to Gemini after three years. Here's what built up, what finally tipped it, and how the context window difference plays out in practice.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nthandev.com/posts/llm-tools-developer-2026https://www.nthandev.com/posts/llm-tools-developer-2026How I split my LLM usage across Claude Code, Gemini, and OpenRouter as a developer in 2026, broken down by context rather than just preference.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nthandev.com/posts/stop-keeping-llm-prompts-in-your-codebasehttps://www.nthandev.com/posts/stop-keeping-llm-prompts-in-your-codebaseKeeping LLM prompts locked in the codebase turns the developer into a bottleneck on decisions they're not best placed to make. Here's what I should have built instead.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nthandev.com/posts/openclaw-openrouter-primary-fallback-modelshttps://www.nthandev.com/posts/openclaw-openrouter-primary-fallback-modelsLearn how to configure openclaw.json to set a primary model and fallback chain in OpenClaw with OpenRouter — plus how to verify it worked and fix common update issues.Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT