A hands-on dev and IT log: code I write, servers I run, and the errors I fix along the way.https://blog.jhproject.cloud/enhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/ai-mc-server-05-discord-ops/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/ai-mc-server-05-discord-ops/How people and an AI dev team trade decisions on Discord: channel roles, forum tags, command forums, a latest-only resource pack channel, and no deletes.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:04:00 GMTDiscord botDiscord APIDiscord forumMinecraft server adminpython-dotenvrequestsAI agentsBuilding a Minecraft Server with an AI Teamhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/ai-mc-server-04-art-pipeline/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/ai-mc-server-04-art-pipeline/ChatGPT draws the GUIs, icons, and weapons; Claude checks specs and merges the resource pack. Plus 5 bugs the review caught before they hit the game.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:03:00 GMTMinecraft resource packResource pack tutorialCustom GUIitem_modelBow pulling modelChatGPTClaudeBuilding a Minecraft Server with an AI Teamhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/ai-mc-server-03-balance/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/ai-mc-server-03-balance/How I scaled a Minecraft MMORPG server's HP and damage 10x (keeping admin edits), built a 12-hour 1→30 XP curve, and what simulating 6 classes revealed.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:02:00 GMTMinecraft serverRPG balancingXP curveDamage formulaSimulationGame designBuilding a Minecraft Server with an AI Teamhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/ai-mc-server-02-core-modules/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/ai-mc-server-02-core-modules/A Paper plugin jar holding core plus 13 modules, a permission name that disabled entire modules, and why killing a mob showed 1000029 damage, with the fix.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:01:00 GMTMinecraft pluginPaperPaperMCPlugin architectureModular designCustom health systemHot reloadBuilding a Minecraft Server with an AI Teamhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/ai-mc-server-01-ai-team/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/ai-mc-server-01-ai-team/How I build 13 Minecraft MMORPG plugins solo: Claude as team lead, 15 scheduled tasks as the team. Orders, reports, merge rules, and real problems I hit.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:00:00 GMTMinecraft serverMinecraft pluginPaperClaudeAI agentsScheduled tasksgit worktreeBuilding a Minecraft Server with an AI Teamhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-api-changes-2026-09/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-api-changes-2026-09/September 2026 Discord API changes for bot devs: 20 MiB uploads, multi-line slash options, Age Assurance, invite target users, and required shard, in discord.py 2.7.1.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:26:00 GMTDiscord API changesdiscord.pyAge Assuranceslash commandsDiscord botfile upload limitinvite linksshardingPython exampleshttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-32-audit-log/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-32-audit-log/Build a Discord log bot with discord.py 2.x that records deleted message content, who deleted it, joins/leaves, role changes, kicks and bans as embeds.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTdiscord.pyPythonDiscord botDiscord log botaudit logDiscord moderationmessage delete logon_audit_log_entry_createhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/claude-opus-5-5-release/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/claude-opus-5-5-release/Claude Opus 5.5 launched Sept 22 and is Claude Code's default from v2.1.280, 20% cheaper. What changed from Opus 5, settings to recheck, and API changes.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTClaude Opus 5.5Claude CodeClaude Code default modelOpus 5.5 pricingClaude Code settings.jsoneffort levelAI codingAnthropichttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/claude-code-model-effort-guide/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/claude-code-model-effort-guide/I briefly covered /model and /effort in my Opus 5 post, but searches like 'change Claude Code model' keep coming in. So here's a dedicated guide to both.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:41:51 GMTClaude CodeClaude Code modelClaude Code efforteffort levelClaude Opus 5Claude Sonnet 5Claude Fable 5.1Claude Code settings.jsonAI codinghttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/python-automation-14-powerpoint/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/python-automation-14-powerpoint/Last time, we covered how to automatically upload Excel data to Google Sheets (gspread). Collecting, saving, and sharing data is now all handled by Python.Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:31:03 GMTpython-pptxOpenPyXLPythonPython PowerPoint automationcreate PPT with Pythonpython-pptx tutorialreport automationoffice automationPython Excelhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-30-poll/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-30-poll/This episode builds a Discord poll bot in Python, one of the most-used server features, two ways: native polls and button polls with live tallies.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:52:01 GMTdiscord.pyPythonDiscord botDiscord poll botDiscord polldiscord.Pollbutton UIPython exampleDiscord bot tutorialhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/python-3-15-migration-checklist/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/python-3-15-migration-checklist/Python 3.15 final lands on October 1, 2026, just 13 days away. After covering what's new in beta 4, rc1, and rc2, this time we check whether your code will break.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:51:06 GMTPython 3.15PEP 686PEP 810lazy importUnicodeDecodeErrorcp949Python UTF-8 encodingPython migrationPython automationhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-14-json-sqlite/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-14-json-sqlite/In #13, we handed server management to the bot. One catch: data kept only in variables, like #13's temp_channels, vanishes the moment the bot restarts.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:05:58 GMTdiscord.pyPythonJSONSQLiteDiscord bot tutorialDiscord bot data storageDiscord attendance botPython SQLiteDiscord points bothttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-13-role-channel/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-13-role-channel/In #12, we kept the bot safe with cooldowns and permissions. Now let's hand your server's repetitive admin chores to the bot with three automations.Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:45:20 GMTdiscord.pyPythonon_member_joinDiscord bot tutorialDiscord auto roleDiscord button rolesJoin to Create voice channelDiscord server automationpersistent viewhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-12-cooldown-permission/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-12-cooldown-permission/In #11, we built a Flask web dashboard to check the bot's status. The bot has plenty of features now, but put it on a real server and this always happens.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:03:56 GMTdiscord.pyapp_commandsPythonDiscord bot tutorialDiscord bot cooldownDiscord bot permissionsslash commandsPython botClaude Codehttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-11-flask-dashboard/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-11-flask-dashboard/Last time we added multi-language (i18n) support to the bot. This time, let's build a web dashboard for it with Flask! (The cooldown part is coming soon, too.)Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:45:52 GMTdiscord.pyFlaskPythonDiscord botweb dashboardbot monitoringDiscord bot tutorialthreadingautomationhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-10-i18n/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-10-i18n/Last time we connected AI (Claude & ChatGPT API) to our bot. This time we'll upgrade it into a global bot with multi-language (i18n) support!Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:50:02 GMTdiscord.pyPythoni18nDiscord botlocalizationTranslatorslash commandsmultilingual botDiscord bot tutorialhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-09-ai-api/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-09-ai-api/Last time we styled bot messages with Embeds. Now let's add AI to your bot: type /ai with a question and Claude or ChatGPT answers it.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:39:25 GMTdiscord.pyPythonDiscord botClaude APIChatGPT APIAI chatbotslash commandsPython botDiscord bot tutorialhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-08-embed-image-fields/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-08-embed-image-fields/In Part #7, we collected user input with a Modal. In Part #8, we'll cover Embeds, which make your bot's messages look much nicer!Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:53:37 GMTdiscord.pyPythonDiscord botDiscord embedadd_fieldembed thumbnailslash commandsPython botDiscord bot tutorialhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-07-modal/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-07-modal/Buttons and dropdowns only let users pick from preset choices. So what do you do when users need to type their own text freely?Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:01:23 GMTdiscord.pyPythonDiscord botDiscord modaldiscord.ui.ModalTextInputsuggestion box botPython botDiscord bot tutorialhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-06-select-menu/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-06-select-menu/In #5 we learned how to interact with a bot using buttons. This time we're going one step further and building a dropdown menu (Select Menu)!Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:58:15 GMTdiscord.pyPythonDiscord botSelect MenuDiscord dropdowndiscord.ui.Selectslash commandPython botDiscord bot tutorialhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-05-button/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-05-button/Last time in #4 we sent embeds with slash commands. Now let's add clickable buttons to messages and build a bot that actually reacts when you click them!Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:10:14 GMTdiscord.pyPythonDiscord botDiscord buttondiscord.ui.Viewbutton interactionslash commandPython botDiscord bot tutorialhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-04-slash-embed/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-04-slash-embed/To use slash commands in a Discord bot, use discord.app_commands. intents = discord.Intents.default() bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="/", intents=intents)Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:25:54 GMTdiscord.pyPythonDiscord botslash commandDiscord embeddiscord.Embedembed messageDiscord bot tutorialhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-03-subcommand/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-03-subcommand/For example, /user info and /user ban: let's put several features inside a single command group! We'll build it with class UserCommandGroup(app_commands.Group) in discord.py.Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:00:55 GMTdiscord.pyPythonDiscord botslash commandsubcommandcommand groupapp_commandsDiscord bot tutorialhttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-02-slash-options/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-02-slash-options/This time, let's build a slash command that takes user input, like /say message:Hello! We'll use Python and discord.py again. Check out the code below👇Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:00:01 GMTdiscord.pyPythonDiscord botslash commandslash command optionsapp_commandsDiscord bot tutorialcommand argumentshttps://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-01-slash-command/https://blog.jhproject.cloud/en/posts/discord-bot-01-slash-command/Build Discord slash commands (/command) with discord.py. They're cleaner than text commands, support autocomplete, and are basically a must-have today.Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:33:55 GMTdiscord.pyPythonDiscord botslash commandDiscord slash commandsapp commandsDiscord bot tutorialPython bot