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When using glab (the GitLab CLI) with multiple GitLab instances - such as gitlab.com for personal projects and a self-hosted GitLab for work - authentication can become problematic if you’re using the GITLAB_TOKEN environment variable. The Problem glab supports per-host token configuration in its config file (~/.config/glab-cli/config.yml). Each host can have its own token: hosts: gitlab.com: token: glpat-xxxxx gitlab.sehlat.io: token: glpat-yyyyy However, if you set the GITLAB_TOKEN environment variable (commonly done in shell rc files), it overrides all per-host tokens. This means the same token gets used for every GitLab instance, causing 401 Unauthorized errors on instances where that token isn’t valid. ...

I’ve been using Claude Code (Anthropic’s CLI coding assistant) for a few months now, and one thing that kept bugging me was being tethered to my desk. What if I wanted to kick off a long-running task while away from my computer? Or review what Claude had done while sitting on the couch? The solution turned out to be surprisingly simple: tmux on a home server + Termius on my phone. ...