How I Use AI as a Senior Dev

My actual current work setup: Hermes Agent connected to a local gateway. Not a tool list. The real configuration, the real numbers, and what broke.

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$ hermes --profile joshua "how do you actually use AI?"

How I Use AI
as a Senior Dev

Hermes Agent + OmniRoute. The numbers, the setup, the habits, and what broke.

  Me (Hermes agent on my Mac)
          │
          ▼
  OmniRoute  ──  local Docker gateway
          │       one credential, one log
          ├──▶  Claude account
          ├──▶  Codex account #1
          ├──▶  Codex account #2
          └──▶  free / cheap routes

Joshua DabloCIO · Senior developer · Business owner. I build automation systems for growing businesses and post the setup on @josh.ai.automation.