Category
AI Agents
Building, reviewing, and operating coding agents and multi-agent systems.
Orca: does an agent fleet beat one agent done well?
Orca runs Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode or Pi side by side, each in its own git worktree. When racing agents pays off, what it really costs, and worktree hygiene.
Read →REA: give your coding agent a reverse-engineering toolkit, safely
One MCP server for inspecting binaries, Electron apps, .NET and websites locally, with evidence. Plus the safety lines: ToS, model context, and impersonator copies.
Read →Gemini 4 Argon: Fairwind first, API key later
Google shipped Gemini 4 Argon on Sep 30 to Fairwind defenders first. The 1M output limit is real. The API date and the $4/$20 price step are not.
Read →Cloudflare Containers: 648ms starts, and a one-way scheduling change
The durable_object policy picks image and size in code. Median start is 648ms. Snapshots save disk, not process memory, and you cannot flip an existing app onto the policy.
Read →Codex Security Cloud still waits for you to open the pull request
The cloud plugin scans connected GitHub repos, tries to reproduce findings, and will not open a draft PR until you say so.
Read →Cursor Plan Mode: GitHub issue to scoped fix plan in 10 minutes
Use Cursor Plan Mode (Shift+Tab) on a GitHub issue: research, clarify, edit a scoped fix plan, then Build only the first PR slice.
Read →Microsoft just gave vibe-coded enterprise apps a production runtime
Copilot Managed Runtime puts AI-generated apps on a governed Microsoft 365 host — identity, policies, versioning, and admin inventory in public preview.
Read →An Alien Mind and the 3.1 agent-workday: brakes, metrics, shipping calendar
OpenAI's Jakub Pachocki asks for voluntary slowdowns on Sep 6 2026 — same day as 3.1 agent-workday metrics, three days after GPT-6 Astra.
Read →HydraFusion: when Copilot stops choosing a model and starts choosing a workflow
GitHub's HydraFusion research preview reframes routing as orchestration. Read the Sep 4 2026 benches: cost down everywhere, quality clearly up on one.
Read →When local models are ready for day-job agents: Magnitude
When local models are ready for day-job agents: privacy, cost, and offline trade-offs with Magnitude — an inference server that plugs into the agent you already use.
Read →Stop shipping Mermaid slop: Diagram Design for editorial agent diagrams
Diagram Design is an agent skill for editorial HTML+SVG diagrams — brand-matched architecture, flowchart, sequence, and state diagrams without Mermaid slop.
Read →What 'grows with you' means for Hermes Agent
Unpacking Hermes Agent's 'grows with you' claim: memory, skill creation, session search, and user modeling — and where it sits vs harnesses like ECC.
Read →When is a harness OS worth the install tax? Looking at ECC
When a big agent harness pack is worth the context cost: evaluating ECC for skills, instincts, memory, and AgentShield — official channels only.
Read →Humanizer: fixing AI smell without dumbing down the thinking
When the Humanizer agent skill helps polish AI drafts — and when it papers over weak thinking. Install, workflow, and caveats.
Read →Where open-source coding agents fit next to hosted IDEs: OpenCode
Where OpenCode fits next to hosted IDE agents: terminal-first workflow, BYO providers, plan vs build modes, and a practical install path.
Read → SecurityCloudflare OS deep dive: safety, trade-offs, and customizing it on day one
I reviewed open-source Cloudflare OS for call-home behavior, the Gatekeeper security model, and how hard it really is to make it *your* company OS.
Read → SecurityIs diri safe to install? A security review of the multi-agent macOS orchestrator
I audited diri's trust model, install path, remote access, and MCP blast radius — then laid out the field trial for part two.
Read → AI AgentsBuilding my first production AI agent
What I learned taking an agent from a weekend prototype to something I trust to run unattended — tools, guardrails, and the loop that finally made it reliable.
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