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Your AI team doesn't need more people. It needs agents.
Your AI team doesn't need more people. It needs agents.
May 13, 2026
Stripe merges 1,300 agent-written PRs per week. Coinbase is restructuring around AI-native pods. This week: what 'supported by a fleet of agents' actually means in practice, plus Codex for Claude Code users and OpenAI's $4B deployment bet.

Your AI assistant doesn't need a bigger model. It needs colleagues.
Your AI assistant doesn't need a bigger model. It needs colleagues.
May 6, 2026
This week: the supervisor + specialists pattern in Mastra, eight AI colleagues on one local model, a one-sentence prompt that turned four manual rebases into a routine, and three links worth your time.

I built Karpathy's LLM knowledge layer into my AI operator (live)
I built Karpathy's LLM knowledge layer into my AI operator (live)
April 30, 2026
This week's video: live build of the Karpathy/Holmberg knowledge layer wired into Emma, plus why I've been running her on a local Qwen model since picking up a DGX Spark.

Governing AI agents without killing them
Governing AI agents without killing them
April 22, 2026
The governance post landed this week. Three failure patterns I've either hit or narrowly avoided, what governance-as-code actually looks like in TypeScript, and the scorecard that tells you which layer to fix first.

Your agent reported success. It failed.
Your agent reported success. It failed.
April 15, 2026
This week's video on why agent logs aren't observability, a new doc-sentinel plugin for catching documentation drift, and three links on the AI-at-home use case.

I cut a production prompt by 28% (and the evals that made it safe)
I cut a production prompt by 28% (and the evals that made it safe)
April 8, 2026
How I used autoresearch to run 65 autonomous optimization iterations on a production agent prompt, plus the eval mental model that made any of it trustworthy.

I gave my AI agent access to my second brain
I gave my AI agent access to my second brain
April 1, 2026
This week: giving a Mastra AI agent a persistent file system and hybrid search, the grep-over-files pattern, a new doc-audit plugin, and Boris Cherny hidden Claude Code features.

Claude Code Channels: interact with your agent from anywhere
Claude Code Channels: interact with your agent from anywhere
March 25, 2026
Anthropic shipped Channels for Claude Code. Text Claude from your phone, pipe in webhooks from CI or Cal.com, and let your agent react while you're away. Plus: four patterns that separate agent-ready codebases.

What Claude Code does in your terminal (and when to pause)
March 18, 2026
Claude Code isn't just for engineers. This week: a terminal guide for non-technical builders, the agent-ready plugin, and Tobi Lutke's Liquid performance PR.

Extending Claude Code's native worktree support
Extending Claude Code's native worktree support
March 11, 2026
The WorktreeCreate hook for database isolation, the agent-skills and codebase-readiness open-source releases, and what agent-ready development actually looks like at scale.

Build your own personal AI agent (here's how I did it)
Build your own personal AI agent (here's how I did it)
March 5, 2026
This week: building a personal AI agent from scratch with Mastra and TypeScript, plus Google's new Workspace CLI, Qwen's small model series, and how a two-person law firm is outrunning much larger competitors with Claude.

Audit Your CLAUDE.md
Audit Your CLAUDE.md
February 25, 2026
32% of my CLAUDE.md was dead weight. Plus: native git worktrees, open source roundup, and tonight's live stream.

How AI Agents Search Their Memory
How AI Agents Search Their Memory
February 18, 2026
Memory retrieval, agent loops, and a Claude Code plugin that audits your setup.

How AI Agents Remember Things
How AI Agents Remember Things
February 11, 2026
How agents remember, Claude Code from your phone, and Opus 4.6

The Architecture Behind OpenClaw
The Architecture Behind OpenClaw
February 4, 2026
Inside OpenClaw's architecture, a GUI for parallel agents, and tonight's live stream: bootstrapping Rails with Claude Code.

Run multiple Claude Code agents at once
Run multiple Claude Code agents at once
January 28, 2026
Run parallel agents without re-cloning your repo. Plus: a hook that makes Claude actually use your skills.

Building your first Claude Skill
Building your first Claude Skill
January 21, 2026
Build your first Claude skill in 10 minutes. Plus: how a weekend debugging session turned into an open source PR.

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