AI Coding Agents & DX •
Rust LSP Low Memory: How to Run Glancer Locally on 8GB RAM
Rust LSP low memory is achievable: Rust Glancer runs on 8GB machines by freezing analysis at save and offloading to disk.
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AI Coding Agents & DX •
Self-Hosted AI Coding Agent: Sandboxed Prompt-to-Deploy for $25/mo
Build a self-hosted AI coding agent with sandboxed execution. One prompt produces a repo, tests, CI, and deployed app — $25/mo, no cloud bills.
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Web Engineering •
Vercel CLI DNS Commands: Manage Records Without the Dashboard
Use Vercel CLI DNS commands to manage records, renew domains, and pause projects from terminal. Automate with --json output.
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Web Engineering •
SVG to MP4 in the browser: a two-step workflow, no server
SVG to MP4 in the browser needs no server: paste a URL and 30MB of ffmpeg.wasm renders every frame in your tab. The one catch that trips people up.
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How to verify AI-generated benchmark claims: 1.4x to 1.5x slower
How to verify AI-generated benchmark claims: an LLM agent's regex engine beat Rust's regex crate by 1.4x on rebar, then lost 10x on a holdout it never saw.
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Cut agent tool call cost: GitHub's 20% fix was a prompt rewrite
Agent tool call cost jumped after you gave it better tools? GitHub hit that on Copilot code review and won ~20% back with a prompt rewrite, not new tools.
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Build your research spike as running code: 8 blockers a doc missed
A research spike should ship as running code, not a design doc. alchemy-utils surfaced 8 engine blockers a doc would miss, and priced the fix at 3-5 weeks.
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AI Security •
Configuring AI Agent Permissions: Humans Miss 1 in 3 Threats
409,000 approve/deny decisions show humans miss 1 in 3 agent threats, and 52.5% of npm-shaped exfiltration. The AI agent permissions config that works instead.
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AI Coding Agents & DX •
Fix your agent tool instructions: GitHub's 20% review-cost cut
Agent tool instructions decide what your agent costs. GitHub kept the same grep/glob/view toolset, rewrote the guidance, and cut review cost by ~20%.
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Rust LLM Policy: Use AI to Review, Not to Create
The Rust LLM policy bans AI-created code and prose but allows AI review, analysis, and bug-finding. Here's the exact rule, why it works, and how to copy it.
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LLM Engineering •
LLM Eval Framework: Grade Prompts, Models and Harnesses
An LLM eval framework turns vibes into scores. How smevals structures tasks, configs, runners and graders — and how to ship your first eval today.
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Claude Code vs Cursor for Production: A Shipping Engineer's Field Report (2026)
Claude Code vs Cursor for production, field-tested on real shipping tasks: a working engineer's decision table, failure modes, pricing, and which to use when.
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Cursor vs Claude Code vs Copilot (2026): Which Tool for What
Cursor vs Claude Code vs Copilot in 2026 — how they actually differ in model, workflow, and autonomy, and which to use for what (I use all three).
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How to Write a CLAUDE.md That Actually Helps
How to write a CLAUDE.md that actually helps Claude Code: what to include, what to leave out, a real structure, and how to stop it from rotting.
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