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In-depth articles on AI models, tools, and engineering practices.

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Effective Harnesses for Long-Running Agents: How to Keep AI Coding Across Sessions

How Anthropic solved the long-running agent problem with initializer agents, progress files, and incremental coding sessions that span hours or days.

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Do Skills Actually Improve Your Agent's Output? Here's What the Data Says

Skills can boost AI agent task success by 16+ percentage points — but only if well-designed. Here's what actually works and what hurts performance.

techniques
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Dispatch Now Launches Claude Code Sessions: AI-Powered Task Orchestration Gets Real

Dispatch can now launch Claude Code sessions directly, enabling AI-powered task orchestration that bridges project management and autonomous coding workflows.

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Cursor AI Increases Speed but Hurts Code Quality, Study Finds

A peer-reviewed study finds Cursor AI boosts short-term development velocity but causes persistent increases in code complexity and static analysis warnings.

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How to Create an MCP Server: Architecture, Implementation, and Best Practices

Learn how to create an MCP server using Anthropic's open standard. Covers Client-Host-Server architecture, JSON-RPC 2.0, stdio and HTTP transports.

frameworks
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OpenAI Codex and the Multi-Agent Workflow Revolution

OpenAI Codex desktop app is built for multi-agent workflows — parallel agents, Git worktrees, and OS-level orchestration explained.

tools
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How Coding Agents Are Reshaping Engineering, Product and Design

Harrison Chase argues coding agents are killing traditional PRDs and shifting EPD bottlenecks from implementation to review. Here's what changes for engineers, PMs, and designers.

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Why Coding Agent GUIs Need a Radical UX Overhaul

Current coding agent interfaces are holding developers back. Why the terminal-and-chat paradigm needs to evolve, and what better UX could look like.

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OpenAI Codex VS Code Extension: What It Is and How It Works

OpenAI's Codex coding agent is now available as a VS Code extension. Here's what it does, who can use it, and how it fits into your workflow.

tools
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OpenAI Codex for Students: $100 in Free Credits, Real Caveats

OpenAI launched Codex for Students on March 20, 2026, giving US/Canada university students $100 in free credits for GPT-5.3-Codex.

tools
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OpenAI Launches Codex for Open Source: Free Pro Tools for Maintainers

OpenAI's Codex for Open Source program gives maintainers free ChatGPT Pro, API credits, and Codex Security. Here's what it means.

tools
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OpenAI Codex: The Complete Guide to Cloud-Based AI Coding Agents

Everything you need to know about OpenAI Codex — the cloud-based coding agent, Codex CLI, pricing, setup, and how it compares to alternatives.

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