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Notes from the workshop floor.

Slow, careful posts on what we've learned shipping AI-native apps.

6 min

RAG Is Not a Vector Database

Retrieval quality lives in chunking, query rewriting, and rerankers — not in which vector store you picked.

May 30, 2026Read

8 min

Designing Planner–Executor Agents That Don't Drift

A pragmatic recipe for splitting reasoning from action so your agents stay on the rails in production.

May 30, 2026Read

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The Agentic Infrastructure Shift: How CodeGraph, RMUX, and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Are Re-Engineering Developer Toolchains

The software development lifecycle is undergoing a structural realignment. As autonomous AI agents move from experimental chat interfaces to production environments, developer toolchains are being rebuilt from the ground up. This shift focuses on overcoming the primary bottlenecks of agentic workflows: high latency, token consumption costs, state persistence, and programmatic media generation.

May 23, 2026Read

4 min

Beyond the Chatbox: The Rise of Sandboxed Execution, Stateless Protocols, and Local AI Pipelines

The developer ecosystem is undergoing a profound paradigm shift. We are moving rapidly past basic chat interfaces and traditional autocomplete extensions toward highly integrated, sandboxed desktop environments, persistent workspace context, and cost-effective local execution pipelines.

May 22, 2026Read

4 min

Navigating the Agent Cost Paradox: From Rust-Powered Dev Tools to Local Edge Intelligence

The software development and artificial intelligence ecosystems are experiencing a dual transformation. On one side, frontend architecture is moving toward hyper-optimized, native-speed execution. On the other, the initial hype surrounding autonomous AI agents is meeting a stark economic reality: the "Agent Cost Paradox."

May 22, 2026Read

4 min

From File Editors to Agent Orchestrators: Inside Google Antigravity 2.0, Claude Code, and the Autonomous Dev Stack

Software engineering is experiencing an architectural paradigm shift. Rather than relying on simple inline code autocomplete helpers, developers are rapidly adopting desktop-native, agent-first execution environments. This transition points to a future where developers rarely need to inspect local codebase files directly, instead stepping into the role of high-level system orchestrators.

May 21, 2026Read

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