The Pulse: Meta’s self-inflicted resignation-wave
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Dispatches from O’Reilly: The right amount of spec for agentic development
I keep seeing the same idea in conversations about agents: Detailed specs are old-world overhead now. Give the model a
Building an AI-Powered Research Email Assistant with CrewAI
How I automated the entire research-to-email pipeline using multi-agent AI Imagine sending an email that says: “Please research the impact of
Markdown SVG upgrades
16th August 2026 I started building my markdown-svg-renderer tool in May, but I’ve since added enough features to it that
We need to talk about migrations with AI
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US Labor Market Quarterly Verticals for Q2 2026
Using the latest Indeed data, these short research briefs track employment trends in five industry verticals over the second quarter
Quantization-Aware Training Actually Ruins AI Safety
Why processing inputs past 64K tokens makes quantized models obey harmful buried prompts. This cover visual represents how aggressive quantization physically
How to Build a Basic Discord Storytelling, Chat, and Mental Wellness Bot with Python
Discord bots can look surprisingly complicated when you see them in action. A bot can respond to messages, tell stories,
The Pulse: Quitting Spotify Podcasts over reliability
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No Dumb Questions: What is AI context architecture? Why not just build your own?
Phoebe Sajor: Hi Doug, Hi Ash, thank you for joining me for this No Dumb Questions. To start—what exactly is