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The tools, models, infrastructure, and workflows reshaping software delivery.

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№ 046 Jun 2026

The Mainframe Era of AI Is Ending

AI is centralized today because the hardware demands it. That will not stay true forever.

Local AIAI HardwareModel RoutingCloud AI
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№ 043 Jun 2026

Anthropic Will Be the First Major AI Company to Fail

Anthropic leads the business AI coding market. I predict that its lack of control over compute will also make it the first frontier-model provider to fall.

ComputeModel ProvidersAI Market
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№ 033 May 2026

The Harness Wars Have Started. We've Seen This Before.

Claude has already won. Copilot is dead in the water. Cursor is Elon's fantasy play. Every one of those takes is pontification dressed in the robes of an oracle.

HarnessesModel SwitchingInteroperability
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№ 030 May 2026

How to Set Agentic Coding Standards Across Multiple Teams

One dev uses Claude, another uses Copilot, a third uses Cursor. They're all generating code in your codebase. Without shared standards, you don't have standards.

AI StandardsGovernanceMulti-team
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№ 029 May 2026

Your Org Needs an Internal AI Skills Marketplace

AI skills are distributed software with privileged access. Treat them like part of your supply chain, not random files developers install from strangers.

AI ToolsGovernanceSkills
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№ 028 May 2026

Your AI Instructions File Should Be a Router, Not a Novel

Most teams dump everything into one massive AI instructions file and wonder why their agents ignore half of it. The fix is architecture, not more words.

AI StandardsModel ContextStandards Router
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№ 024 May 2026

Give Your AI Agent a Map of Your Codebase (For Free, Locally)

Every AI coding session starts with your agent scanning the codebase to figure out what's going on. A code map eliminates that cold start entirely.

AI AgentsCode MapsLocal Tools
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№ 023 May 2026

The Three-Agent Playbook for Legacy Code Modernization

Legacy rewrites fail because business rules buried in old code get lost in translation. A three-agent pipeline extracts that knowledge before anything changes.

AI AgentsModernizationLegacy Code
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№ 017 Apr 2026

Your Internal NuGet Packages Are an AI Blind Spot

AI coding tools know every public package cold. Yours? Brand new to them. Here's what happens when the AI guesses, and how to fix it.

Internal PackagesAI ContextDocumentation
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№ 013 Apr 2026

All Your (Code)Bases Belong to Us

AI companies are scraping public repos and shipping community innovations as features. If your code enhances an agentic platform, think twice before going public.

Open SourceAI PlatformsRisk
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