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Practical explainers on agents, RAG, and automation, written for the people who have to ship and operate these systems.

2026-08-159 min read

AI Agents vs. Automation vs. an AI Operating System: Which Do You Need?

AI automation runs a fixed path, an agent decides one, and an AI operating system composes many. Here is what each layer does and which one you need first.

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2026-07-178 min read

What Is Vercel eve? The Filesystem-First Agent Framework, Explained

Vercel eve is an open-source, filesystem-first framework for durable AI agents: you define an agent as files in a directory and eve compiles it into a deployable app. Here is how it works, what it costs, and what to harden before you ship it.

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2026-07-107 min read

How to Turn Obsidian Into an AI Second Brain With a Claude Code Skill

An Obsidian vault is just a folder of markdown files, so a Claude Code skill can capture, file, link, and distill your notes for you. Here is how to turn Obsidian into an AI second brain, and where to keep a human in the loop.

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2026-07-046 min read

Claude Managed Agents, Explained for Operators

Claude Managed Agents is Anthropic's hosted platform for running AI agents: you define the agent, Anthropic runs the loop and the sandbox its tools execute in. Here is how it works and when to reach for it.

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2026-07-046 min read

What Is Claude Design? Anthropic's AI Design Tool, Explained

Claude Design is Anthropic's tool for creating designs, prototypes, and slides by describing them to Claude. It reads your codebase for a design system and hands off to Claude Code. Here is how it works.

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2026-07-046 min read

What Is Google Stitch? Google's AI UI Design Tool, Explained

Google Stitch is a free Google Labs tool that turns a text prompt or an image into a UI design and front-end code, then pastes into Figma. Here is what it does well, where it falls short, and when to use it.

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