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Articles, tutorials and news about coding and technology
ChatGPT in Slack and Teams: What @ChatGPT Can Do
ChatGPT in Slack and Teams now means @ChatGPT, a shared assistant your admin sets up. Who gets it, what it can see and how its approvals work.
Shopify Sidekick: What It Does and What Canvas Changed
Shopify Sidekick is the AI agent in your admin. See what it handles today, what Canvas added on October 1, 2026, and where it still falls short.
What Is Mistral AI? Vibe (Le Chat), Open Models and Large 4
Mistral AI is the French company behind Vibe (formerly Le Chat), open weight models and Mistral Studio. What each one is and what Large 4 changes.
What Is n8n? A Plain English Guide to Workflow Automation
What is n8n? A workflow automation tool that connects your apps so routine tasks run on their own. What it's used for, what it costs, and n8n vs Zapier.
What Is Vibe Coding? Where It Works and Where It Breaks
What is vibe coding? Building software by describing it to AI and skipping the code review. Where it helps, where it breaks, and how to check it.
Reflection Beam: The 501B Open-Weight Coding Model
Beam is Reflection AI's first open-weight model, a 501B MoE for coding and agents. What it is, benchmarks, criticism, API details and how to get access.
ChatGPT Sites: Build Work Tools Without a Deploy Pipeline
ChatGPT Sites is OpenAI's public-beta host for dashboards, trackers, and internal tools inside ChatGPT. See plan access, limits, and when you still need a real app.
What Is Manus AI? Manus 2.0 Automations, Studio, and Cue
Manus AI is a general agent for multi-step work. Manus 2.0 adds Cascade, event-triggered Automations, Studio, Cloud Computer, and Cue. See when it fits vs Dots or Muse.
Pi Coding Agent 1.0: What It Adds and When Durable Matters
Pi coding agent 1.0 is Earendil's MIT terminal harness with Codemode/MCP, deferred tools, and a full-screen TUI. See when Pi Durable matters vs one-shot use.
DeepSeek Harness: Install, API Key, and Data Egress
DeepSeek Harness is DeepSeek's open source coding agent runtime. Install desktop or npx, add an account or API key, and see what leaves your machine.
Web Search API for AI Agents: Search vs Scrape vs RAG
Compare web search APIs for AI agents: Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Tavily, Exa, and Brave, plus when to scrape or use RAG instead.
AI Decision Model: What It Is and When Agents Should Use One
An AI decision model returns typed probabilities, not text. Compare OpenAI Decisions API, Cloudflare Clef and Strands Decider 2B, and learn when to use each.