Writing
Essays and analysis, newest first.
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Matt Pocock Skills: Every Skill Explained and How to Install
Matt Pocock skills explained: what all 27 plugin skills do, who can call each, how to install, what critics say, and how it compares to GSD and BMAD.
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Local Coding Agent: Can a 48 GB Mac Run Recursive Flint?
Recursive Flint is an Apache-2.0 coding model, 39.8B parameters with 2.5B active. Can a 48 GB Mac be your local coding agent? RAM math and a 1-hour test.
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DeepInfer Inference Engine: What DeepSeek Left Out
The DeepInfer inference engine is DeepSeek's open-source Apache-2.0 serving code. What the README gives you, what it leaves out, and what I would steal.
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Deslop Model: Training AI Tics Out of Qwen3-4B
The deslop model, qwen3-4b-deslop, is a free Apache-2.0 fine-tune that drops em dashes and "not X, but Y". How it was built and what its score hides.
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Postgres 19 Delay: AI Review Found Too Many Bugs
The Postgres 19 delay explained: 8 to 10 features reverted in beta, release now Nov 19, and what AI code review costs a small team.
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Python 3.15 Lazy Imports: My AI CLI Went From 2.5 s to 14 ms
Python 3.15 lazy imports took my test AI CLI from 2,514.6 ms to 14.1 ms at startup. The benchmark, three traps I hit, and when to skip it.
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SolidCraft MCP: The Tool Said OK, the Part Had No Holes
SolidCraft MCP is an open-source CAD server for AI agents. I ran it: great design, one trap where ok:true meant nothing changed. How to guard against it.
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ESP32 iPhone Agent: A $7 Board That Gives AI Hands
ESP32 iPhone Agent lets a vision model tap a real iPhone through a $7 board. I ran its tests and did the token maths for one 20-step task.
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Talorys: What a Free AI Agent Gets From 10,000 Neurons
Talorys is an MIT-licensed free AI agent that runs in your Cloudflare account. I did the Neuron maths to see how many chat turns a day it really buys.