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Claude Code Mods Can Rewrite Your Prompts. Check This Before Installing One
Claude Code mods can change prompts, tool calls, permission decisions, and the interface. Fictional AI hosts Alex and Sam explain Anthropic's October…
1 day, 5 hours ago
Opus 5.5 Is Cheaper. Is Your Agent?
Anthropic says Claude Opus 5.5 costs about 40% less per typical task than Opus 5, but a lower token price does not guarantee a cheaper coding workflo…
1 week, 2 days ago
An Agent Missing One Key Burned $100. Claude Code Projects Needs This Stop Rule
A cloud coding agent couldn't find a database key, so it improvised, launched repair agents, and reportedly burned through a monthly plan plus about …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Claude Code's Cache Fixes: Check Before You Switch Models
An expensive coding session can start with a broken cache, not a harder task. Fictional AI hosts Alex and Sam unpack Claude Code's September cache fi…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
OpenAI Cut Off Cursor. Five Days Later, Four Models Went Down.
On August 29 OpenAI ended its Cursor partnership. On September 3 ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini were reported down almost simultaneously, and nobo…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Same Model, 70x the Tokens—Your Harness Sets the Bill
Three benchmarking efforts ran an identical model through different coding-agent harnesses and reported token use varying seventy-fold. Fictional AI …
1 month ago
Your Coding Agent Passed the Benchmark—Then Failed the Refactor
Most coding-agent benchmarks reward contained tasks, but real repositories demand changes across boundaries, tests, migrations, and documentation. Fi…
1 month, 1 week ago
Passing Tests Isn't Enough for Your Next Coding Agent
Passing CI can still leave code that slows down—or misleads—the next AI agent. Fictional AI hosts Alex and Sam use this week’s debate about Go and ag…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Your OpenClaw Updates Need a Canary, Not Courage
OpenClaw’s release feed is moving faster than its labels can explain, so blind auto-update is a bad personal-automation strategy. Cleo and Dev build …
2 months ago
Claude Code Changed Engines—Your Evals Just Broke
Claude Code’s move to a new Bun runtime is a reminder that your coding agent has a software supply chain too. Alex and Sam unpack runtime drift, mode…
2 months, 1 week ago