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AI Agents
119 posts on ai agents, guides and lab notes from real runs on hardware we own. New posts land here automatically. Start anywhere, or grab the copy-paste prompts that ship with them.
- 8 min read
6 Agent Patterns From Claude Code's Leaked Source
Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code's source. I read through it. Here are 6 architecture patterns that are changing how I build agents for clients.
- 7 min read
Prompt Injection Attacks on AI Agents: What Business Owners Need to Know
AI agents can be hijacked through the content they read. Here is what prompt injection looks like in production, why your existing security stack will not catch it, and what to build instead.
- 6 min read
What Is MCP? The Protocol That Makes AI Agents Actually Useful for Business
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the open standard that lets AI agents talk to your real tools, databases, APIs, files, without custom glue code. Here's what it is, how it works, and whether you actually need it.
- 8 min read
Why 88% of AI Agent Pilots Fail (And How to Beat It)
88% of AI agent pilots never ship to production. We analyzed why, and built a 5-step playbook used by the 12% of teams that actually make it.
- 7 min read
Local LLM Inference on a Consumer GPU: RTX 5070 Ti Setup (2026)
Can a consumer GPU serve an LLM in production? One RTX 5070 Ti runs Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M via llama.cpp as a live public endpoint. The stack, what broke, when local pays off, and when it doesn't.
- 7 min read
Custom vs. Off-the-Shelf AI Agents for Small Business
Off-the-shelf AI agents fail when your workflow is the edge. Here's when custom development actually pays off for small business.
- 8 min read
Stop Runaway LLM Spend: AI Agent Cost Control (Python)
One bad loop and an AI agent burned $200 in minutes. AgentGuard is a Python SDK that enforces hard cost limits at runtime, here is how to ship it.
- 7 min read
OpenClaw AI Agent vs Custom: Cost, Lock-In & Verdict (2026)
250K GitHub stars doesn't mean OpenClaw fits your business. We ran the same agent on OpenClaw and a custom build: 3x faster to ship, 2x the monthly bill. Verdict + when to switch. (2026)
- 8 min read
Multi-Agent AI Systems: Most Firms Don't Need One Yet (2026)
Gartner saw a 1,445% surge in multi-agent inquiries, yet most businesses don't need one yet. When a single agent hits its ceiling, the 4-step path to 2–3 agents, and why it runs $50–200/mo, not $50K.
- 5 min read
AI Agent Cost in 2026: Build vs Run Cost, With the Token Math
A token price alone won't tell you what an AI agent costs. Split one-time build work from recurring run cost (model calls, hosting, review), then the worked math: $0.03/run, $90/mo at 100 runs/day.
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How I Let an AI Agent Run 100 ML Experiments Overnight on a $500 GPU
I let an autonomous agent run 100 ML experiments while I slept. 7 succeeded. Net result: 25% model improvement. Here's the setup.
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