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Open Source
3 posts on open source, 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.
- 5 min read
Mojo Is Open Source. What Local AI Builders Need to Know
Modular put Mojo under Apache 2.0 with LLVM exceptions on August 18, 2026. Here is what the release changes for local AI builders, and what it does not.
- 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)
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