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Why the Modular Monorepo Suits Coding Agents: See Everything, Touch Little
Polyrepos blind agents and unstructured monorepos flood them. Open context, encapsulation and a real dependency graph make the modular monorepo work for agents.
7 min readSeven AI Coding Agents Worth Comparing Before 2026 Ends
Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, OpenCode, Devin and Antigravity CLI compared: what each does best, how it's priced as of August 2026, and how to mix them.
9 min readA Local Coding Agent Loop: Aider, Ollama, Git Worktrees and Easy Rollback
A bounded workflow for a local coding agent that keeps every change reviewable and reversible, using Aider, Ollama, a Git worktree, a focused test and a plain restore path.
10 min readRunning Local Coding Agents on a Mac With oMLX: Disk-Backed KV Cache Explained
oMLX caches prompt prefixes on SSD so local coding agents stay fast on Apple Silicon. Install it and connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode to it.
9 min readAgentic Coding Loops: From a Bash One-Liner to /goal, Checks and Hard Stops
Agentic coding loops step by step: a bash one-liner, Claude Code /goal and /loop, outside verification, three spending caps and the skills worth keeping.
11 min readCLAUDE.md, SKILL.md and MCP: Which Layer Holds Which Instructions
Why one giant CLAUDE.md fails coding agents, what belongs in rules, skills and MCP connections, scopes and paths, a decision tree and the AGENTS.md naming trap.
11 min readTwelve Open-Source Projects for Controlling a Coding Agent in 2026
Spec Kit, Context7, FastMCP, Playwright MCP, Daytona, LiteLLM, Langfuse, Promptfoo, Instructor and more: the control layer around a coding agent, with license notes.
8 min readShift-Left Testing With Coding Agents: Choosing the Lowest Reliable Test Layer
Shift-left testing with coding agents: QA engineers read the repo, pick the lowest reliable test layer per scenario and cut slow browser tests. With an example.
7 min readHow AI Coding Agents Are Reshaping the Developer's Job in 2026
AI coding agents moved from autocomplete to whole tasks. Adoption data, context engineering, typed code, verification and MCP, and what changes for junior and senior devs.
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