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· 14 min read · ai, llm, agent

CLM decides fast when the options stay the same

CLM reads the situation and each option separately and picks the closest one. It is fast when the options repeat, and weak when the sentence needs nuance.

Narrow path through a snow-covered forest.
· 9 min read · ai, agent, software-engineering

The benchmark resets the repository. Your team does not

Coding agents look more capable when every task starts from a clean checkout. New benchmarks show the cost that appears when patches, decisions, and technical debt carry into the next job.

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· 9 min read · ai, agent, security

Excessive Agency Is a Reliability Bug, Not Only a Security Risk

When an agent is allowed to act too broadly, the risk is not only leakage or abuse. It also becomes hard to operate: it works outside scope, repeats actions, burns budget, and fails without a clean way back.

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· 7 min read · ai, agent, llm

Meta Harness: the missing layer in agent engineering

The agent is no longer the whole product. The next jump is the layer above it: memory across sessions, coordination across agents, context across repos, and automatic optimization of the harness itself.

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· 10 min read · ai, agent, llm

Domain-specific agents: composition against the bloated agent

The generic agent looks simple until it becomes a giant context window with too many tools, too many permissions, and too much cost. Domain-specific agents trade that accumulation for composition, clear boundaries, and cheaper execution.