Topic
AI Coding
118 articles
October 5, 2026
OpenAI Codex: What It Is and How to Get Started
What OpenAI Codex is, the four ways to run it, how sign-in works, what its approval and sandbox modes mean, and how AGENTS.md steers it.
October 5, 2026
OpenCode vs Claude Code: Open Source or First-Party?
OpenCode is an MIT-licensed agent that works with many model providers. Claude Code is Anthropic's own harness for Claude. What each trade costs you.
October 2, 2026
Cursor vs Codex: Editor First or Agent First
Cursor is an AI editor that grew agents. Codex is an agent that plugs into your editor. They now overlap a lot; here is what still separates them.
October 2, 2026
Lovable vs Cursor: Who Owns Your App's Stack
Lovable hosts your app and runs its backend. Cursor edits a repo and hosts nothing. How to choose, and how the Lovable-to-Cursor handoff really works.
October 2, 2026
OpenAI Codex Alternatives: Pick the Part You're Replacing
Codex is a CLI, an IDE extension, cloud tasks and an app. The right alternative depends on which part you're leaving: terminal, editor or async agent.
October 2, 2026
Replit vs Bolt: Where Your App Lives, and What Leaving Costs
Replit runs your app in a full cloud workspace; Bolt runs a JavaScript project in your browser. Here's how that changes hosting, data, auth and the exit.
October 2, 2026
Windsurf vs GitHub Copilot: Editor-First vs GitHub-First
Windsurf is now Devin Desktop, an agent-first editor. Copilot lives in your existing editor and on GitHub. Here's how to choose between them in 2026.
October 1, 2026
Gemini CLI vs Claude Code, and Antigravity CLI
Gemini CLI vs Claude Code after Google moved free and Pro users to Antigravity CLI. Install, models, context, extensibility, pricing model and licence.
October 1, 2026
Retool Alternatives: Sorted by Licence and Hosting
Open source, self-hosted, code-first or AI-first: how Appsmith, Budibase, ToolJet, Refine, Power Apps and others compare as Retool alternatives.
September 30, 2026
Claude Code Hooks: Events, Matchers, and Examples
Claude Code hooks run your own commands at fixed points in a session. The events, where hook settings live, how matchers work, and how a hook blocks.
September 30, 2026
Claude Code Subagents: How They Work and When to Use Them
Claude Code subagents run side tasks in their own context window. Where the files live, the frontmatter fields, and when a skill or agent team fits better.
September 30, 2026
CLAUDE.md File: What to Put in It and Where It Goes
What a CLAUDE.md file is, where Claude Code looks for it, what to put in it, how @imports work, and how it relates to AGENTS.md.
September 30, 2026
Claude Skills for Developers: 8 Worth Installing, by Job
The Claude skills for developers worth installing, grouped by the job they do: commits, SQL, browser testing, AGENTS.md, prototypes, and diagrams.
September 30, 2026
Cursor Rules: Project Rules, .mdc Files, and AGENTS.md
How Cursor rules work in 2026: the four rule types, the .cursor/rules .mdc format, the four apply modes, and how to migrate off the legacy .cursorrules file.
September 30, 2026
Cursor vs VS Code: Is the AI Fork Still Worth Switching To?
VS Code now ships chat, agents, MCP and bring-your-own-model support. Here is what Cursor still does better, and when staying in VS Code is the smarter call.
September 30, 2026
How to Build an MCP Server in Python or TypeScript
Build an MCP server with the official v2 SDKs: define a tool, serve it over stdio, test it in the MCP Inspector, and connect it to Claude Code.
September 30, 2026
Langfuse vs LangSmith: Open Source vs the LangChain Platform
Langfuse vs LangSmith compared on licence, self-hosting, tracing, evals, prompts, deployment and billing model, so you can pick an LLM observability tool.
September 30, 2026
MCP vs API: The Difference, and Where Function Calling Fits
An API is a service's own interface. MCP is a standard way for AI apps to discover and call tools that usually wrap APIs. Plus where function calling fits.
September 30, 2026
Ollama vs llama.cpp: Same Engine, Different Job
Ollama builds on llama.cpp, so the real choice is who makes the decisions: Ollama's defaults or your own llama-server flags. How to pick.
September 30, 2026
OpenAI Agents SDK vs Claude Agent SDK: Library vs Harness
OpenAI's Agents SDK is a light multi-agent library for any model. Claude's Agent SDK is Claude Code's full agent loop. Here's which one fits your build.
September 30, 2026
OpenRouter Alternatives: Pick by Why You're Leaving
OpenRouter alternatives sorted by the reason you're switching: self-hosted control, a gateway in front of your own keys, one cloud contract, or local models.
September 29, 2026
Claude Code Alternatives: Terminal Agents Sorted by Why You're Leaving
Leaving Claude Code over cost, model lock-in, licensing, or local models? Each reason points to a different terminal agent. What each one actually offers.
September 29, 2026
Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot: Agent-First or Platform-First
Claude Code is one agent that goes everywhere. Copilot is a platform with many models and agents, Claude among them. Here is how to pick, or run both.
September 29, 2026
Cline vs Cursor: Open-Source Agent or AI-First Editor?
Cline is an open-source agent you add to your editor with your own model. Cursor is a whole editor with its own subscription. Here's how to choose.
