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Paperclip: the app that wants to run a company on AI agents
Field notes on paperclipai/paperclip, an open-source Node/React orchestrator for teams of AI agents. What it does, how it runs, and where the 'zero-human company' pitch cracks.
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Hermes Desktop: a GUI bolted onto a CLI AI agent
Field notes on fathah/hermes-desktop, an Electron front-end for the Hermes Agent. What it does, the tech stack, and the caveats before you install it.
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Why Use Many Token When Few Token Do Trick
The caveman skill makes your AI agent talk like a caveman to save tokens. I dug into what it does, how Agent Skills work, and whether the 65% claim survives contact with reality.
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Superset.sh: an editor for herding parallel AI coding agents
Field notes on Superset.sh — a macOS app that runs Claude Code, Codex and friends in parallel git worktrees. What it does well, what it costs, and where it creaks.
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Ruflo field notes: the swarm formerly known as claude-flow
ruvnet's claude-flow is now Ruflo: a ~64k-star 'agent meta-harness' for Claude Code with swarms, vector memory and self-learning. I dug through the README, the hype, and the caveats.
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Field notes: Google Stitch, the free Gemini UI generator
I tried Google Stitch, the free Google Labs tool that turns prompts and sketches into UI designs and frontend code. Where it shines, where it falls flat, and how it compares to v0, Figma Make and Pencil.
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A Fruit Fly Brain Just Got a Body (Sort Of)
An essay claims the first "multi-behavior brain upload." I dug into what is real, what is hype, and why a simulated fly still made me stop scrolling.
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Playwright CLI: a browser your coding agent drives from the shell
Microsoft's new Playwright CLI turns browser automation into plain shell commands for coding agents. What it does, how it differs from MCP, and where the token-saving pitch wobbles.
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Pencil: a design canvas that lives in your repo
Pencil puts a Figma-style canvas next to your code and lets AI coding agents draw on it through MCP. Field notes on what it is, how it works, and where it's still rough.
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Field notes on OpenClaw: the AI agent living in your chat apps
OpenClaw became the fastest-growing repo on GitHub: a self-hosted AI agent you drive from WhatsApp. What it does, how to install it, and why security researchers are nervous.