The $30 Trillion Economy That Doesn’t Need Humans

Autonomous AI agents are emerging as independent economic actors, requiring payment systems that work without human identity or approval. Blockchain, stablecoins, and AI-native payment protocols like x402, Visa Trusted Agent Protocol, and PayPal’s Agentic Commerce are laying the foundation for a machine-to-machine economy. Analysts project this “agentic economy” could reach up to $30 trillion by … Read more

mTLS Explained: Mutual Authentication for Cloud Microservices

In modern cloud architectures, securing communication between services is paramount. While traditional TLS (Transport Layer Security) protects data in transit, mutual TLS (mTLS) takes security a step further by requiring both parties to authenticate each other. This blog post will help you understand mTLS, how it works in cloud environments, and why it’s becoming a … Read more

Lending Markets for Stablecoins

This article is based on my own experience deploying stablecoins across various DeFi lending markets. Over time, I noticed that headline APYs are often misleading unless you clearly understand what actually drives them. Here, I focus on simple lending markets and introduce a practical framework I personally use when evaluating where to deploy stablecoin liquidity. … Read more

“Bring Your Own Agent” Meets “Bring Your Own Data”: ADBC-First Notebooks as a Governed Data UX

Notebooks used to be a personal workspace: run a query, poke at a dataset, export a CSV, and move on. Now they’re becoming the default data UX for teams—especially as “Bring Your Own Agent” (BYOA) workflows show up inside notebooks: agents that write SQL, call tools, generate charts, and “helpfully” export results. That combination—BYOA + … Read more

OpenClaw: An AI Lobster That Gets Work Done

OpenClaw is an open‑source AI assistant you run on your own machine. It works inside the chat apps you use and can learn your habits. People in early 2026 paid attention because it runs on your device and you can extend it as needed. It also has a lobster mascot. What makes OpenClaw different? OpenClaw works … Read more

Why Everyone is Panic-Buying Mac Minis for OpenClaw / Moltbot / Clawdbot?

If you’ve spent any time on developer-oriented social media or stalking the GitHub Trending page lately, you’ve likely seen a small, purple lobster mascot popping up in every second post. Whether you know it as OpenClaw, Clawdbot, or that brief, fever-dream 48 hours where it was called Moltbot, the project has achieved something rare in the AI era: … Read more

Designing a Multi-Seller Platform With Stripe Connect Express

Overview We have recently built and launched our multi-seller SaaS B2B platform with Stripe Connect. Our platform is intended for small businesses with mainly offline presence to easily start selling gift cards online. Stripe Connect Express makes it possible to build a multi-seller platform surprisingly quickly. You can onboard sellers, take application fees, and route … Read more

Adobe actually won’t discontinue Animate

Adobe is no longer planning to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st. In an FAQ, the company now says that Animate will now be in maintenance mode and that it has “no plans to discontinue or remove access” to the app. Animate will still receive “ongoing security and bug fixes” and will still be available for … Read more