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## 7 of the Best Voice Agent Testing Platforms in 2026 
By @speechmatics [ 8 Min read ]
A comparison of seven voice agent testing platforms, covering audio quality, simulation, observability, compliance, and regression testing. Read More.
Your AI Coding Agent Should Live Where the Important Conversations Happen 
By @kilocode [ 6 Min read ]
This article explores how AI developer tools are moving beyond the IDE to reduce context switching across Slack, cloud agents, and coding workflows. Read More.
PC Workman Earns a 58 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building a Real-Time System Monitor That Explains Why Your PC Is Slow 
By @huckler [ 9 Min read ]
C Workman earned a Proof of Usefulness score of 58 by combining system monitoring, PC optimization, and an AI assistant that learns user behavior over time. Read More.
How I Stress-Tested 3 AI 3D Generators on the Same Inputs: What the Numbers Actually Show 
By @marcus_chenn [ 9 Min read ]
I ran the same 5 prompts through Meshy 6, Tripo v3.1, and Rodin Gen-2.5. Here’s what the data actually showed. Read More.
How I built local-first memory for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex – 94.5% LoCoMo recall@10, 70ms p50 
By @oleksiijko [ 14 Min read ]
Open-source local-first memory for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex via MCP. 94.5% LoCoMo recall, 70ms p50, no API keys. Five techniques explained with code. Read More.
AI Is Writing More Code Than Ever. So, why is Software Quality Getting Worse? 
By @khurramjmir [ 4 Min read ]
AI writes faster code. It also ships more bugs. Here’s why your legacy QA pipeline is no longer built for what your engineering team is actually doing. Read More.
Onlyoffice Releases API 9.4, Giving Developers Deeper Control Over Document Workflows 
By @onlyoffice [ 2 Min read ]
ONLYOFFICE’s latest API update adds document automation, plugin debugging tools, advanced form controls, spreadsheet enhancements, and improved integrations. Read More.
The Next Bottleneck in AI-Assisted Engineering Isn’t Code 
By @bzimbelman [ 11 Min read ]
AI coding agents need more than local shells. Shared pools, reservations, and project definitions make enterprise-scale orchestration possible. Read More.
Claude Code Works Better When You Let Sessions Die 
By @nazar-kozak [ 10 Min read ]
This article explores how Claude Code memory layers, task-scoped sessions, and context management can improve AI-assisted software development workflows. Read More.
How to Architect a Scalable AI Tech Stack 
By @gtechguide123 [ 9 Min read ]
A comprehensive guide to AI tech stacks, covering data infrastructure, machine learning frameworks, MLOps, and Generative AI development. Read More.
How Agoda Scaled Its Feature Store 50X with ScyllaDB 
By @scylladb [ 6 Min read ]
Learn how Agoda scaled its ScyllaDB-powered feature store 50x using NVMe upgrades, cache optimization, and smarter data modeling. Read More.
SecurityMetrics Wins Most Promising SMB Cybersecurity Award from Cyber Defense Magazine 
By @pr-securitymetrics [ 3 Min read ]
SecurityMetrics has won an award for their Shopping Cart Monitor tool (SCM) which helps SMBs strengthen their cybersecurity posture. Read More.
You Have to Care – Because the Amplifier Won’t 
By @ihorkatkov [ 10 Min read ]
AI is an amplifier. It makes good work and bad work louder alike. The mechanism doesn’t care what you point it at. You have to Read More.
A Developer’s Guide to Running Claude Code Through an AI Gateway 
By @nfrankel [ 7 Min read ]
Before working for 2 years on the Apache APISIX API gateway, I was mainly oblivious to API gateways. Read More.
Navigating Claude Code: Skills That Actually Fire 
By @efimovov_5guqm5 [ 7 Min read ]
Skills extend Claude Code with reusable slash commands — but auto-invocation depends on description quality, and silent failures are common. Read More.
How I Built Guardrails That Stopped My AI Agent From Going Rogue 
By @nossaiyamu [ 14 Min read ]
I shipped an AI agent without guardrails. It leaked PII, hallucinated answers, and burned $400 overnight. Here is how I fixed it with Python. Read More.
Why Everyone at Anthropic and OpenAI Is Just “Technical Staff” — and What It Means for Your Job 
By @monica [ 5 Min read ]
Does your company need a manager — or does it need the person with the best judgment on the hardest problem? Read More.
Kafka Won’t Save Your Architecture If You Don’t Understand Coupling 
By @wickedseal [ 8 Min read ]
Message queues don’t magically decouple services. Here’s what Kafka changes, what it hides, and why “async” can still fail hard. Read More.
Streaming ZIP Archives On the Fly With nginx + mod_zip: No Disk, No Buffers, No Problem 
By @dmitriistarikov [ 11 Min read ]
How we stream ZIP archives on the fly at scale using nginx + mod_zip — no disk writes, no buffering, with local and remote files in a single archive. Read More.
How We Detect iOS App Launch Regressions Before Release Using XCUITests 
By @indrivetech [ 10 Min read ]
How inDrive built iOS launch performance tests with XCUITests, CI, Slack alerts, and slow-network simulation to catch regressions before release. Read More.
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