2026
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Using model routing to lower inference costs
Running frontier models for coding and other purposes can be very expensive, but also, sometimes, very effective. It’s tempting to use smaller or older models instead of frontier models because…
Eight reasons coding agents are better than software developers
I can’t stop anthropomorphizing my coding agent. I use both Claude Code and Cursor, and whenever I talk about these tools, I always refer to them as “he”, as in…
How AI is changing software pricing
In 2026, the AI monetization conversation has shifted quickly from one concern to the next. Early in the year, fears that AI agents would erode software seats helped trigger a…
US bans DeepSeek across federal agencies, putting AI supply chains under scrutiny
DeepSeek has been dealt a huge blow in the US, even as it continues to innovate and keep pace with, or in some cases outperform, rival models from American labs.…
Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4’
Tragically simple private keys used by a certification authority based in India have been compromised, meaning the 60-million-plus certs it has issued can’t be trusted and necessitating a massive clean-up…