Background
Guides for
better choices.
The lists show what is moving right now. The guides here give you the background, so you can separate signal from noise before you spend money or time.
Latest fetch October 29, 2026
Find the right AI tool
Tools for text, images, video and everyday work — what they do and when they pay off.
Build with AI
Code assistants, terminal agents, review agents and background agents — what they actually do.
Understand AI agents
Agent platforms: from drag-and-drop for non-technical users to frameworks for developers.
Harness engineering
Why the scaffolding around the model often matters more than the model itself.
Agent skills and MCP
The plumbing behind every useful agent: skills, tool servers, memory and handoff.
The AI model landscape
GPT-6.1, Gemini 4 Carbon, Claude and the open models compared by what they are good at.
Run open models yourself
Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek and Mistral — what you can run locally, and what it costs.
Best AI video generators
Sora 2, Veo 3 and Runway Gen-4 — what works for production in 2026.
What is vibe coding?
Programming by describing the intent — where it holds up, and where it does not.
Cursor vs Windsurf
Two AI IDEs built on VS Code. What separates them in practice?
Claude vs GPT-5
Strengths, pricing and which tasks each of them is best at.
AI news this week
What is happening in the conversations, with topic filters and links to the discussions.