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Antirez: Control the Ideas, Not the Code

Redis creator antirez says reading AI-generated code line by line wastes a programmer's day. What he proposes instead, and where the argument holds.

Karpathy’s nanochat and LLM Council: Build Your Own AI

nanochat is Andrej Karpathy's ~$100 from-scratch ChatGPT clone, and LLM Council polls several frontier models. What each is and how they work.

Cici Is Now Dola: ByteDance’s Overseas AI Assistant

Cici was ByteDance's overseas AI assistant, renamed Dola in November 2025. What changed, whether it's safe, and where it's available.

gstack: Garry Tan’s Full Claude Code Setup, Explained

gstack is Garry Tan's open-source Claude Code setup — 23 opinionated skills that run Claude like an engineering team. What it does, and how to install it.

The Ralph Technique: Geoffrey Huntley’s Agentic Coding Loop

The Ralph technique runs a coding agent in an infinite loop on one prompt. A plain guide to loop engineering, its $297 result, and the critique.

Harper Reed’s LLM Codegen Workflow, Explained

Harper Reed's LLM codegen workflow is a three-stage spec, plan, execute method. See the exact prompts, the files it produces, and where it breaks down.

Jimeng, Dreamina & Seedance: ByteDance’s AI Video, Explained

Jimeng, Dreamina, Seedance and Seedream, decoded: which is the app, which is the model, and how to use ByteDance's AI video outside China.

How to Build an Agent: Thorsten Ball’s 400-Line Blueprint

Thorsten Ball's 'How to Build an Agent' shows a code-editing AI is just an LLM in a loop with three tools, in under 400 lines of Go.

What Is Quark? Alibaba’s AI Super App, Explained

Quark is Alibaba's Qwen-powered AI super app with ~159M monthly users. What it does, how to access it outside China, and how it compares to ChatGPT.

Best AI App Builders in 2026

Lovable, Bolt, v0, Base44, and Replit Agent all turn prompts into working apps. They differ on portability, cost, and control. Here's how to choose.