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Eric RobyBoost your software engineering skills with practical tips you can implement in 5 minutes or less
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Five Frontier Models Shipped in Two Weeks.
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Interested in learning how to build MCPs?
I created a video on that using FastMCP.
Find it here
Between 1 July and 16 July 2026, five frontier AI models shipped or came back...
Prompt Injection Is the Input Bug of the Agent Era
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I’ve been building something new for backend engineers.
It’s not just another course.
It’s designed to solve the “I don’t know what I don’t know” problem - and it also teaches...
The 2026 AI Agent Stack, Drawn from Scratch
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Building an AI demo is easy - shipping one to real users is harder. Microsoft Foundry helps developers build and manage AI apps across models like GPT, Claude, Mistral, DeepSeek, Lla...
Loop Engineering: Stop Prompting Agents
Building an AI demo is easy - shipping one to real users is harder. Microsoft Foundry helps developers build and manage AI apps across models like GPT, Claude, Mistral, DeepSeek, Llama, and more. With Foundry IQ, your agents can connect t...
Sandboxing Your Agent in a DevContainer
I run Claude Code with --dangerously-skip-permissions every single day. Now, before you think I’m being reckless, hear me out.
I’ve been a backend engineer for over a decade. I know what an unconstrained shell can do to a machine. My age...
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