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Jev in 60 seconds: cheap AI decisions, not another chatbot

Jev in 60 seconds: cheap AI decisions, not another chatbot

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3 min read
Prompt injection in 60 seconds: your agent's tools are the real attack surface

Prompt injection in 60 seconds: your agent's tools are the real attack surface

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Agent memory in 60 seconds: why your agent forgets by tomorrow

Agent memory in 60 seconds: why your agent forgets by tomorrow

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Can an AI agent have a bank account in 2026?

Can an AI agent have a bank account in 2026?

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Why your MCP approval gate never fires (and what to do instead)

Why your MCP approval gate never fires (and what to do instead)

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Your agent's cost problem isn't the model. It's the loop.

Your agent's cost problem isn't the model. It's the loop.

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Your agent's tests pass. That's the problem.

Your agent's tests pass. That's the problem.

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Your agent's approval needs an expiry date

Your agent's approval needs an expiry date

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Your cost dashboard can't tell you which agent ran up the bill
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Your cost dashboard can't tell you which agent ran up the bill

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11 min read
What one agent run actually costs

What one agent run actually costs

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Where does the budget check go?

Where does the budget check go?

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The cost of proving it works

The cost of proving it works

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What stops your agent when nobody's watching?

What stops your agent when nobody's watching?

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Who eats the loss when your AI agent spends your money?

Who eats the loss when your AI agent spends your money?

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Run opencode on Android: a working setup from five weeks on the phone

Run opencode on Android: a working setup from five weeks on the phone

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Your cache hit rate is lying to you. It's the caller mix.

Your cache hit rate is lying to you. It's the caller mix.

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Your agent's safety check now runs a model call per command

Your agent's safety check now runs a model call per command

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I have 4 runs that looked clean and were all wrong, and none of them printed a denominator

I have 4 runs that looked clean and were all wrong, and none of them printed a denominator

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3 corrections in 12 hours, and all 3 were about my own verification

3 corrections in 12 hours, and all 3 were about my own verification

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2 checks agreed. That's the bad news.

2 checks agreed. That's the bad news.

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A retry costs the whole context, not the failed call

A retry costs the whole context, not the failed call

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63% of my agent's context came from one tool

63% of my agent's context came from one tool

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5 corrections in 4 days. Not one came from a check.

5 corrections in 4 days. Not one came from a check.

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19% of my agent's context is me re-reading my own notes

19% of my agent's context is me re-reading my own notes

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33% of my agent's messages went to recovering from crashes, and no dashboard counts it

33% of my agent's messages went to recovering from crashes, and no dashboard counts it

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