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76 articles on web development, tooling, React, JavaScript, and practical frontend work.

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Agent Plugins 1.0 Without Portability Surprises

AI Agents

Agent Plugins 1.0 Without Portability Surprises

A production guide to packaging Agent Skills and MCP servers with Agent Plugins 1.0 while keeping client-specific behavior, secrets, and trust controls explicit.

Aug 16, 2026· 12 min read

OpenAI Assistants API Migration Before Shutdown

AI Agents

OpenAI Assistants API Migration Before Shutdown

A production migration plan for replacing Assistants, Threads, Runs, and Run Steps with Responses, Conversations, and Items before the August 26, 2026 shutdown.

Aug 13, 2026· 12 min read

GitHub Copilot Usage Metrics API for Agent Adoption

AI Agents

GitHub Copilot Usage Metrics API for Agent Adoption

A practical guide to downloading GitHub Copilot usage reports, measuring third-party agent adoption, and avoiding double-counted or misleading metrics.

Aug 10, 2026· 14 min read

Google Cloud API Gateway Model Routing in Production

"AI Infrastructure"

Google Cloud API Gateway Model Routing in Production

A production-focused guide to Google Cloud API Gateway model routing, including OpenAPI configuration, IAM, fallback safety, observability gaps, and rollout strategy.

Aug 7, 2026· 12 min read

OpenAI API Fast Mode Without Latency Surprises

"Performance"

OpenAI API Fast Mode Without Latency Surprises

A production guide to routing selected OpenAI API requests through Fast mode, measuring the latency benefit, detecting downgrades, and controlling the premium.

Aug 1, 2026· 11 min read

GPT Transcribe Migration Without Breaking Audio Pipelines

OpenAI API

GPT Transcribe Migration Without Breaking Audio Pipelines

A production migration guide for moving recorded and live speech-to-text workloads to GPT Transcribe without losing subtitles, timestamps, speaker labels, or reliable language handling.

Jul 29, 2026· 11 min read

OpenAI API Hard Spend Limits Without Surprise Outages

OpenAI API

OpenAI API Hard Spend Limits Without Surprise Outages

A production runbook for setting organization and project spend caps, handling insufficient_quota errors, and keeping critical features available when an OpenAI budget is exhausted.

Jul 26, 2026· 11 min read

WebMCP API Guide for Agent-Ready Websites

"JavaScript"

WebMCP API Guide for Agent-Ready Websites

A current implementation guide to exposing safe, structured website actions to browser agents with WebMCP, including forms, JavaScript tools, lifecycle control, security, and testing.

Jul 23, 2026· 13 min read

MCP 2026-07-28 Migration Without Session Breakage

AI Agents

MCP 2026-07-28 Migration Without Session Breakage

A practical migration plan for the stateless MCP release candidate, covering request metadata, explicit state handles, caching, retries, deprecated features, and staged rollout.

Jul 20, 2026· 12 min read

LLM

LLM

GitHub Models Is Retiring: A Complete Migration Guide for Developers

GitHub Models shuts down for good on July 30, 2026 — this guide walks through finding every place your code depends on it and migrating to Azure AI Foundry, OpenRouter, a direct provider API, or a local model, with working code.

Jul 17, 2026· 11 min read

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