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What Codex Actually Sends to the Model (10 minute read)
A developer recorded the requests Codex generated for a 16-character prompt by pointing it at a custom local server. They measured what changed as it loaded instructions, exposed tools, read files, ran commands, received images, and compacted its history. The experiment did not call an external model. This post details the findings from the experiment.
Jun 12 | Blog
I Tried to Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend. Reader, I Did Not Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend.
A "simple" weekend project turns into real infrastructure, and why agent context deserves a boring, reliable foundation.
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Aug 05 | Tech
Microsoft Tells Engineers ‘Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For' (3 minute read)
Microsoft has introduced new limits to how much its engineers can spend on AI tools at work.
Aug 05 | Infosec
macOS Screen Sharing Bug Handed Hackers Root, No Password (3 minute read)
A critical pre-authentication flaw in macOS screensharingd (versions 26.5 and earlier) allows unauthenticated network attackers to achieve root access in under 60 seconds. By sending oversized frames to trigger a stale success code, attackers can completely bypass password checks and encryption to gain arbitrary root-level file access. Users must update to macOS 26.6 immediately, or disable Screen Sharing in System Settings while keeping System Integrity Protection enabled to mitigate the risk.
Aug 05 | It
The enterprise AI strategy that outlasts any single model (5 minute read)
Enterprises should avoid tying their AI strategy to a single provider as models, capabilities, and pricing continue to leapfrog one another. A model-agnostic architecture that can swap underlying models and compound improvements at the system level would allow organizations to benefit from advances across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others.
