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Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents (3 minute read)
Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and AI agents in the same conversations. It is model-agnostic, decentralized, self-sovereign, and open source. The app looks a lot like Slack, but with native AI agents and the ability to manage GitHub projects from one interface. Developers can customize Buzz instances to the needs and workflows of their teams. The app is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, and the code for the app has been uploaded to GitHub.
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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Jul 22 | AI
What It Actually Takes to Build Agent Infrastructure Yourself (18 minute read)
Production web agents require five infrastructure layers beyond Chromium: warm browser pools, VM-level isolation, coherent identities and residential routing, unified replay and traces, and multi-model gateways. Building them internally makes sense mainly when infrastructure is strategic, mandatory, or the product.
Jul 22 | Design
Google is Open-sourcing its 3D Emoji (1 minute read)
Google is releasing its 3D emoji as open-source .OBJ files, letting anyone use them for VR worlds, apps, or memes. The announcement came alongside design details shared for World Emoji Day, addressing dimensional questions like whether a smiley is a sphere, mask, or disc. The 3D emoji set, called Noto Emoji 3D, debuted in May to mixed reactions.
Jul 22 | Dev
"Drawing" the Mona Lisa with GPT-5.6, Claude, Gemini, and Grok (11 minute read)
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the artistic capabilities of four AI models, GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Fable 5, Grok 4.5, and Gemini 3.6 Flash, by having them create drawings of famous artworks, including the Mona Lisa and Van Gogh's Starry Night, while using a colored-pencil toolset in a controlled environment. GPT-5.6 Sol was the most efficient and a high-quality performer, while Grok 4.5 struggled a lot. Claude Fable 5 had better quality, but also had a higher cost and longer creation time.
