AI & Dev Tools articles from Pickuma. Tested, not generated.https://pickuma.com/en-ushttps://pickuma.com/posts/build-autonomous-ai-coding-agent-github-prs-overnight/https://pickuma.com/posts/build-autonomous-ai-coding-agent-github-prs-overnight/A practical breakdown of the plan-execute-verify loop behind an autonomous AI coding agent, and how to wire it to GitHub so an issue becomes a reviewable pull request overnight.Wed, 20 May 2026 08:46:56 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/continual-harness-gemini-self-improving-agent-loop/https://pickuma.com/posts/continual-harness-gemini-self-improving-agent-loop/How the Continual Harness pattern, from the Gemini Plays Pokémon and PokeAgent teams, lets an agent rewrite its own harness mid-run — plus how to apply that online-adaptation idea to autonomous agents you build.Wed, 20 May 2026 08:44:10 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/apify-fingerprint-suite-stealth-scrapers/https://pickuma.com/posts/apify-fingerprint-suite-stealth-scrapers/Apify's fingerprint-suite generates statistically consistent browser fingerprints and injects them into Playwright or Puppeteer. How it works, how to wire it in, and when a scraper actually needs it.Wed, 20 May 2026 08:39:02 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/judea-pearl-causal-hierarchy-llm-reasoning/https://pickuma.com/posts/judea-pearl-causal-hierarchy-llm-reasoning/Judea Pearl's three-rung causal hierarchy — association, intervention, counterfactual — explains why data-driven ML and LLMs hit a structural wall at causal reasoning, and what that means for agents and RAG.Wed, 20 May 2026 08:36:53 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/optuna-tutorial-hyperparameter-tuning-python/https://pickuma.com/posts/optuna-tutorial-hyperparameter-tuning-python/How Optuna's define-by-run API, TPE sampler, and pruners automate hyperparameter tuning for scikit-learn, PyTorch, and TensorFlow models, with runnable Python code.Wed, 20 May 2026 08:33:32 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/openai-gpt-realtime-2-voice-ai-gpt-5-reasoning/https://pickuma.com/posts/openai-gpt-realtime-2-voice-ai-gpt-5-reasoning/OpenAI's GPT-Realtime-2 is the first speech model with GPT-5-class reasoning. Here's what genuinely changes for voice agents — and what to test before you migrate.Wed, 20 May 2026 08:30:26 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/oh-my-agent-v2-nine-skills-cursor-vendor/https://pickuma.com/posts/oh-my-agent-v2-nine-skills-cursor-vendor/oh-my-agent v2 adds nine new skills, promotes Cursor to a first-class vendor, and ships a benchmark scoring 80/100. A measured look at whether it fixes the agent failures developers actually hit.Wed, 20 May 2026 08:27:38 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/conductor-cloud-coding-agent-rush/https://pickuma.com/posts/conductor-cloud-coding-agent-rush/Conductor enters the cloud coding agent category alongside background agents from Cursor, GitHub, OpenAI, and Google. What changes when your AI coding agent runs on remote infrastructure instead of your laptop.Wed, 20 May 2026 08:24:44 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/codex-auto-review-loop-mcp-tool/https://pickuma.com/posts/codex-auto-review-loop-mcp-tool/codex-mcp-code-review is an open-source MCP server that automates Codex's /review flow for uncommitted changes by spawning background Codex instances. Here is how the review loop fits an agentic coding workflow.Wed, 20 May 2026 08:21:14 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/github-mcp-security-scanning-ai-coding-agents/https://pickuma.com/posts/github-mcp-security-scanning-ai-coding-agents/GitHub is scanning Model Context Protocol servers for prompt injection, malicious tools, and supply chain risks. Here is what the checks catch and what they miss before you connect a third-party MCP server.Wed, 20 May 2026 07:26:24 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/zerostack-review-rust-unix-coding-agent/https://pickuma.com/posts/zerostack-review-rust-unix-coding-agent/Zerostack is a pure-Rust coding agent built on Unix philosophy — composable, scriptable, single-binary. We break down how it compares to Claude Code and Cursor and when its architecture is worth adopting.Wed, 20 May 2026 07:24:05 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/claude-code-routines-automate-dev-workflows/https://pickuma.com/posts/claude-code-routines-automate-dev-workflows/Claude Code Routines, a tool for automating repeatable coding workflows, drew 686 points on Hacker News. Here's what a 'routine' actually is, how it fits the agentic dev-tools landscape, and how to decide if it belongs in your workflow.Wed, 20 May 2026 07:20:46 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/anthropic-44b-run-rate-week-claude-code-auto-mode/https://pickuma.com/posts/anthropic-44b-run-rate-week-claude-code-auto-mode/Anthropic reported a $44B run rate, a $200B Google Cloud deal, and a SpaceX compute arrangement in one week — plus Claude Code Auto Mode. What it means for developers.Wed, 20 May 2026 07:16:33 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/codex-chatgpt-mobile-coding-agent/https://pickuma.com/posts/codex-chatgpt-mobile-coding-agent/OpenAI put its Codex coding agent inside the ChatGPT iOS and Android apps, so you can start tasks, review diffs, and manage agent runs from your phone. Here's what that changes for your workflow.Wed, 20 May 2026 07:13:07 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/anthropic-june-15-pricing-claude-assistant-host/https://pickuma.com/posts/anthropic-june-15-pricing-claude-assistant-host/Anthropic's June 15 pricing changes the math on hosting a Claude personal assistant: a decision framework for choosing Managed Agents in the cloud versus a local always-on Claude Code instance.Wed, 20 May 2026 07:09:45 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/gencad-parametric-cad-from-images/https://pickuma.com/posts/gencad-parametric-cad-from-images/GenCAD is a research project that generates editable parametric CAD models from images instead of meshes. A look at its architecture and what developers building design-automation tools can take from it.Wed, 20 May 2026 07:02:23 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/anthropic-agent-sdk-credit-pools-billing-split/https://pickuma.com/posts/anthropic-agent-sdk-credit-pools-billing-split/Anthropic is moving programmatic Agent SDK traffic to a new monthly credit pool, separate from standard Claude API billing. Here's what to audit in your integration before the split affects forecasting and rate limits.Mon, 18 May 2026 14:17:58 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/github-copilot-desktop-vs-claude-code-codex/https://pickuma.com/posts/github-copilot-desktop-vs-claude-code-codex/GitHub's standalone Copilot desktop app puts it head-to-head with Claude Code and Codex CLI. We compare workflow surface, approval semantics, and model neutrality so you can pick the right one.Mon, 18 May 2026 14:16:16 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/claude-code-agent-view-review/https://pickuma.com/posts/claude-code-agent-view-review/Anthropic shipped agent view in Claude Code, a CLI dashboard for parallel agent sessions. We test it, explain the muted developer response, and lay out what would actually fix multi-agent workflows.Mon, 18 May 2026 14:13:59 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/claude-overtakes-chatgpt-anthropic-lead-devs-2026/https://pickuma.com/posts/claude-overtakes-chatgpt-anthropic-lead-devs-2026/Anthropic's Claude passed ChatGPT in enterprise ARR, DAUs, and developer adoption in April 2026. Here's what shifted, why Claude Code drove it, and how to audit your AI stack now.Mon, 18 May 2026 14:10:09 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/does-ai-understand-llm-comprehension-debate/https://pickuma.com/posts/does-ai-understand-llm-comprehension-debate/Searle's Chinese Room, stochastic parrots, and IIT all predict where current LLMs break. Here is what that means for how you architect prompts, retrieval, and agent loops.Mon, 18 May 2026 14:08:40 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/stanford-51-deployment-study-agentic-ai-productivity/https://pickuma.com/posts/stanford-51-deployment-study-agentic-ai-productivity/A Stanford field study of 51 production AI deployments found agentic systems deliver 71% median productivity gains versus 40% for copilot-mode assistants. Here's what separates the top quintile.Mon, 18 May 2026 14:07:02 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/ai-research-slop-filter-papers/https://pickuma.com/posts/ai-research-slop-filter-papers/Arxiv submissions are flooding faster than anyone can read. A practical workflow for filtering low-quality ML papers, plus the curation services and citation tools worth your time.Mon, 18 May 2026 14:02:40 GMTai-dev-toolsnotionOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/best-cuda-books-2026/https://pickuma.com/posts/best-cuda-books-2026/A review of nine CUDA programming books — which hold up against the CUDA 12 toolkit and Hopper architecture, which are out of date, and a working reading order to go from zero to writing your own kernels.Mon, 18 May 2026 13:59:54 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/prolog-basics-pokemon-guide/https://pickuma.com/posts/prolog-basics-pokemon-guide/A walkthrough of Prolog's declarative model using Pokémon types and evolution chains. Covers unification, backtracking, and where the paradigm shows up in modern systems.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:54:37 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/semble-review-code-search-ai-agents/https://pickuma.com/posts/semble-review-code-search-ai-agents/Semble is an open-source code search tool that indexes your repo with embeddings and returns ranked chunks to AI agents instead of raw grep output. We tested whether the 98% token reduction claim holds up against ripgrep on a 180k-line monorepo.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:51:13 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/n8n-review-self-hosted-ai-workflow-automation/https://pickuma.com/posts/n8n-review-self-hosted-ai-workflow-automation/A hands-on n8n review covering self-hosting trade-offs, AI agent nodes with tool calling and vector retrieval, and how its per-execution pricing compares to Zapier and Make for developer-led automation.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:46:48 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/history-of-ides-at-google-emacs-to-cider/https://pickuma.com/posts/history-of-ides-at-google-emacs-to-cider/How Google's internal editor stack moved from Emacs and Vim to the web-based Cider IDE — and what the shift tells you about cloud dev environments, monorepo tooling, and AI-assisted editors.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:43:51 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/ai-technology-not-product-what-devs-should-build/https://pickuma.com/posts/ai-technology-not-product-what-devs-should-build/Gruber's electricity analogy for AI, unpacked — why thin GPT wrappers keep dying, what survives the test, and where dev tools like Cursor actually fit in your stack.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:42:00 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/apple-silicon-vs-openrouter-local-llm-cost/https://pickuma.com/posts/apple-silicon-vs-openrouter-local-llm-cost/A cost breakdown of running Llama 3.3 70B locally on an M-series Mac Studio versus paying per-token on OpenRouter. The cloud wins by 30-60x at typical developer volumes — here's the math and the three scenarios where local still makes sense.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:26:12 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/native-cross-platform-ui-text-rendering/https://pickuma.com/posts/native-cross-platform-ui-text-rendering/A practical look at why text rendering breaks fully native cross-platform UI and how SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, Flutter, and React Native make different bets to handle it.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:23:10 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/cal-diy-review-open-source-scheduling-primitive/https://pickuma.com/posts/cal-diy-review-open-source-scheduling-primitive/Cal.com shipped cal.diy as a self-hostable scheduling primitive developers embed into their own apps. Here is what it is, how it compares to hosted Cal.com and Calendly, and when to reach for it.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:21:20 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/ai-wont-speed-up-engineering-processes/https://pickuma.com/posts/ai-wont-speed-up-engineering-processes/Code generation speed isn't where engineering teams lose time. Here's where AI tools like Cursor and Copilot actually compress cycle time, and the boring process fixes (PR size, review SLAs, CI duration) that move team-level metrics.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:17:51 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/arxiv-bans-llm-hallucinated-references/https://pickuma.com/posts/arxiv-bans-llm-hallucinated-references/arXiv now imposes a one-year submission ban for papers with unchecked LLM errors like hallucinated citations. Here's the policy, why it exists, and the verification workflow that catches hallucinations before you submit.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:11:35 GMTai-dev-toolsnotionOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/bun-vs-nodejs-2026-production-runtime/https://pickuma.com/posts/bun-vs-nodejs-2026-production-runtime/We tested Bun 1.2 against Node.js 22 LTS on real workloads. Where the speed gap is real, where Node compatibility breaks, and a concrete framework for deciding whether to migrate your toolchain.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:09:59 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/hermes-memory-installer-review/https://pickuma.com/posts/hermes-memory-installer-review/Nous Research's Hermes Memory Installer adds local persistent memory to AI agents with one shell command. We compare its file-based approach to Mem0 and Letta.Sun, 17 May 2026 13:47:24 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/tokenyst-review-claude-code-token-tracking/https://pickuma.com/posts/tokenyst-review-claude-code-token-tracking/A practical look at Tokenyst, an open-source local monitor that tracks Claude Code API token usage in real time and alerts you before runaway agent loops turn into surprise Anthropic bills.Sun, 17 May 2026 13:45:29 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/unsloth-nvidia-llm-fine-tuning-speedup/https://pickuma.com/posts/unsloth-nvidia-llm-fine-tuning-speedup/Unsloth's NVIDIA collaboration claims 1.6x faster LLM fine-tuning and 70% lower VRAM usage for Llama, Mistral, and Qwen. We break down what the numbers actually unlock for developers training on consumer GPUs.Sun, 17 May 2026 13:43:06 GMTai-dev-toolsnotionOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/anthropic-managed-agents-dreaming-background-outcomes/https://pickuma.com/posts/anthropic-managed-agents-dreaming-background-outcomes/Anthropic's Managed Agents platform adds 'dreaming' — background agent execution that explores outcomes on Anthropic's infrastructure. How the new capability changes the build-vs-buy math for teams shipping on Claude.Sun, 17 May 2026 13:41:28 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/anthropic-spacex-colossus-claude-rate-limits/https://pickuma.com/posts/anthropic-spacex-colossus-claude-rate-limits/Anthropic reportedly secured access to SpaceX's 220,000-GPU Colossus 1 cluster to relieve Claude API capacity pressure. Here's what changes for the 529 errors and tight rate limits hitting your coding agents.Sun, 17 May 2026 13:39:48 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/claude-microsoft-365-integration/https://pickuma.com/posts/claude-microsoft-365-integration/Anthropic is rolling Claude into Microsoft 365: Outlook gains support and Word, Excel, and PowerPoint integrations leave preview for general availability. Here's what changes for developers and which workflows actually benefit.Sun, 17 May 2026 13:36:33 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/mcp-server-token-bloat-55000-tokens-wasted/https://pickuma.com/posts/mcp-server-token-bloat-55000-tokens-wasted/Connecting MCP servers to Claude Code or Cursor silently injects 55K+ tokens of tool definitions into every turn. Here's the real cost — and how to cut it.Sun, 17 May 2026 13:34:58 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/deepclaude-deepseek-r1-claude-hybrid-agent/https://pickuma.com/posts/deepclaude-deepseek-r1-claude-hybrid-agent/DeepClaude pairs DeepSeek R1's chain-of-thought reasoning with Claude's synthesis in a single agent loop. We cover how the dual-model architecture works, where it beats Cursor or Copilot, and how to wire it up via API.Sun, 17 May 2026 13:33:00 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/claude-opus-4-7-developer-deep-dive/https://pickuma.com/posts/claude-opus-4-7-developer-deep-dive/Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 brings a 1M token context window and improvements for coding agents. Here's what changes for developers building with the Claude API.Sun, 17 May 2026 13:31:08 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/cursor-ai-agent-wipes-production-database-pocketos-lessons/https://pickuma.com/posts/cursor-ai-agent-wipes-production-database-pocketos-lessons/In April 2026, a Cursor AI agent wiped PocketOS's production database in seconds. Here's what happened, why it happened, and how to lock down autonomous coding agents before they cost you the company.Sun, 17 May 2026 13:29:24 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/vs-cursor-vs-copilot/https://pickuma.com/posts/vs-cursor-vs-copilot/We tested both AI coding assistants against a Next.js app, a Python CLI, and a Rust library migration. Cursor won on velocity. Here's the breakdown — and the one scenario where Copilot still edges ahead.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-dev-toolscursorcopilotOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/cursor-sdk-review-building-ai-agents-limitations/https://pickuma.com/posts/cursor-sdk-review-building-ai-agents-limitations/Cursor's new SDK exposes the same agent runtime that powers the editor. We break down what ships, where the documentation lags, and when the limitations matter for production code.Tue, 12 May 2026 09:05:52 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/openai-codex-chrome-extension-browser-ai-agent/https://pickuma.com/posts/openai-codex-chrome-extension-browser-ai-agent/OpenAI's Codex Chrome extension puts its coding agent inside your browser tab. We tested the workflow patterns that pay off, the limits worth knowing, and how it fits next to Codex CLI and IDE agents.Tue, 12 May 2026 09:04:34 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/opencode-vs-claude-code-157k-developers-hedge-anthropic/https://pickuma.com/posts/opencode-vs-claude-code-157k-developers-hedge-anthropic/A measured comparison of OpenCode and Claude Code, the lock-in math behind the split, and a decision framework for picking one, the other, or both.Tue, 12 May 2026 09:03:15 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/qwen-3-6-plus-api-developer-guide-2026/https://pickuma.com/posts/qwen-3-6-plus-api-developer-guide-2026/A measured developer review of Alibaba's Qwen 3.6 Plus API — pricing vs GPT and Claude, 1M-token context behavior, coding benchmarks, and the access paths that actually work.Tue, 12 May 2026 09:01:19 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/openai-codex-vs-claude-code-python-benchmark/https://pickuma.com/posts/openai-codex-vs-claude-code-python-benchmark/We pointed Codex and Claude Code at the same Python codebase across refactoring, debugging, and agentic tasks. Here is what each tool shipped, where each one wins, and what the speed-vs-cost tradeoff actually looks like in practice.Tue, 12 May 2026 08:59:31 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/modelscope-review-alibaba-model-as-a-service-platform/https://pickuma.com/posts/modelscope-review-alibaba-model-as-a-service-platform/A hands-on review of ModelScope, Alibaba DAMO Academy's open-source model hub. Covers SDK setup, model discovery, ms-swift fine-tuning, and how it compares to Hugging Face for Qwen-family and DAMO research workflows.Tue, 12 May 2026 08:18:10 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/adamsreview-multi-agent-claude-code-pr-review/https://pickuma.com/posts/adamsreview-multi-agent-claude-code-pr-review/AdamsReview orchestrates multiple Claude Code agents for PR reviews. We break down how multi-agent review catches what single-pass LLM reviews miss, and where it fits in your pipeline.Tue, 12 May 2026 06:22:09 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/ai-note-takers-legal-risk-developers-2026/https://pickuma.com/posts/ai-note-takers-legal-risk-developers-2026/Otter, Fireflies, and Granola are facing class actions over consent and data retention. Here's what developers integrating AI transcription need to audit before shipping.Tue, 12 May 2026 06:20:35 GMTai-dev-toolsnotionOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/claude-user-space-ip-stack-ping-latency-benchmark/https://pickuma.com/posts/claude-user-space-ip-stack-ping-latency-benchmark/Adam Dunkels wired Claude into a user-space TCP/IP stack and benchmarked it against ICMP ping. The latency floor it reveals is the most honest stress test we have for agentic Claude API workflows.Tue, 12 May 2026 06:19:22 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/yt-dlp-cli-video-downloader-2026/https://pickuma.com/posts/yt-dlp-cli-video-downloader-2026/yt-dlp replaced youtube-dl as the default for programmatic video and audio extraction. Installation, format selectors, the Python API, and the production gotchas we hit running it across three real workflows.Tue, 12 May 2026 06:18:02 GMTai-dev-toolsnotionOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/build-your-own-x-10-project-tutorials/https://pickuma.com/posts/build-your-own-x-10-project-tutorials/The build-your-own-x GitHub repo has 350k+ stars for a reason. Here are 10 from-scratch tutorials — databases, compilers, Git, neural nets — that teach how the tools you use every day actually work.Tue, 12 May 2026 06:15:49 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/ratty-terminal-emulator-inline-3d-graphics/https://pickuma.com/posts/ratty-terminal-emulator-inline-3d-graphics/A measured look at Ratty, a terminal emulator pitching inline 3D graphics. Where the category fits, which workflows benefit, and what to verify before you switch.Tue, 12 May 2026 06:11:21 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/ai-coding-agents-reduce-maintenance-costs/https://pickuma.com/posts/ai-coding-agents-reduce-maintenance-costs/Why evaluating Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code by lines generated misses the point — and how to measure whether your AI tooling is adding or removing technical debt.Tue, 12 May 2026 06:10:01 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/mythos-ai-curl-vulnerability-security-auditing/https://pickuma.com/posts/mythos-ai-curl-vulnerability-security-auditing/Daniel Stenberg confirmed Mythos surfaced a real bug in curl, one of the most-reviewed codebases on the planet. Here's what that means for AI-assisted security review in your pipeline.Mon, 11 May 2026 23:27:50 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/running-local-llms-m4-mac-24gb/https://pickuma.com/posts/running-local-llms-m4-mac-24gb/A measured guide to running 7B-32B local language models on a base M4 Mac with 24GB unified memory. Model size math, real tokens/sec numbers, and when Ollama, llama.cpp, or MLX is the right tool.Mon, 11 May 2026 23:26:29 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/developers-ditching-ai-copilots-hand-coding/https://pickuma.com/posts/developers-ditching-ai-copilots-hand-coding/A measured look at the backlash against AI coding assistants — what the METR study and cognitive offloading research show about when hand-coding actually produces better engineers and better code.Mon, 11 May 2026 23:25:01 GMTai-dev-toolsnotionOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/local-ai-default-developers-2026/https://pickuma.com/posts/local-ai-default-developers-2026/The case for running models on your laptop instead of paying per-token API bills: where local AI (Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp) wins on cost, latency, and privacy, and where the cloud still earns its keep.Mon, 11 May 2026 23:23:25 GMTai-dev-toolscursorOwenhttps://pickuma.com/posts/hello-cursor/https://pickuma.com/posts/hello-cursor/A practical 30-day comparison of Cursor and VS Code across multi-file edits, agent workflows, and pricing — based on actual usage.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-dev-toolscursornotionOwen