Lab
Build logs, security investigations, and experiments in progress.
What’s Cooking
The Lab is where we document work in progress: security investigations, deployment experiments, and lessons learned the hard way.
Unlike polished guides, these are field notes—raw, evolving, and honest about what broke.
Investigations
Google Labs Ecosystem: Field Guide
Status: Published
Untangling Google’s overlapping brands: Labs (playground), AI Studio (prototyping), Flow (video), Antigravity (IDE), Vibe Coding (apps). Clear differentiation and when to use what.
MCP Server: First Contact
Status: Draft
Self-hosting a Model Context Protocol server in the early days. What worked, what didn’t, and how it got weird. (Coming soon)
Build Logs
Stack Log — 9 Feb 2026
Status: Current
Kimi K2.5 as dominant daily driver (free via OpenCode Zen + API). Opus 4.6 for deep reasoning. Testing Flow/Veo3 for video content. VPS prep for OpenClaw walkthrough.
Stack Log — 4 Feb 2026
Status: Archived
Earlier snapshot covering Codex, pricing strategy, and MCP experiments.
OpenClaw on VPS
Status: In Progress
Production-hardened deployment with Docker, UFW, and automated snapshots.
- Docker Setup (Complete)
- VPS Hardening (Draft)
- Security Reality Check (Published)
Lab notes are dated and may become outdated. Check the published Deploy guides for current best practices.
- 2026-02-11 | Stack Log — 11 Feb 2026 Quick ping: Kimi quota weirdness, Codex 5.3 medium-thinking hits the sweet spot, Opus 4.6's speed premium targets deadline mode.
- 2026-02-09 | Stack Log — 9 Feb 2026 Field notes: Kimi K2.5 dominant, Opus 4.6, Flow/Veo3 for video, VPS prep for OpenClaw walkthrough.
- 2026-02-04 | Lab Reports and AIHackers.net Living Notes (Feb 4, 2026) Field notes from February 4, 2026: current stack, pricing posture, deployment plans, and near-term publishing priorities.