Coding-Tools: AI Security and Tool Analysis

2026-07-02 | Pi Coding Agent: Minimal, Programmable Terminal Harness Set up Pi as a minimal coding harness with GLM-5.2, persistent sessions, compaction, custom tools, extensions, and clear Z.AI policy caveats.
2026-07-02 | Pi vs ZCode vs OpenCode: Which Harness Fits GLM-5.2? Compare Pi, ZCode, and OpenCode as coding harnesses for GLM-5.2: workflow, permissions, context, setup, quota paths, and a fair same-model test.
2026-07-02 | ZCode: GLM-5.2-Native Coding Harness Guide Use ZCode as Z.AI's integrated GLM-5.2 coding harness: desktop setup, Goal Mode, subagents, safety confirmations, quota, and workflow trade-offs.
2026-07-02 | How to Read AI Benchmarks Without Getting Fooled Learn how to read AI benchmarks, spot saturation and contamination, compare coding and chat leaderboards, and test models on your own work.
2026-07-01 | AI Agents Navigate the AI agent landscape: autonomous platforms that run independently, coding assistants that amplify your workflow, and the models that power them all.
2026-04-08 | Free AI Coding Tools Right Now Current free AI coding paths for developers: limited-time OpenCode Zen models, free API trials, frontier reasoning options, and local/on-device tools.
2026-02-17 | UltraThink → UltraQuiet: Why Devs Want Receipts Claude Code started hiding file paths and search details behind Ctrl+O. Here's a working fix: the AGENTS.md Audit Ledger pattern.
2026-02-07 | AGENTS.md: One File That Makes Agents Behave A practical guide to AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md—why they work, how to write them, and copy-paste templates for Markdown projects, Python, and TypeScript.
2026-02-07 | AGENTS.md: What Actually Works (And What Doesn't) Evidence-based guide to writing AGENTS.md files that AI agents actually follow. Lessons from Vercel's evals, multi-tool testing, and production usage across Python, TypeScript, and documentation projects.
2026-02-03 | Cursor: AI-Native IDE Cursor is a VS Code fork with built-in AI: predictive Tab autocomplete, Composer multi-file editing, and model flexibility. The daily driver for iterative development.
2026-02-03 | AMP Ad-Supported Access: Historical Snapshot Historical February 2026 snapshot of AMP's ad-supported model roster and grant. Verify the current AMP roster and pricing before use.
2026-02-03 | Codex vs Claude Code vs Cursor Current workflow comparison for Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor, with model availability and benchmark claims separated from tool features.
2026-02-03 | Verify Who Controls Windsurf Data (Ownership + Policy) How to confirm current ownership and data handling for Windsurf.
2026-02-03 | Windsurf Acquisition Collapse: What It Means for AI Coding Tool Value How OpenAI's $3B Windsurf deal collapsed, where the product stands now under Cognition, and what it reveals about value capture and platform risk in AI coding tools.
2026-02-03 | Windsurf Data Handling Uncertainty Risk (Post-Acquisition) Ownership changes can shift controller, retention, and subprocessor policies.
2026-02-03 | Windsurf Enterprise Terms Snapshot (2026) A checklist of terms to verify for Windsurf Enterprise.
2026-02-03 | Windsurf Free Terms Snapshot (2026) A checklist of terms to verify for Windsurf Free.
2026-02-03 | Windsurf Terms Overview (Ownership + Data Handling) A plan-by-plan checklist for Windsurf terms during ownership changes.
2026-02-01 | OpenCode: Providers, Zen, Permissions, and GLM-5.2 Current OpenCode guide for its open-source coding agent, optional Zen gateway, BYO providers, permissions, integrations, and three GLM-5.2 billing paths.