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The Case for Minimal Context Files: Why AGENTS.md Might Be Hurting Your AI
A recent study confirms what I've suspected: giving your AI coding agent too many instructions in repository-level context files actually reduces task success.
AIEngineeringLLMContext
February 17, 2026
Two Models, Thirty-Five Minutes
Anthropic and OpenAI released their flagship models within minutes of each other. Here's what matters for the engineers actually using them.
AIEngineeringLLM
February 5, 2026
Ads Are Coming to AI
Anthropic's Super Bowl ad mocks ChatGPT for adding ads. But the real question is whether ads can actually fix AI's economics. A look at the numbers.
AIEngineeringLLM
February 4, 2026
Context Poisoning: The Shakespeare Problem
Why giving your AI coding agent the entire codebase is actually hurting its performance, and why you should treat it like an intern.
AICodingProductivityLLM
January 20, 2026
Your AI Agent Intern
Unlock the hidden superpower of your AI coding agent: it has read every single page of documentation for every tool you use. Here is how to manage that.
AICodingProductivityLLM
January 17, 2026
The MCP Folly: Why More Context Isn't Always Better
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the latest trend in AI engineering, but overusing it is a fast track to context pollution and agent inefficiency.
AIEngineeringLLMContextMCP
November 24, 2025
The Best AI Model is the One You Use
Why the search for the 'best' model is a distraction, and how to focus on the tools that actually solve your problems today.
AIEngineeringProductivityLLM
February 13, 2024