New · 2026-09-28 · 11 min
Self-hosting AI agents or paying for hosting: the honest math
What a coding agent with editor, git and terminal really needs: RAM, sandbox, resource limits, keys. And when hosting beats your own VPS.
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From the engine room.
Measured failures, real causes, concrete numbers: what happens when you build an AI workspace that redacts keys before a model sees them.
Secrets
What coding agents send to the model provider, and how to narrow it down.
Agentic IDEs
What the term means, who builds what, and what to choose by.
2026-09-21 · 12 min
7 Open WebUI Alternatives in 2026, Compared Honestly (Us Included)
LibreChat, AnythingLLM, LobeChat, Jan, Msty, Onyx and UltraNOS compared on MCP, agents, editor/terminal, hosting location and effort. As of 2026-09.
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2026-09-09 · 11 min
Claude Code alternatives 2026: seven ways to bring your own key
When the subscription or its limits don't fit: terminal agents, web interfaces and IDE extensions that work with your own API key, compared side by side.
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2026-09-09 · 12 min
Cursor alternatives in 2026: six ways that keep your keys out of sight
Why developers leave Cursor and what comes next: VS Code extensions, Zed, open-source agents, terminal agents and web IDEs, compared.
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2026-09-08 · 14 min
Agentic IDEs in 2026: 12 tools sorted by where your workspace lives
Cursor, Windsurf, Kiro, Antigravity, Trae, Zed, Claude Code, Codex, Replit, Bolt, Lovable and UltraNOS — sorted by runtime, agents, model choice and hosting.
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2026-09-07 · 13 min
What is an agentic web IDE? Definition, criteria and the 2026 landscape
What separates an agentic web IDE from Cursor & Co.: agents, editor, git and terminal in the browser, no install. Eight criteria, honest limits, who it's for.
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Operations and law
Hosting, data protection and the maths behind running it yourself.