the most import skill in 2026 is still being able to tell your agents "wtf is this crap, no, not like this" if you stop doing that, you're basically fucked, despite what some devfluencers would like you to think.↗

back in january, armin, peter, colin and i meet for drinks, bullshitting about the future. i told them i believe the future is agents running on your phone, not in some sandbox in the cloud. i'm still convinced of that.↗

And if you are wondering what Pi Durable is all about, I wrote a little piece on it here: earendil.com/posts/pi-durab… With code examples. How quaint.↗

@joseph_h_garvin enjoy the slop gist.github.com/badlogic/d36e3…↗

recommended reading. new swarms stuff from cursor. cursor.com/blog/agent-swa…↗

recommended reading. terry tao vibe coding. terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/old…↗

recommended reading. don't get turned off by the title. this is how i use LLMs too for many tasks. jamesdrandall.com/posts/thrust_a…↗

watch me how i work with coding agents like a caveman. youtu.be/DPgJjRdQWrg?is…↗

no, there won't be a pi release for fable today. do this: "hey pi, here are the stats for anthropic's fable re: context window/cost. add it to models.json" enjoy. just don't do bio or cyber!↗

I wrote up how I built the shitty robot so you can too. This was a fun project that will keep on giving. Thanks to all the open weights folks out there, without whom this would not have been possible. mariozechner.at/posts/2026-05-…↗

recommended reading. > On that last point, this technology is horrific for attention thoughts.hmmz.org/2026-05-31.html↗

@baggiiiie @davebcn87 welcome to pi config↗

wait, prompts are code, files are state? YC catching up to ca. Q2 2025 mariozechner.at/posts/2025-06-…↗

recommended reading. this is our field's version of "i hoped AI would be able to do my laundry, but instead it does my art" kabir.au/blog/the-ctf-s…↗

recommended reading. strongly recommended reading. i really like the pain avoidance angle. slots into my "paon/friction is when you learn" angle. when combined > cognitive debt. larsfaye.com/articles/agent…↗

recommended reading. don't get confused by the title. blog.k10s.dev/im-going-back-…↗

pi-annotate by @nicopreme if you want this in pi with more oohmph github.com/nicobailon/pi-…↗

addendum: "but how do you do without websearch?" first, i'd like you to proxy your harness of choice and see what garbage their respective web search/fetch tool actually pushes into your agent's context. second, 99% of the time, the only reason you let your agent use web sear…↗

as more and more people start using pi, i now get this question often: "what are essential extensions i should install?" none. zero. start vanilla. only build/install something if you feel a recuring pain that you can't get rid of by reevaluating your workflow learned with anot…↗

uffi ouchie wtf akshaychugh.xyz/writings/png/v…↗

People of pi. You can view my 18 minutes @aiDotEngineer Europe talk here. May it spark joy. And laughter. youtube.com/live/_zdroS0Hc…↗

recommended viewing. one more time, on it's own. this is probably yhe most practical talk on using coding agents i've watched to date. watch it. by @lucasmeijer it's also a great demo of pi and captures exactly why i built it. youtu.be/fdbXNWkpPMY?si…↗

People of pi. BIG NEWS. I've sold out. Let me know how you feel about this in the comments below. mariozechner.at/posts/2026-04-…↗

vibed a pi extension that lets you connect to a pi session via telegram. it's basically a mini claw. pi install github.com/badlogic/pi-te… it's kinda hilarious. 1k LOC, does all i need, including file attachments. trivial to setup.↗

recommended reading build.ms/2026/4/1/the-c…↗

welp, vibed it in an hour. i really only needed single writer, multiple readers/commenters. easy enough. github.com/badlogic/jot↗

anytime i finish a blog post, i feed it to an LLM asking it to produce 20-40 HN or Reddit comments. immensely effective. stole that idea from @mitsuhiko↗

I'm usually not one to write thought pieces without much technical depth. But here we go. Slow the fuck down. mariozechner.at/posts/2026-03-…↗

Setup guide of you use mom or any other agent that can install stuff and has Bash and a network connection. gist.github.com/badlogic/3214e… Mind the security implications. Containerize. Don't have data in the container that should not be leaked.↗

Recommended viewing youtube.com/watch?v=JvosMk…↗