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Three more runs of two AI agents in a box: the test set was the whole story
Runs 5 to 7 of the Claude plus Grok sandbox built a tariff classifier, a sanctions screener and a contract clause finder. One run missed every gate and said so, one scored its sealed set 22 times, one scored it once and the number held. Then we gave their ideas a GPU and a protocol.
Two AI agents, one sandbox, four runs: what made the third one worth reading
We put Claude and Grok in a locked-down VM four times and changed one thing per run. Two runs built tidy CRUD apps. One built a real job-shop scheduler and missed its own gate by 0.008 without moving it. Here is what each change did.
I Read X's Open-Source Algorithm. A Shared Link Is Worth 40 Likes.
xAI published the For You feed's actual ranking weights. Copy-link share = 20.0, a like = 0.5, a report = -234. Here's what the real numbers say about getting reach.
Build Notes: A Week of Local-First Smart-Home Research
A research-driven recap of last week — what we tested, what we learned, and the gotchas that changed our plans while designing a fully local, no-cloud smart home around Home Assistant.
YouTube Shut Down Our Channel. We Adapt and Overcome.
YouTube removed our channel under its scams policy and denied our appeal. Here's our honest take — what we do, what we don't, and how we're adapting and moving forward.
Build Log — June 10, 2026
Today's trading bots saw mixed results, with the Alpaca Crypto Grid bot finishing roughly flat after a day of active trading. The Kraken Grid + Swing bot, on the other hand, sat out entirely and also ended up roughly fla