How Claude Code Works (Let’s Build a Tiny One)

by Srikanth Dongala — Tools, permission rules, memory and context limits in one Python file that runs on free models. Once you see it, AI coding agents stop being magic.Cover image generated by the author with...

Towards AI·6h ago

10 Best AI Tools for Developers in 2026…

by deep learning — From AI-powered code editors to autonomous coding agents, discover 10 tools that can help developers write cleaner code, debug faster…

Medium·1d ago

Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying

The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO.

TechCrunch on MSN·2d ago

Clean Scans, Shipped Vulnerabilities: The AI Code Testing Gap

by Shaon Shahnewaz — SAST and DAST tools were tuned for code humans write. AI coding assistants write it differently, and the gap shows up in production.

Medium·3d ago

Android Bench: Why AI Coding Agents Still Fail Despite 80% Completion Scores

Android Bench reveals why AI coding agents fail despite 80% completion scores. Compare Claude, GPT-6.1 Sol and Gemini performance.

Techgenyz·3d ago

AI Can Write the Code. But Who Gets to Become a Developer?

by Ishit Raj — New research raises an uncomfortable question about AI coding tools: if machines can do the work beginners used to learn from, how does…

Medium·4d ago

Open-Source AI Usage Tracker: See Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Copilot Usage in One Dashboard

by Evangelist Naval — Tokens, estimated cost and remaining limits for every AI coding tool you use, on your own computer.

Medium·14h ago

9 Mistakes That Make AI Coding Tools Slower, More Expensive, and Less Useful

by Garvit Agarwal — AI coding assistants can save hours of development time. But these nine common mistakes can waste tokens, increase costs, and turn simple…

Towards AI·1d ago

The Hidden Cost of Free AI Tools: What Nobody Tells Beginners

by Khalilraheela — Free AI tools can save you time, but using them without a strategy can cost you something more valuable.

Medium·2d ago

I Built Local AI Coding Agents on a 4GB GPU. They Could Use Tools, but Could They Actually Code?

by Marko Mihajlovic — Testing Gemma 4, Qwen3.5, and Qwen3 with llama.cpp and OpenCode revealed the gap between successful tool calls and reliable software development.A coding assistant that can read a file, run a...

Towards AI·3d ago

OpenCode Had a Critical Security Flaw. Are Your AI Coding Tools Safe?

by Code&future — A critical OpenCode vulnerability exposed the risks of AI coding agents. Here’s what happened, which versions were affected, and how to…

Cubed·4d ago

AI Coding Gives Creators a New Way to Shape Their Tools

by Nina Chen — How AI-assisted coding can customize creative software and music gear, with examples and limits to consider.

Generative AI·5d ago

Meet TokenEconomizer: Microsoft’s Plugin That Cuts Coding Agent Costs by Up to 30.9%

Microsoft’s TokenEconomizer plugin cuts coding agent token costs by 18.4% to 30.9% on SWE-Bench without changing the agent.

MarkTechPost·15h ago

Malicious Downloads Can Hijack AI Coding Agents and Steal Tokens

by Umar Farooq — The attack exploits instruction files that AI coding tools use to understand project requirements. OpenAI Codex supports AGENTS.md, while…

Medium·2d ago

I Looked Past the 10x Speed Claim on Flint. Here’s What the Numbers Hide

by Loengnavy — A 10x speed claim, a hidden cost in thinking tokens, and how to decide if this local coding model fits your machine.

Medium·3d ago

Cursor vs Claude Code vs Devin Desktop: Best AI Coding Tools

SitePoint·3d ago

Your AI Agents Write 30% More Code. Your Team Ships the Same Amount.

by Rajeev Ranjan — An analysis of 718 software firms suggests AI coding agents increase code output without a corresponding rise in completed work, while…

Generative AI·4d ago

The Hidden Cost of Using Too Many AI Tools

by Content24 — Why businesses are spending more time managing artificial intelligence instead of benefiting from it.

Medium·5d ago