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We removed 80% of our agent’s tools - Vercel
We removed 80% of our agent’s tools - Vercel
We spent months building a sophisticated text-to-sql agent, but as it turns out, sometimes simpler is better. Giving it the ability to execute arbitrary bash commands outperformed everything we built. We call this a file system agent.
We removed 80% of our agent’s tools - Vercel
How I use AI agents to write code
How I use AI agents to write code
Yes, this is the umpteenth article about AI and coding that you’ve seen this year. Welcome to 2025. Some people really find LLMs distasteful, and if that’s you, then I would recommend t…
How I use AI agents to write code
Why Long System Prompts Hurt Context Windows (and How to Fix It)
Why Long System Prompts Hurt Context Windows (and How to Fix It)
Why Long System Prompts Hurt Context Windows (and How to Fix It) System prompts, context windows, and why bloat hurts A system prompt is the instruction an LLM receives before any user messages …
Why Long System Prompts Hurt Context Windows (and How to Fix It)
Code as Commodity
Code as Commodity
Code is now as cheap as salt. Meet the three developer archetypes—mixologist, producer, architect—who thrive when AI makes software nearly free.
Code as Commodity
The Generative AI Con
The Generative AI Con
It's been just over two years and two months since ChatGPT launched, and in that time we've seen Large Language Models (LLMs) blossom from a novel concept into one of the most craven cons of the 21st century — a cynical bubble inflated by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman built to sell into an economy run by people that have no concept of labor other than their desperation to exploit or replace it. I realize that Large Language Models like GPT-4o — the model that powers ChatGPT and a bunch of other apps —
The Generative AI Con
AI Slop Podcasts?
AI Slop Podcasts?
My kid likes listening to podcasts sometimes and it’s cool with me! Story Pirates, for example, rules. She must have typed in “Bluey” at some point into the podcast app we use and…
AI Slop Podcasts?
How Vercel's adapting SEO for LLMs and AI search - Vercel
How Vercel's adapting SEO for LLMs and AI search - Vercel
AI is changing how content gets discovered. Now, SEO ranking ≠ LLM visibility. No one has all the answers, but here's how we're adapting our approach to SEO for LLMs and AI search.
How Vercel's adapting SEO for LLMs and AI search - Vercel
GitHub Copilot: The agent awakens
GitHub Copilot: The agent awakens
Introducing agent mode for GitHub Copilot in VS Code, announcing the general availability of Copilot Edits, and providing a first look at our SWE agent.
GitHub Copilot: The agent awakens