Alex Smith
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The 4-part brief that keeps coding agents from drifting
Coding agents usually do not drift because they are incapable. They drift because the task leaves too much…
Microsoft’s New Coding Model Just Beat Claude Haiku on Every Benchmark
Microsoft’s New Coding Model Just Beat Claude Haiku on Every Benchmark Microsoft dropped MAI-Code-1-Flash yesterday, a new coding…
Cloud AI APIs vs. Self-Hosted LLMs: When an Old Phone Beats GPT-4
A Reddit post recently caught my eye — someone turned a Xiaomi 12 Pro into a 24/7 headless…
I Spent Hours Googling Port Forwarding. Then I Found Cloudflare Tunnel
I have this internal service running on a server behind NAT. Private IP, no public access. The usual…
BEST PRACTICES FOR CREATING A CONCURRENT API IN GOLANG
*Best Practices for Creating a Concurrent API in Golang Project Overview * In this project, we will build…
Why I’m Betting on React Native in 2026 After 13 Years of Mobile Development
⚠️ Note This article is a translated and adapted version of an original post written in Japanese. Some…
The 4 secrets of a strong business strategy
This article is based on Alex Smith’s insightful talk at the London Product Marketing Summit. PMA members can…