Tooling
Articles tagged Tooling — notes and deep-dives grouped under this topic.
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The agent loop under a durable orchestrator: where the line runs
An agent graph and a durable execution engine are both orchestrators. A month on a bench showed where to draw the line between them, and what it costs.
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Atomic static site deploys where there is neither git nor transactions
An atomic static site deploy without git on the server: the receiving end offers only scp and ssh. No transaction can be built from that, but a deploy that survives a drop and repeats without consequence can.
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CSP behind a consent gate: why a green header proves nothing
The evaluator flagged two errors and both turned out to be dead entries. The real defect surfaced only once the check ran against browser behaviour instead of the header.
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Production Dockerfile: distroless, build cache and secrets
A checklist of about ten lines: what ships to production and what stays in the builder stage. Measured base images, BuildKit cache mounts, secrets that never reach a layer and attestations that arrive on their own.
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MCP for DevOps: start with a read-only agent in your cluster
By 2026 there are 10,000+ MCP servers. The first one to give an agent in your cluster is read-only — here is what it buys and how to grant it.
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The 2026 Terminal Stack Through a Linux User's Eyes: What's Portable, What's MacBook Optics
The "ultimate 2026 stack" guide is written for macOS. I review it from a Linux/Wayland chair: Ghostty versus Konsole, a strong backend, and the gaps you must fill.