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  1. 4 min

    Jev: a model that doesn't write, it decides, and does it in 70 milliseconds

    Jev is an AI model from TypeSafe that doesn't generate text: it takes a state (text, JSON or arrays) and returns typed decisions with their probability, in 70 to 500 milliseconds and at USD 0.042 per million input tokens, currently in early access.

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  2. 3 min

    A speedrunner doesn't cheat, they read better: your metric has a shortcut too

    A metric is a route, not the goal, and an AI agent reads it like a speedrunner: a team audited the ten most-cited agent benchmarks and scored near-perfect on nine without solving a single task.

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  3. 3 min

    In Age of Empires you don't lose by attacking late, you lose by advancing an Age without an economy

    Before moving an AI agent to production, check five things (trace, evaluation, cost, owner and shutdown), because Gartner predicts that more than 40% of agent projects will be canceled before the end of 2027 due to costs, unclear value and inadequate risk controls.

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  4. 3 min

    Cloudflare built a browser 1.7 times slower, on purpose

    Kitesurf is a Cloudflare browser built for AI agents that takes 1.7 to 1.8 times longer than a regular one, on purpose, because its user doesn't get impatient and what matters is spending less CPU and memory.

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  5. 3 min

    Building product with AI is playing Tetris at level 15

    When an AI agent can prototype in hours what used to take weeks, the product problem stops being speed and becomes judgment: deciding where each new piece fits without breaking what's already in production.

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