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The Boy Who Lowered His Sword: Learning Without an Audience

A parable about the fear of judgment and why learning needs room for imperfect first attempts, especially when AI offers shortcuts.

Gargeya Sharma
October 27, 2026 11 min read
The Boy Who Lowered His Sword: Learning Without an Audience
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Moving Agent Fixes Across Tools: Brain in the Plugin, Hands in the Harness
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Moving Agent Fixes Across Tools: Brain in the Plugin, Hands in the Harness

Split agent cost fixes into portable plugin rules (the brain) and harness-specific hooks (the hands) so they move across coding agents.

Gargeya Sharma
October 20, 20267 min read
Why 15% of Pull Requests Used 59% of Our AI Review Budget
EngineeringCase StudiesAI Architecture

Why 15% of Pull Requests Used 59% of Our AI Review Budget

Analysis of 197 merged PRs shows a small tail of endless AI review loops, and how a round cap with a sticky flag fixed it.

Gargeya Sharma
October 17, 20266 min read
Burned 30% of my Claude Code 20x weekly usage in a Day: Discover Why and Fixes
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Burned 30% of my Claude Code 20x weekly usage in a Day: Discover Why and Fixes

A solo founder traced 32,900 agent API calls to six causes behind a single day's overspend, and one number explains most of it.

Gargeya Sharma
October 16, 20268 min read
Stop Chasing Leaderboards: Measure Cost Per Solved Task
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Stop Chasing Leaderboards: Measure Cost Per Solved Task

Public leaderboards rank models on other people's tests; measure quality and cost per solved task on your own work instead.

Gargeya Sharma
October 14, 20265 min read
GPT-5.6 Sol: Frontier Intelligence at 67% Off and Half the Tokens
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GPT-5.6 Sol: Frontier Intelligence at 67% Off and Half the Tokens

GPT-5.6 Sol now costs $2/$10 via OpenRouter, delivering frontier intelligence with half the tokens and time of rivals.

Gargeya Sharma
August 26, 202618 min read
Does short-form video hurt attention? What the research says
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Does short-form video hurt attention? What the research says

What the research says about heavy short-form video viewing, attention and cognitive control, and what it means for learning over time.

Gargeya Sharma
August 20, 20266 min read
Cursor Origin: Git Forge for Agents
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Cursor Origin: Git Forge for Agents

Origin lets AI agents edit code, open PRs, and review changes without leaving the editor.

Gargeya Sharma
August 18, 20268 min read
GLM-5.3: Pure Post-Training Scaling Takes the Open-Weight Lead
EngineeringOpen SourceAI Architecture

GLM-5.3: Pure Post-Training Scaling Takes the Open-Weight Lead

Same 743B base, scaled post-training only — GLM-5.3 now leads open-weight models on coding and cybersecurity.

Gargeya Sharma
August 14, 20264 min read
Gemini 3.7 Flash: Google's Intelligent Workhorse Gets Faster and Cheaper
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Gemini 3.7 Flash: Google's Intelligent Workhorse Gets Faster and Cheaper

Gemini 3.7 Flash boosts coding and agentic performance at 340 tok/s with half-price introductory pricing.

Gargeya Sharma
August 14, 20266 min read

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