AI coding guides & resources
Engineering decisions, tutorials, and video guides from the OTF team.
Azure Functions introduces serverless agents runtime with markdown-first AI agents
Azure's preview serverless agents runtime turns .agent.md files into event-driven AI agents on every Functions trigger.
7 min readGitLab 19.0 integrates agentic AI for enhanced security and DevOps automation
GitLab 19.0's reported shift to agentic AI: pipeline-native governance, secrets management, and automated review.
6 min readNeevCloud unveils AI native sovereign SuperCloud at KubeCon India 2026
NeevCloud's sovereign SuperCloud shows why Kubernetes-native AI, vertical integration, and GitOps are India's enterprise template.
7 min readClaude Code Artifacts as live shared dashboards: what enterprises should plan for
Claude Code Artifacts as live shared dashboards: what the pattern is and what enterprises should verify.
6 min readIgnite UI enterprise MCP toolchain brings AI assistants into design systems
Ignite UI's MCP toolchain feeds AI assistants live components, docs, and theming so generated enterprise UI fits the codebase.
7 min readIntezer's SOC Operating Layer boosts adoption of Claude, Codex, and Cursor in security
Intezer's MCP-based SOC layer gives AI agents shared forensic context — what it is, why it matters, and which claims hold up.
9 min readExploring VS Code AI features alongside Claude Code and Codex
VS Code's agent-first workspace vs Claude Code and Codex: project-wide tasks, parallel threads, verified docs.
6 min readLocofy.ai turns Figma designs into React scaffolding, but review is still required
Locofy.ai promises Figma-to-React scaffolding in minutes. What the vendor actually claims, where the speedup is real, and how to evaluate it.
7 min readOpenAI Codex guide: five practical projects that teach AI software building
OpenAI Codex guide's five hands-on projects — from a CLI to an Airbnb-style clone — teach the describe-generate-review loop that ships.
5 min readReact Compiler changes performance work with automated memoization
React Compiler automates memoization at build time. What the docs confirm, how to adopt it incrementally, and how to debug it.
6 min readCut Android build times by 2.8x with one config flag in Expo SDK 56
One expo-build-properties flag cut Expo's CMake step from 17 minutes to just over 6 in SDK 56.
8 min readXcode 27 AI agents: what Apple’s coding workflow changes for app builders
Apple’s Xcode 27 adds coding agents that can build and test projects. Here is what the official release supports and how to evaluate it safely.
8 min readCursor debuts Origin, an AI-native GitHub alternative for smooth AI agent collaboration
AI agents flood repos with PRs faster than humans can review. What an AI-native code platform must solve.
6 min readMeet Atoms: AI-Powered Vibe Coding to Build, Deploy, and Market Apps Without Code
Why vibe coding needs a full-lifecycle virtual product team, not just code generation — framed through the team behind the MetaGPT multi-agent framework.
7 min readCrafterCMS AI change open source CMS with capable AI-driven tools
CrafterCMS AI brings agentic workflows to open source enterprise CMS with Git-backed governed content.
5 min readSolana Agent Kit turns AI agents into on-chain actors
Solana Agent Kit connects AI agents to 60+ on-chain actions — wallets, swaps, NFTs, DeFi — turning agents into on-chain actors.
6 min readBuilding a responsive AI chat prototype with attachments and local persistence
How to build a responsive AI chat prototype with multi-conversation workspaces, safe attachments, and localStorage persistence.
7 min readMicrosoft Intelligent Terminal brings AI agents to the command line with familiar experience
Microsoft’s Intelligent Terminal adds an opt-in agent pane, error detection, session management, and local-model support beside the Windows shell.
8 min readOna governed workspaces close the enterprise trust gap for Codex
Ona governed workspaces close the enterprise trust gap for Codex agents — verified pattern, no deal claims.
5 min readTurn your AI assistant into a senior performance engineer with perf-skills
perf-skills is a token-optimized knowledge base that teaches AI assistants think time, assertions, and correlation for JMeter, k6, and more.
7 min readBuild an AI travel planner easily with Google Cloud's Multi Model Spanner
Spanner now stores embeddings in-database with ScaNN vector search, so one instance serves relational, vector, and analytic AI workloads.
8 min readArchitect-loop: staged software delivery with Codex and Claude
A source-backed guide to architect-loop’s staged software factory: specs, frozen checks, isolated builders, evidence, review, and shipping records.
8 min readGitHub Copilot CLI unifies settings and adds remote session control
Copilot CLI unifies config into schema-validated /settings and adds remote sessions with link/QR monitoring.
6 min readWhy template screenshots lie and the only honest proof is live
Screenshots are unfalsifiable marketing; only a live, clickable demo is an honest pre-purchase contract.
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