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📌 Pinned DEC 30 · 2025

A CTO's Perspective on AI in 2026

Every year brings a new wave of AI predictions. Most are hype. Here's what I actually think will matter in 2026.

#ai #agents #cto
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JUN 04 · 2026

How to Open the Hermes Dashboard Locally Against a Remote Server

Your Hermes Agent runs on a remote box, but the dashboard binds to localhost only. Here's the one-SSH-flag trick to open it in ...

MAY 21 · 2026

Why I Switched From OpenClaw to Hermes Agent

OpenClaw got me into agentic coding. Hermes Agent kept me there. Easier setup, fewer surprise breakages, and memory plus skills...

ai MAY 21 · 2026

Can You Actually See What Your AI Coding Agents Are Doing?

Running multiple Claude Code and Codex sessions in parallel? abtop is the system-level view that finally tells you which one is about to ...

ai MAY 19 · 2026

Conductor: How I Run a Whole Team of Claude Agents From One Mac

How Conductor turns Claude Code into a parallel workforce — many agents, many projects, one overview, and a clean plan→PR→merge→archive l...

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