GuidesWindsurf Setup Guide: Custom Models and the BYOK Question
What Windsurf needs to talk to a model you chose, how to find the provider settings in your build, and the local proxy fallback when there is no slot for one.
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Practical writing for developers building with large language models — how they work, how to pick one, and how to keep the bill predictable.
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GuidesWriting Database Migration Scripts With an LLM
How to use a model for schema and data migrations safely: supply both schemas, demand reversibility, verify with dry runs and row counts, and know what not to delegate.
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GuidesZed Setup Guide: Wiring Up a Custom Model Endpoint
Point Zed's agent panel at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint — the JSON provider block, the model metadata you have to declare yourself, and how to verify it.
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AI AgentsAgent Cost Control: Patterns That Bound the Worst Case
Agent spend is not a per-call problem, it is a per-loop problem. Budgets, caching, tiering and circuit breakers that cap what a bad run can cost you.
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AI AgentsAgent Error Recovery: Patterns That Keep the Loop Alive
Errors are the normal case in an agent loop, not the exception. These are the recovery patterns that separate agents that finish from agents that spiral.
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AI AgentsAgent Memory: Managing Context Before It Manages You
Long agent sessions fail because context fills with noise. Here are the practical strategies for deciding what an agent should remember and what to drop.
ReadAI AgentsAgent Observability: Tracing a Loop You Cannot Reproduce
Agent failures are rarely reproducible, so logs are not enough. What to record per step, how to span a tool loop, and which metrics predict a bad run.
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AI AgentsAgent Planning Strategies: From ReAct to Explicit Plans
Reactive loops drift on long tasks and rigid plans break on contact with reality. Here are the planning strategies that work, and how to choose between them.
ReadAI AgentsAgent Sandboxing: Containers, gVisor and microVMs
An agent that runs code needs a blast radius, not trust. How containers, gVisor and microVMs differ, and the network and credential controls that matter.
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Cost & PricingAI on a Student or Solo Developer Budget
You do not need a frontier model for most of what you do. A practical guide to getting real work done on AI when the budget is small and the meter is scary.
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AI AgentsAI vs AI Agent: What Actually Changes When You Add a Loop
A model answers. An agent decides, acts, and checks its work. The difference is a loop and a set of tools — here is exactly what that means in code.
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GuidesAider Setup Guide: Any OpenAI-Compatible Endpoint
Configure Aider against a custom base URL — the openai/ prefix, .aider.conf.yml, model metadata for unknown models, and picking the right edit format.
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