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NousResearch shipped Hermes Agent v0.15 on May 28, 2026 in a 747-PR release. Here's the digest: the 6 changes that matter, the 4,500x session_search speedup, and a clear update verdict from v0.14.
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Claude Code fast mode runs the same Opus 4.8 weights up to 2.5x faster, not a smaller model. Here's what it costs ($10/$50 per MTok), how to enable /fast, the org-disabled fix, and our week of first-hand throughput numbers.
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A historical record of Claude Opus 4.8's May 2026 benchmark deltas, Fast Mode pricing, Claude Code measurements, and the original migration notes from Opus 4.7.
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Six Dockerfile alternatives for 2026 — Railpack, Nixpacks, Cloud Native Buildpacks, Paketo, and even skipping the build entirely. A friendly, scannable decision guide with a real three-way benchmark and a pick-this-if for every option.
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A 7-step process for scoping a web app project the right way, with 2026 cost ranges, a copy-paste scope template, and estimate-vs-actual data from real builds. Stop guessing at budgets and timelines.
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A vendor-neutral framework for the build vs buy enterprise software decision. Includes a 12-point scoring rubric, 5-year TCO model, and a real $487K vs $312K vs $420K client case study where we recommended against our own commercial interest.
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A CFO-grade cost-math breakdown of replacing your SDR with AI in 2026. Three staffing models, real CPQO numbers from a Q1 2026 client benchmark, and the five scenarios where you should keep your human.
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The eleven AI cold email prompts we run in production for AI SDR clients — with model, temperature, system prompt, sample output, and reply-rate notes for each. Vendor-neutral, automation-ready.
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GitHub confirmed 3,800 internal repos were exfiltrated via a malicious VS Code extension on May 20, 2026. Here's the 60-minute playbook every developer should run before bed — plus the misconception the headlines got wrong.
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Claude Cowork (Anthropic, April 2026) versus ChatGPT Agents (Operator, GPTs, Agent Builder, Tasks). Twenty features, five real workflows, pricing math, and when each one actually wins.
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Anthropic has changed Claude's usage limits at least three times between mid-2025 and mid-2026. This is the living map: every '2x' event, what's permanent, what already ended, and the limit mechanics that never change.
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Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-31431 ('Copy Fail') on May 1, 2026 — a Linux kernel privilege escalation that bypasses Kubernetes RuntimeDefault seccomp and puts every multi-tenant inference cluster, agent runtime, and CI runner in scope. Here's the 60-minute patch playbook, with per-distro commands, a copy-paste seccomp profile, and the AI-infra exposure analysis nobody else is publishing.
