AUTHOR
Ethan Brooks
Developer Tools Editor
Ethan covers coding agents, developer platforms and the infrastructure required to move AI systems from prototype to production.
Email Ethan →Experience and editorial focus
He reviews products through the lens of software delivery: permissions, observability, reversibility and total workflow cost.
Areas of expertise
- Coding agents
- Agent infrastructure
- Developer experience
LATEST WORK
Articles by Ethan Brooks
GitHub Copilot's August VS Code release expands agent sessions and review
VS Code 1.132 through 1.135 add side conversations, portable agent plugins, cross-window sessions, richer review tools, an integrated browser and multilingual dictation.
9 min read →AI AgentsGrok Bot adds an X connector for timelines, mentions and post search
Paid Grok Bot users can connect an X account, receive starter API credits and ask an agent to search posts, read timelines and review mentions.
9 min read →CodingHow to sandbox an AI code-repair agent before it edits a repository
A safe repair workflow isolates the checkout, constrains writable paths, freezes validation and requires explicit review before changes reach the main branch.
10 min read →CodingOpenAI plans to remove its models from Cursor after SpaceX acquisition
OpenAI says it intends to end its model-supply contract with Cursor on November 12 after Cursor's acquisition by SpaceX, while withholding future models during the transition.
9 min read →CodingHow to prepare an AI coding workflow for a model-provider exit
OpenAI's proposed Cursor cutoff shows why coding teams need portable prompts, representative evaluations and a rollback path before a model disappears from a platform.
10 min read →AI AgentsAn AI agent sandbox checklist after the Hugging Face incident
OpenAI's incident shows why a virtual machine is not an isolation strategy by itself. This checklist covers networks, credentials, shared services, stop conditions and response.
11 min read →AI ToolsGradio introduces a visual workflow builder for AI pipelines
The new gr.Workflow API turns typed Python functions into a drag-and-drop graph with runnable nodes and visible intermediate results.
8 min read →CodingGPT-5.6 joins Kiro for spec-driven coding work
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna models are now available in AWS's Kiro coding agent, pairing the model family with requirements, design documents, task plans and review checkpoints.
8 min read →CodingMeasure coding-agent cost by the accepted change—not the token
OpenAI's Kiro announcement makes a large cost claim for one benchmark. Teams need a reproducible method that includes retries, tests and human review before choosing an agent.
10 min read →CodingHugging Face Candle fixes an ONNX Reshape compatibility gap
A focused Candle commit now honors ONNX's allowzero behavior and corrects -1 dimension inference. The patch shows why model portability depends on operator edge cases, not file conversion alone.
8 min read →IndustryMistral adds organization-wide API key expiration controls
Mistral administrators can now cap the validity of newly created API keys and receive expiration notifications. The small release addresses a common source of long-lived access risk.
7 min read →Model PlatformsWhat speculative decoding changes for local AI agents
Draft-and-verify inference can make an agent feel faster without replacing its target model. The benefit is workload-specific, and poor evaluation can hide memory and reliability costs.
9 min read →ProductivityBuild an AI task-management workflow with approval gates
The useful AI task manager does not automatically act on every request. It turns messy input into a reviewable plan, applies permissions and records what happened.
10 min read →CodingA practical AI code-review workflow for pull requests
AI review can find patterns and draft fixes, but it should complement tests, security controls and accountable human approval rather than become an automatic merge signal.
9 min read →IndustryNVIDIA Cosmos 3 turns the world model into a robotics stack
NVIDIA's Cosmos 3 announcement connects perception, simulation and action generation. Here is what the full-stack approach means for robotics teams—and what still needs independent testing.
8 min read →ProductivityHow to automate an AI workflow without losing human control
Reliable automation begins with a bounded task, explicit permissions and measurable approval gates—not an agent with unrestricted access.
10 min read →CodingHow to evaluate an AI coding assistant across a real team
Autocomplete demos miss the work that determines value: review load, model portability, security, repository context and whether generated changes survive production.
10 min read →CodingClaude Sonnet 5 brings a more agentic default model to Claude Code
Anthropic's new Sonnet model targets coding, tool use and autonomous work while keeping a lower price point than its Opus-class frontier models.
8 min read →CodingCoding agents just crossed into the design canvas
Figma’s new agent workflow lets tools such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor work with native canvas objects and design-system rules. The handoff between design and code is becoming a shared workspace.
7 min read →AI AgentsManaged agents are turning prototypes into infrastructure
Anthropic’s Claude Managed Agents beta packages the harness, sandbox and long-running execution that teams previously assembled themselves. The launch shifts the agent race from demos to operations.
7 min read →ReviewsCursor review: a powerful AI code editor that still needs engineering discipline
Cursor combines fast completion, codebase search and tool-using agents inside a familiar editor. OpenAI's planned model withdrawal adds a new reason to evaluate its multi-model workflow rather than depend on one provider.
12 min read →PROMPT LIBRARY
Prompts curated by Ethan Brooks
Brand Tagline Generator Webpage
Design a useful tagline workflow with transparent inputs and editable results. Includes practical controls, review states and originality safeguards.
Customize prompt →Gemini 3 ProAI Research SaaS Landing Page
A credible SaaS landing page centered on traceable evidence instead of generic AI magic.
Customize prompt →Gemini 3 ProModel Evaluation Dashboard
A dense but readable dashboard for comparing quality, cost and latency across evaluation runs.
Customize prompt →Gemini 3 ProAI Studio Portfolio
A project-led portfolio that documents process, constraints and outcomes instead of showing a generic gallery.
Customize prompt →Gemini 3 ProAI Tool Comparison Page
A comparison page that makes criteria and uncertainty visible before recommending a tool.
Customize prompt →Gemini 3 ProAgent Workflow Builder
A visual workflow page that communicates permissions, human review and failure handling.
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