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A Claude Code session asking why Claude users hit their limits but Codex users do not, with the agent offering to compare waste patterns.

Allen Pike · October 5, 2026

Coding Agent Cost Analysis: Tools and Approaches

Current approaches and tools for understanding and improving a team's coding agents' cost and workflows.

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A Powerplant demo highlighting a “Screenshare not connected” notification in a product interface.

Allen Pike · July 14, 2026

Coding Agents Gotta Attach Demo Videos

The least a coding agent can do is show its work.

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Blacksmith pricing page promoting a free trial with no credit card required.

Allen Pike · June 8, 2026

Surprise! Pay $1000

What's the right behaviour when "try for free" ends?

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A room with too much electricity.

Jenn Cooper · June 5, 2026

Test Coverage Won't Save You

On protecting agent-written codebases from incoherence.

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More from the team

Allen Pike · June 1, 2026

Building for Voice In, Visuals Out

Some of the lessons we've learned building realtime AI, from latency constraints to UX ramifications.

Allen Pike · March 28, 2026

Infer Meetup, April 2026

The latest Infer Vancouver event is happening on April 9, featuring AI engineers from Ada, Gumloop, and Cresta.

Allen Pike · February 28, 2026

Launch Now

Our decision to launch Cedarloop, and building in the open.