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#2685: Plugin Data Storage for AI Agents
How to separate user data from plugin code across Linux, macOS, and Windows in agentic AI environments.
#2684: When Agent Skills Collide: Context Windows & Plugin Design
How to handle overlapping agent skills and whether context windows will ever make the problem go away.
#2683: MCP vs Agent Skills: Context Wars
When 12M token windows arrive, do MCP servers or agent skills win? Plus: federated access for agent teams.
#2682: Live Retrieval vs. RAG: What an Agent Actually Does
Does every AI conversation create a tiny vector store? We unpack the real tradeoffs between live document fetching and pre-indexed RAG.
#2681: Laundry Decoded: Beyond the Red Sock Disaster
Sorting, labels, water temps, and detergents — the complete beginner's guide to not shrinking your wardrobe.
#2680: The 200-Year Loophole That Shaped UK Tax
How a 1799 tax carve-out let billionaires avoid UK taxes for centuries — until Akshata Murty broke it.
#2679: Can a VPN Protect You from SS7 Phone Spying?
SS7 is the hidden backbone of global phone networks—and it's wide open to spies. Here's what a VPN does and doesn't fix.
#2678: How IMSI Catchers Actually Track Your Phone
How fake cell towers intercept your phone, from GSM flaws to 5G fixes. Separating spy-thriller hype from real engineering.
#2677: Memory Layers for AI Agents: SaaS vs Self-Hosted
Zep, mem0, Letta, Graphiti, Cognee — which memory layer should you commit to for your AI agent?
#2676: Vector Database Schema Design for AI Memory Layers
Stop dumping vectors blindly. Design metadata schemas and namespaces for retrieval that actually works at scale.