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South Africa’s ‘clean coal’ plan is a bet against arithmetic

Carbon capture makes coal dearer every year, while solar and batteries get cheaper with every passing quarter.

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OpenCode Needs Memory, Not Another Background Pipeline

I kept explaining the same project facts to new OpenCode sessions. Not the durable rules that already belonged in AGENTS.md . Those were present.

  • OpenCode's new plugin memory aims to address agents forgetting valuable lessons across sessions.
  • The plugin introduces four memory tools: memoryadd, memoryupdate, memorydelete, and memoryread.

Vercel CLI overhaul: DNS, domains, project management

This week's tooling news is largely a Vercel story—CLI expansions, observability upgrades, sandbox regionalization, and a free tier reshuffle landed in close succession.

  • Vercel CLI now manages DNS records, domains, and project members
  • JSON output compatible with scripting tools like jq and CI integration
  • Free MiniMax M3 and M2.7 models available until September 6 for testing

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