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The Cheapest Way to Sandbox an AI Coding Agent on Windows

Docker. WSL. VMs. All work, but all are heavy when you just need to stop an AI agent from touching your whole drive. The simplest sandbox Map the agent's working folder to its own drive letter. Windows treats it as a real drive. The agent sees a clean filesystem root. If it runs rm -rf / , it only nukes its own sandbox. Local folder → drive letter : subst.scsoi.com WebDAV/cloud → drive letter :…

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AI Helps Us Build Faster. Are We Learning Enough?

You finish a feature with AI. The page loads. The API responds. The error is gone. Then a requirement changes, and you’re unsure which part of the code to touch. Does that mean using AI was a mistake?

  • AI accelerates coding but doesn't improve learning
  • Developers scoring 50% with AI vs 67% manually
  • Effective AI use involves explaining problems and predicting outcomes

llms.txt v2: what an agent actually reads

This note has an interactive demo. Try it in the original The llms.txt proposal got its first big revision in August 2026, and the changes answer the obvious question nobody could answer before: given…

  • llms.txt v2 published in August 2026, addressing agent file discovery
  • Allows any path, with most specific file taking precedence
  • Introduces two Markdown URL forms and rel=alternate/rel=describedby link relations

Wahala App, NIIA Forge Alliance to Deploy AI for Security Intelligence, Business Risk Management

Nigerian technology company, Wahala App Ltd, has partnered with the General Leo Irabor Early Warning Systems Centre (GLIC) of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) to deploy…

  • Wahala App partners with GLIC to use AI for security intelligence
  • Platform collects citizen reports for early warning systems
  • AI analysis uncovers hidden vulnerabilities and broader risks

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