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Build static pages, highlight code, and sync database views. bongo.build Compiles Markdown and templates, bundles scripts with Rolldown and styles with LightningCSS. diffs.com/highlights WebAssembly syntax highlighting with Shiki-compatible output and incremental tokenization.

Four self-hosted and privacy-first tools for retaining ownership of your stack: rustrak (github.com/rustrak/rust...) Single-binary, self-hosted observability suite compatible with Sentry SDKs for errors, tracing, and logs

petal.live Lightweight remote pair programming with selective app sharing, low-latency control, and a self-hosted relay option

Four infrastructure tools for moving AI agents into production archify.si Compiles codebases and system descriptions into interactive architecture maps directly inside coding agents mecatl.dev Cloud-native runtime for hosting agents on K8s with permission gates, sandboxed environments, and logs

A few newer builder tools I came across this week: roomote.dev a single-tenant cloud coding agent that works from your repo and returns PRs with live previews ledge.sh Markdown notes where code blocks run in place, including on an SSH server

Building with agents? Save these: dev.fast AST-based code review, DB diagrams, and agent trajectory inspection skills.lassejlv.dk/skills/build-g… GPUI guidance for state, accessibility, tests, and packaging flask.do Turn spoken and drawn video feedback into timestamped agent comments …

here are 5 agent-building resources worth saving 👇 - cube.computer/ - cloud computer that keeps coding-agent sessions running and separates work by worktree - harnessrouter.ai/ - one API to run agent harnesses in isolated sandboxes, self-hosted or managed

here are 4 builder tools that take a different route around the usual stack. save these 👇 - devfra.me/ - define a devtool once, then mount it in any framework, a CLI, a static report, or an agent - github.com/lovablelabs/oj - Rust-native React builds aimed at lower memory use and faster cold start

here are 4 links worth saving if you're building an indie app 👇 - discoverindieapps.com / list an iOS app, pay once, and get search/category visibility with optional featured placement - super-easy-apps.kit.com/app-creator / an agent skill to add Xcode proj scaffolding, build, and cleaner errors

here are 5 links from this week for people building agent-ready software 👇 - danny.md — free, remixable Markdown skills, prompts, and files for AI agents - sidebranch.dev — compare running UI changes across Git worktrees in side-by-side browser panes M

- celesto.ai — run agents in isolated microVMs with a browser, persistence, snapshots, and MCP support

here are 4 developer tools worth saving from last week👇 - difftastic.wilfred.me.uk — syntax-aware diffs that ignore formatting noise and show real line numbers - emulator.wtf — run Android cloud emulators in PR checks for faster feedback

here are 4 AI builder tools worth saving 👇 - gputable.dev — compare current cloud GPU rental prices - iwe.md — keep agent memory in plain Markdown - getkern.dev — run rootless container sandboxes with virtual resources

here are 5 things I bookmarked for building agent-ready software 👇 - openrun.sh - schedule the coding CLIs you already use, then review local diffs before you push - pageindex.ai - retrieve answers from long documents without embeddings, chunking, or a vector database

- acceptmarkdown.com - serve Markdown to agents via Accept: text/markdown while browsers still get HTML - github.com/t8y2/dbx - a 20 MB database client for 90+ databases, with CLI, Docker, and MCP support

here are 4 tools for people building solo 👇 - agentsky.dev — run persistent coding agents in the cloud through one API, with GitHub, email, file, and chat integrations - rclown.com — self-host scheduled backups between S3, R2, B2, and other S3-compatible buckets

here are 3 solid links for product engineers 👇 - hdls.tools — MCP tools that give agents a mailbox, pastebin, URL shortener, file uploads, and reminders - reflectdb.dev — TypeScript sync engine for offline-first browser clients, optimistic writes, conflicts, and type inference

here are 4 tools for teams building with AI agents 👇 - worktrunk.dev — create, switch, inspect, and clean up Git worktrees for parallel agent work - pgbot.dev — read-only Postgres checks for health, slow queries, indexes, and schema changes

here are 6 UI resources worth saving 👇 - great-ui.com — 31 ready-to-use React and Tailwind components - github.com/nutlope/variate — generate 4 code-based UI variations, then keep the one you want - tryanim8.com — browser motion editor with editable keyframes and animated SVG export

It's been 3 years since | last updated my blog, but last weekend I finally sat down and wrote again. I put together some thoughts on low-context engineering: designing systems, tools, and workflows that are easier for humans and Al agents to understand, modify, and review safely.