Maina Wycliffe

Maina Wycliffe

@mainawycliffe.dev

Chief Builder at Garatropic. Building AI agents, skein-js, and practical tools. https://mainawycliffe.dev/

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I am working on an exciting feature: local agents with skein-js. These will enable you to build and run your agents locally using Tauri or Electron, etc., eliminating the need for server management, all while utilising the same Agents Protocol. github.com/skein-js/ske... #typescript #langgraph

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Angular 22.2 was released at the end of September 2026. Two additions stand out, both as developer previews: Error boundaries catch errors while rendering a section of a template and show a fallback view instead. Router Resources load route data with resources instead of resolvers, in parallel rathe

angulararchitects.ioAngular 22.2: Error Boundaries, Router Resources, and More - ANGULARarchitectsAngular 22.2 brings error boundaries with @boundary and Router Resources as developer previews. This article shows both using a demo and summarizes further changes from the changelog.
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Agents aren’t just prompts + loops. Real‑world use means tools, decisions, persistence, human‑in‑the‑loop, and durability. Skein’s Building Blocks page shows how these primitives come together — with Postgres, Redis, and contracts instead of prose. skein-js.github.io/skein-js/building-blocks

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Happy that GitHub is adding support for this,even if it's via the GitHub cli. This is a huge pain point and would solve developers alot of hard work, when creating dependent PRs, that merge to the same branch. Also makes reviewers work easier, no large PRs with multiple scoped changes to review.

share.googleGitHub Targets Large Merge Problem with Stacked PRsGitHub has launched a native stacked pull request workflow through a new CLI extension called gh-stack, closing a gap that third-party tools have filled for several years. It aims to resolve the problem where large pull requests are hard to review, slow to merge and prone to conflicts, with GitHub stating that reviewers lose context, feedback quality drops, and the whole team slows down.
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Your harness, your memory share.google/AaItsRzkIRxj...

share.googleYour harness, your memoryAgent harnesses are becoming the dominant way to build agents, and they are not going anywhere. These harnesses are intimately tied to agent memory. If you used a closed harness - especially if it’s behind a proprietary API - you are choosing to yield control of your agent’s memory to a third party. Memory is incredibly important to creating good and sticky agentic experiences. This creates incredible lock in. Memory - and therefor harnesses - should be open, so that you own your own memory
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Most discussions of continual learning in AI focus on one thing: updating model weights. But for AI agents, learning can happen at three distinct layers: the model, the harness, and the context. Understanding the difference changes how you think about building systems that improve over time.

share.googleContinual learning for AI agentsMost discussions of continual learning in AI focus on one thing: updating model weights. But for AI agents, learning can happen at three distinct layers: the model, the harness, and the context. Understanding the difference changes how you think about building systems that improve over time. The three main layers
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Developer’s Guide to Building ADK Agents with Skills - Google Developers Blog share.google/dEGz2ZpaHuRW...

share.googleDeveloper’s Guide to Building ADK Agents with Skills- Google Developers BlogDiscover how the ADK SkillToolset uses progressive disclosure to build self-extending AI agents that load expertise on demand. Learn four patterns to reduce token costs and enable agents to dynamically generate their own skills using the agentskills.io specification.
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One thing I've learnt building a production AI agent: persistent state isn't a nice-to-have — it's the foundation. Your agent sends a clarification message. The customer replies two days later. You need to resume exactly where you left off — not start over.

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But persistence alone isn't enough. State gets stale. If something in their cart is now out of stock, say so. If you've restocked what they wanted, offer it. Durable context + real-time validation. You need both.

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Migrating to Angular Signal Forms: Interop with Reactive Forms

angulararchitects.ioMigrating to Angular Signal Forms: Interop with Reactive Forms - ANGULARarchitectsDies ist Beitrag 3 von 3 der Serie “Signal Forms” Dynamic Forms: Building a Form Generator with Signal Forms Angular Signal Forms – Everything You Need to Know Migrating to Angular Signal Forms: Interop with Reactive Forms Signals Forms is the new Forms implementation in Angular. However, Reactive Forms will be supported for a long […]