Section
Tools
Developer tooling, agents, evaluation, gateways and the software stack around generative AI, tested and compared.
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Explainer
Claude Skills explained: how Agent Skills work in Claude Code, apps and the API
Claude Skills are folders of instructions and scripts that agents load on demand. How SKILL.md works, where skills run, how to write one, and skills vs MCP.
Comparison
Top 5 AI gateways for routing between vLLM, Ollama and cloud LLMs in 2026
Five AI gateways ranked for hybrid inference: routing between self-hosted vLLM, SGLang and Ollama servers and cloud LLMs, with health checks and failover.
Comparison
Top 10 AI gateways in 2026, ranked for production use
Bifrost, LiteLLM, Kong, Azure API Management, Agent Router, Vercel, Cloudflare, Databricks, OpenRouter and APISIX ranked on overhead, failover, governance, guardrails, MCP and deployment.
Comparison
Cursor vs Claude Code in October 2026: IDE agent or terminal agent?
Cursor vs Claude Code compared on workflow, models, cloud agents, context, MCP, skills, team controls and pricing after Cursor's move to The X Subscription.
Comparison
Top 10 MCP gateways in 2026, compared for enterprise agent teams
Ten MCP gateways ranked on per-user OAuth, tool-level access control, audit, guardrails on tool calls, observability, LLM routing, deployment and licence, from each vendor's documentation.
Comparison
Top 10 MCP servers for coding agents in 2026, ranked on what they cost and what they risk
GitHub, Context7, Playwright, Chrome DevTools, Sentry and five more MCP servers ranked for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Copilot, with measured tool-definition token costs and injection risks.
Comparison
Top 10 agent orchestration frameworks in 2026, ranked for production
Ten code-first frameworks for single- and multi-agent systems, ranked on orchestration model, durable state, human approval, MCP and A2A support, language reach and licence.
Comparison
Ten open-source AI gateways you can self-host in 2026, ranked
Bifrost, LiteLLM, Kuadrant, Agent Router, APISIX, Higress, Kong, MLflow, Plano and New API ranked on licence, what the free tier holds back, footprint, MCP, governance and air-gapped fit.
Comparison
Top 10 open-source MCP gateways you can self-host in 2026
Ten MCP gateways you can run on your own infrastructure, ranked on what the free tier actually includes: OAuth, per-tool access control, audit, guardrails, deployment and community health.
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Top 10 MCP servers in 2026, and how to run them safely
GitHub, Playwright, Context7, Atlassian, Notion, Slack, Sentry, Supabase, Stripe and Figma ranked on maintenance, transport, auth, tool scoping and security record, read from each vendor's docs.
Comparison
LiteLLM alternatives in 2026: why teams switch and where they go
LiteLLM alternatives compared: why teams outgrow the Python proxy, six gateways ranked with Bifrost first, and a config-by-config path for migrating off LiteLLM.
Explainer
MCP gateway explained: what it does and when agent teams need one
An MCP gateway puts one governed endpoint between agents and the MCP servers they call. How tool filtering, upstream auth, audit and token control work, and where the risks sit.
