01 / Field notes
Writing from the middle of shipping.
Notes from building AI systems that actually run. n8n agents, Claude Code, MCP servers, retrieval, evals, the parts nobody writes tweets about. 25 posts and counting.
July 2026
Claude Code · Cursor
Claude Code vs Cursor, what one does that the other can't
Six months of building production apps with both. Where Claude Code wins, where Cursor still wins, and the workflow I actually use day to day.
10 min read
Alex Cinovoj, TechTide AI
Codex CLI · OpenAI
OpenAI Codex CLI, a real operator's guide
Codex CLI is not another shell wrapper. It is an agent that edits your repo. Here is how to install it, wire it into a real workflow, and not let it wreck main.
11 min read
Alex Cinovoj, TechTide AI
June 2026
Review · Coding agents
How to review agent-written pull requests
The diff looks clean. That is exactly the problem.
9 min read
Alex Cinovoj, TechTide AI
CI · Coding agents
Putting AI coding agents in CI
An agent with repo write access and no gate is not automation. It is an incident with a schedule.
10 min read
Alex Cinovoj, TechTide AI