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How to Choose an AI Model: A Visual Cost and Reliability Lab

A source-checked October 2026 model shortlist, a visual evaluation workflow, and runnable Python for choosing by task success, latency and cost instead of leaderboard hype.

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Debasish Maji
Debasish·Oct 5
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AI Engineering
12 min read

Evaluate AI Agents by State, Not Stories: A Visual Research-to-Code Lab

Turn recent agent research into practical checks: verify final state, detect unintended writes, test retries and distinguish one lucky success from repeatable behavior.

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Debasish Maji
Debasish·Oct 5
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AI Engineering
11 min read

A2A Production Patterns: Why Multi-Agent Systems Need a Protocol

Google's A2A protocol is not another agent framework. It is the missing standard for secure, multi-agent coordination in real production systems.

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Debasish Maji
Debasish·Sep 2
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AI Engineering
11 min read

httpx2: What Breaks in anthropic 1.0.0 and openai 3

In eight days the OpenAI and Anthropic Python SDKs both moved off httpx onto httpx2. Here is what silently breaks, and the two-stack trap nobody warns you about.

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Debasish Maji
Debasish·Aug 26
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AI Engineering
10 min read

EU AI Act Watermarking: What Engineers Must Do Now

The EU AI Act watermarking rules took effect August 2, 2026. How SynthID-Text actually works, why code is barely affected, and the one thing to fix in your pipeline now.

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Debasish Maji
Debasish·Aug 26
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AI Agents
9 min read

MCP Is the Standard Now: Building Cross-Client Servers

ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and VS Code all speak MCP in 2026. What changes when your tools serve every client: descriptions, token budgets, error design and auth.

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Debasish Maji
Debasish·Aug 25
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AI Engineering
10 min read

Claude Opus 5 in Production: Cost, Context and Fast Mode

Claude Opus 5 shipped July 2026 at $5/$25 per million tokens. Why per-token pricing misleads, when fast mode pays for itself, and how to decide if switching is worth it.

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Debasish Maji
Debasish·Aug 24
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AI Concepts
10 min read

What Is Agentic AI? A Simple Explanation for Developers (2026)

Agentic AI explained in plain English. What makes AI agents different from chatbots, how they work under the hood, and why every developer needs to understand this architecture in 2026.

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Debasish Maji
Debasish·Jul 20
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AI Career
13 min read

AI Agent Developer Career Path: How to Land a ₹25L–₹60L AI Engineering Role in 2026

The complete career guide for becoming an AI Agent Developer in 2026. Skills, salaries, interview prep, portfolio projects, and the fastest path from software engineer to AI engineer.

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Debasish Maji
Debasish·Jul 21
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