Guides
Learn the stack behind serious AI coding.
Clear explanations, practical workflows, and honest tool guides for developers who want agents to ship dependable software.
Start here
New to the category? Read Vibe coding, then AI coding harnesses, then the agentic workflow.
Open the first guide →Foundations
Build the mental model first
6 essential guides
Vibe coding
Understand the practice, the risks, and where it fits in a real software lifecycle.
Read guide →AI coding harnesses
See why the operating layer around a model matters more than another chat window.
Read guide →Agentic coding
Move from autocomplete to agents that plan, use tools, and complete multi-step work.
Read guide →Context engineering
Give an agent the right files, constraints, memory, and evidence at the right moment.
Read guide →Agentic workflows
Build a repeatable plan → implement → review → verify loop that survives real projects.
Read guide →Enterprise vibe coding
Add governance, security boundaries, ownership, and rollout discipline.
Read guide →Tool guides
Know what each tool is actually for
Claude Code
Anthropic’s terminal agent, workflow, pricing shape, and where it fits.
Open guide → Field guideCodex CLI
OpenAI’s command-line coding agent and the practical operating model around it.
Open guide → Field guideOpenCode
An open, multi-provider coding CLI for teams that want more control.
Open guide → Field guideAider
A Git-native pair-coding workflow with a long track record and a focused interface.
Open guide → Field guideKimi K3
Moonshot’s flagship model and coding hub, explained for working developers.
Open guide → Field guideTools map
Compare builders, editors, CLIs, agents, and harnesses by the job they actually do.
Open guide →Keep current
Guides explain the system. The magazine tracks what changes.
Read the latest model releases, tool changes, benchmarks, and field notes in the tech magazine.
