The Product That Didn't Exist

The original article in this series argued that no LLM product was deliberately designed for personal, persistent-agent, or continuous coding use. Anthropic shipped one piece of the answer on June 15. xAI shipped the other on May 19. This is what they are, why they exist, and how to

ANTHROPIC

Tech Broiler · May 16, 2026

GENERATIVE AI AND FOUNDATION MODELS

How AI Agents Actually Work Today, and the Problem They All Share

> Disclosure: This post reflects independent personal experimentation and my own hands-on work on personal open-source projects. It reflects only my personal views, is not professional advice, and does not represent any organization, employer, or official position. If you have been hearing about "AI agents" and

OPEN AICLAUDE

Tech Broiler · May 11, 2026

COMPUTER HARDWARE AND ARCHITECTURE

Memory is not a feature

> Disclosure: This post reflects independent personal experimentation and my own hands-on work on personal open-source projects. It reflects only my personal views, is not professional advice, and does not represent any organization, employer, or official position. MNEMOS v5.0.1 · Apache 2.0 · In production

IBMMICROSOFT

Tech Broiler · May 06, 2026

NANOTECHNOLOGY AND NANOMATERIALS

Honey, I Built a Linux Distribution

Or, what happens when a small ARM SoC, a quiet weekend, and a 45-year-old Disney movie collide on your desk > Disclosure: This post reflects independent personal experimentation and my own hands-on work on personal open-source projects. It reflects only my personal views, is not professional advice,

USCHRIS LARSONCIX TECHNOLOGY

Tech Broiler · May 05, 2026

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND COMPILERS

Determinism wasn't enough: we had to stop fighting the agents, too

> Disclosure: This post reflects independent personal experimentation and my own hands-on work on personal open-source projects. It reflects only my personal views, is not professional advice, and does not represent any organization, employer, or official position. This is the follow-on to "All our tests passed.