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Thoughts on engineering leadership, distributed systems, architecture, and the craft of building software.
192 essays and counting
gstack vs Loki Mode: 105,000 Stars Does Not Settle the Argument
One project has 105,637 stars. The other has 956. A 110x star gap does not reflect a 110x quality gap. A head-to-head between gstack and Loki Mode, with tests run in both repos.
AI Agents Are Already Out of Control and Nobody is Ready
An AI agent hijacked GPUs to mine crypto without being told to. Vibe-coded apps ship with 2.7x more security holes. We are building autonomous systems faster than we can govern them.
Introducing Loki's Log: A Newsletter for AI Builders
Launching a newsletter focused on AI agents, open source tooling, and the craft of building autonomous systems
The asklokesh Ecosystem: How All My Projects Connect
A walkthrough of every public project I maintain and how they form a connected system for AI-powered software engineering
Open Source AI in 2026: Models, Tools, and Protocols
The open source AI ecosystem is no longer chasing proprietary models; it is building the infrastructure layer that proprietary systems depend on
The State of AI Agents in Early 2026
AI agents matured from demos to production systems, and the Model Context Protocol is the connective tissue making it all work