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AI Agents Demystified: From Language Models to Autonomous Intelligence (Fri, 13 Feb 2026)
What Exactly Is an AI Agent? Artificial Intelligence has entered a new phase, one where systems no longer just respond, but reason, plan, and act.  Language models like GPT, Gemini, or Claude are incredibly powerful, but they live inside a box. They can generate, summarize, and explain, but they can’t take real-world action unless connected to something beyond themselves. That’s where AI agents come in.
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A Guide to Parallax and Scroll-Based Animations (Fri, 13 Feb 2026)
Parallax animation can transform static web pages into immersive, interactive experiences. While traditional parallax relies on simple background image movement and tons of JavaScript code, scroll-based CSS animation opens up a world of creative possibilities with no JavaScript at all. In this guide, we’ll explore two distinct approaches: SVG block animation: Creating movement using SVG graphics for unique, customizable effects. Multi-image parallax background: Stacking and animating multiple image layers for a classic parallax illusion. We'll walk through each technique step by step, compare their strengths and limitations, and offer practical tips for responsive design.
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Quantum-Safe Trading Systems: Preparing Risk Engines for the Post-Quantum Threat (Fri, 13 Feb 2026)
The Coming Break in Trust Picture this: a structured BRL-USD note is booked and hedged in 2025, stitched across FX triggers, callable steps, and a sovereign curve that looks stable enough to lull even the cautious. Trade capture is clean, risk logs balance, settlement acknowledges signatures, and the desk moves on. Years pass. The note remains live, coupons roll, collateral terms are amended twice, and the position is referenced by downstream analytics and audit trails that assume the original cryptographic guarantees still hold. Then the ground shifts. Adversaries who quietly harvested network traffic in 2025 now possess hardware that can break the RSA and ECC protections that guarded those artifacts. The trade’s lineage—what was agreed, authorized, and attested — no longer rests on unforgeable proofs. It rests on assumptions that no longer apply. This is not a scare line for a compliance deck. It is a systems problem with direct pricing consequences. If a payoff confirmation, margin call message, or risk model artifact can be replayed, altered, or repudiated because yesterday’s signatures are breakable tomorrow, the integrity of the entire lifecycle is at risk. You can mark a curve correctly and still be wrong if the attestation that links a payout to a specific state of the world becomes suspect. 
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How to Build an MCP Server (Fri, 13 Feb 2026)
Model Context Protocol has been playing a crucial role in integrating various tools with agents in a very streamlined manner. You can expose your tools via APIs and connect to the MCP clients. At the same time, there has been lots of confusion about MCP.  Below clarifies the doubt:  What MCP Server Is Not MCP is not a framework for building agents. MCP is not a Python library. MCP is not a container. MCP is not a way to code agents. How Model Context Protocol (MCP) Works Ultimately, 
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DevOps Cafe Podcast

DevOps Cafe Ep 79 - Guests: Joseph Jacks and Ben Kehoe (Mon, 13 Aug 2018)
Triggered by Google Next 2018, John and Damon chat with Joseph Jacks (stealth startup) and Ben Kehoe (iRobot) about their public disagreements — and agreements — about Kubernetes and Serverless. 
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DevOps Cafe Ep 78 - Guest: J. Paul Reed (Mon, 23 Jul 2018)
John and Damon chat with J.Paul Reed (Release Engineering Approaches) about the field of Systems Safety and Human Factors that studies why accidents happen and how to minimize the occurrence and impact. Show notes at http://devopscafe.org
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DevOps Cafe Ep. 77 - Damon interviews John (Wed, 20 Jun 2018)
A new season of DevOps Cafe is here. The topic of this episode is "DevSecOps." Damon interviews John about what this term means, why it matters now, and the overall state of security.  Show notes at http://devopscafe.org
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