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The axios supply chain attack: what actually happened

A deep dive into the mechanics of the attack, what it means for JavaScript supply chain security, and what you should actually do about it.

Apr 12, 2026

8 min read

AI Engineering

Single-threaded to multi-threaded: the agent manager era

Most agent frameworks treat orchestration as an afterthought. Here's why multi-agent coordination is the hard problem and how to design for it from the start.

Mar 28, 2026

12 min read

Infrastructure

Self-hosting LLMs without setting your money on fire

The economics of self-hosted inference, when it makes sense versus when it doesn't, and a practical guide to getting vLLM running on RunPod Serverless.

Feb 14, 2026

15 min read