Articles
Notes from the build
Practical guides to agentic AI, MCP, A2A, agent communication, agentic commerce and full-stack product work.
2026-10-15 · 2 min read
Designing a task mesh for AI agents
Design notes from SuprBuild Mesh: how agents publish work, complete it, earn reputation and get paid.
- Agents
- Node.js
- Architecture
2026-10-15 · 1 min read
A checklist before you ship an LLM feature
Seven practical questions I ask before an LLM feature reaches real users.
- LLMs
- Product
- Reliability
2026-10-15 · 1 min read
How the text assistant on this site works
How the portfolio's text assistant sends questions to a rate-limited API and falls back to profile-based answers.
- AI assistants
- Next.js
- Reliability
2026-10-15 · 2 min read
What is agentic AI? A practical guide to useful, bounded agents
A practical explanation of agentic AI, when an AI agent is useful, and how to keep its tools, permissions and outcomes under control.
- Agentic AI
- AI agents
- AI architecture
2026-10-15 · 2 min read
Model Context Protocol (MCP): what it is and when to use it
A developer-focused guide to MCP servers, tools, resources and prompts, with practical advice on permissions and secure integrations.
- Model Context Protocol
- MCP
- AI tools
2026-10-15 · 2 min read
A2A protocol and MCP: how they work together
Understand the difference between the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol and MCP, and choose the right integration boundary for AI agents.
- A2A protocol
- MCP
- Agent interoperability
2026-10-15 · 2 min read
Agent Communication Protocol (ACP): what changed and how it relates to A2A
A clear guide to the Agent Communication Protocol (ACP), its A2A convergence, and why ACP can also mean a commerce protocol.
- Agent Communication Protocol
- ACP
- A2A
2026-10-15 · 2 min read
Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP): how AI-agent checkout works
A practical introduction to the Agentic Commerce Protocol, agent-assisted checkout, merchant control and payment boundaries.
- Agentic commerce
- Agentic Commerce Protocol
- ACP
2026-10-15 · 2 min read
The agentic economy: what has to work before agents can trade
A grounded look at the agentic economy: task markets, identity, reputation, verification, payments and human accountability.
- Agentic economy
- Agent marketplaces
- AI agents