FROM THE TRENCHES Issue №287

Practical decisions for AI and software

Technical guides to choose models, verify software and plan delivery.

Latest articles

New comparisons, practical guides and engineering lessons.

Wavect editorial illustration of nested runtime layers for Claude Mods and function hooks AI & Agents

Claude Mods: Setup, Function Hooks and Security

Claude Mods: current host requirements, historical early-access notes, function hooks and the security checks for a useful pilot.

Abstract software layers illustrating an independent airport technology analysis, not an airport system or official airport graphic Delivery & QA

Flughafen Innsbruck: An Independent Software, Digitalisation and AI Opportunity Map

An independent opportunity analysis based on public information: passenger services, winter-demand planning, transport information and administrative workflows. No airport engagement or endorsement is claimed.

Wavect’s September 2026 No. 1 Austria ranking report, with a target motif Business & Regulation

Wavect Is No. 1 in Austria on Clutch: September 2026 Rankings

Dated Austria category positions on Clutch, GoodFirms and The Manifest, plus four Sortlist first-listed observations with sorting, sources and scope.

Wavect editorial illustration for Voicebox local voice cloning and MCP integration AI & Agents

Voicebox: Local Voice Cloning, Dictation and MCP Setup

Clone a voice, dictate across apps and let an existing agent speak locally. A sourced Voicebox guide with MCP and REST setup, engine choices and privacy checks.

Teal routing node branching to three endpoints on a dark Wavect header, with one selected route highlighted AI & Agents

Valyu’s 0.6B Multi-Agent Router: Results, Limits and When to Train One

A trained Qwen3-0.6B beat prompted Haiku and Nova Lite in one retrieval-routing study. Understand the metric, training evidence and production decision before adopting it.

Geometric code core and four tool nodes inside layered runtime frames on a dark Wavect header AI & Agents

OpenAI Agents API Review: Migration, Costs and Data Controls

What the managed Codex harness replaces, what stays your responsibility, and how to test the launch numbers before migrating a real workflow.

Large source files go to a worker model while only focused summaries return to Claude; reasoning stays separate AI & Agents

Spotify shunt Review: Setup, Savings and Limits

What Spotify's 90% claim actually measures, what Portal setup requires, and how to test file-read delegation without moving the cost into rework.

Three AI coworker profiles connect to a policy and audit gateway before using browser, file and MCP tools; conversation storage is shown separately AI & Agents

OpenBot Review: Self-Hosted AI Coworkers, Costs & Controls

A source-reviewed guide to CopilotKit OpenBot: where its action gateway helps, which defaults need changing, and when self-hosting beats buying a managed assistant.

A phone and laptop split one large language model across browser tabs while WebRTC carries activations between them AI & Agents

SwarmLLM Review 2026: Browser P2P LLM Inference Across Phones and Laptops

A buyer-focused review of SwarmLLM: browser-native 27B inference across phones and laptops, WebGPU/WebRTC architecture, benchmark limits, peer trust, and when to pilot it.

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