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Agent Core: Database-Native Tool Calling Baked Into Weights
Applied ai ml 10 min

Agent Core: Database-Native Tool Calling Baked Into Weights

An open-source LoRA that teaches small language models to think in SQL before grep. 9 tools. 3 databases. 61.3% tool selection accuracy. One consumer GPU.

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Agent Core v5.4: When Data Augmentation Backfires
Professional ai ml 24 min

Agent Core v5.4: When Data Augmentation Backfires

We 6.5x'd our training data and made the model safer but less capable. Here's the root cause, the numbers, and the v5.5 fix plan.

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Agent Core v5.3: What We Learned Training a Tool-Calling LoRA on Real Data
Professional ai ml 22 min

Agent Core v5.3: What We Learned Training a Tool-Calling LoRA on Real Data

Concrete training results comparing v5.2 and v5.3 of Agent Core — a universal tool-calling LoRA for 8B models. What improved, what regressed, and why SFT has a ceiling.

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Building a Values-Aligned Offline Coding Agent for a Christian School
Applied ai ml 16 min

Building a Values-Aligned Offline Coding Agent for a Christian School

How I forked an open-source coding agent and gave it a conscience — a Body-Mind-Spirit architecture that keeps student data private and character central.

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How to Read Code You Didn't Write
Foundations career 9 min

How to Read Code You Didn't Write

Reading unfamiliar code is a skill, not a talent. Here's a systematic approach that works — from README to running the tests.

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