Key Components of a Linux Distribution for AI agents
Computers now have a new type of user: AI agents. This article outlines the features mainstream Linux distributions would need to call it an \"Agentic OS\".
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Peer-reviewers in the coal mine? About AI & employment
Maybe Section 174 killed Brynjolfsson canaries. Maybe it's indeed AI. This article is about how you should treat working papers as working papers and give more love to the process of peer-reviewing.
AI virus agents: what are they, how to fight them
Bad actors can implement cheap and yet powerful LLM-based AI agents. Self-replication and dynamic prompting could lead to the emergence of rogue agents.
Teaching agentic AI in France - feedback from a trainer
Agentic AI is a new discipline of software engineering. Eric Burel describes how training professional developers to LangChain and Mastra went in 2025.
What is an LLM developer? A complete guide to this new job
The LLM developer is a new specialized role, whose goal is to keep the complexity of creating and maintaining AI-based software solutions under control.
Generating Next.js Route Handlers with GitHub Copilot
"What's funnier that teaching Next.js to human beings? Teaching Next.js to LLMs!
Computing the State of JS user rank with Vercel Cron jobs
Let's discover how we can use a protected API route and a cron job to compute user ranking efficiently
Hybrid i18n with Next and Astro (part 4)
In this series, I relate my quest for the perfect internationalization system (i18n) for hybrid frameworks such as Next.js and Astro. Part 4: Optimized client-side translations.
Hybrid i18n with Next and Astro (part 3)
In this series, I relate my quest for the perfect internationalization system (i18n) for hybrid frameworks such as Next.js and Astro. Part 3: Token expressions.
Hybrid i18n with Next and Astro (part 2)
In this series, I relate my quest for the perfect internationalization system (i18n) for hybrid frameworks such as Next.js and Astro. Part 2: Server Components, we have a deeply nested problem.
Hybrid i18n with Next and Astro (part 1)
In this series, I relate my quest for the perfect internationalization system (i18n) for hybrid frameworks such as Next.js and Astro. Part 1: tokens are all you need.
What is a layout in React?
Layout, pages, components are core concepts of React development.
Secure static paid content in Next.js (App Router)
Let's discover the wrong, the right and the better way to implement an authentication check in front of paid content.
How to stream files from Next.js Route Handlers
Learn how the Route Handlers paradigm affects file streaming in Next.js