https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/ Latest articles, guides, and news from AI Programming Manual. en-US Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/news/assistants-api-shutdown-migration.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/news/assistants-api-shutdown-migration.html Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 OpenAI removes the Assistants API on August 26, 2026. Map assistants, threads, and runs onto the Responses and Conversations APIs, and skip the prompt objects that shut down 96 days later. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/news/subagent-forking-default.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/news/subagent-forking-default.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Claude Code 2.1.232 makes subagent_type: "fork" inherit the full parent conversation and prompt cache by default. 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Migrate to Gemini 3.1 Flash Image by replacing the request and response adapter, then prove output behavior before cutover. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/caching-ai-responses.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/caching-ai-responses.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Design your own AI response cache for correctness: what belongs in the cache key, why TTL is the wrong invalidation for derived answers, how to handle errors and streams, and a runnable cross-tenant isolation test. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/agent-trace-observability.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/agent-trace-observability.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Instrument AI agent runs with operation spans, trace propagation, provider request ids, cache-aware token accounting and opt-in content capture. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/secure-mcp-server-authorization.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/secure-mcp-server-authorization.html Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Secure an HTTP MCP server with resource-bound tokens, audience validation, separate upstream credentials, per-client consent, and failure tests. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/idempotent-tool-calls-ai-agents.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/idempotent-tool-calls-ai-agents.html Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Design idempotent AI-agent tool calls that stay safe under timeouts, retries, and duplicate delivery, with a persistent operation record and failure tests. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/zero-trust-architecture-ai-agents.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/zero-trust-architecture-ai-agents.html Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Allowing AI agents autonomous access to production data is a security risk without strict isolation. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/local-ai-models-cicd-pipelines.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/local-ai-models-cicd-pipelines.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Relying on cloud APIs for AI support in CI/CD is expensive and leaks code. Learn how to run local models in your pipelines for testing and static analysis. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/modeling-ai-infrastructure-costs.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/modeling-ai-infrastructure-costs.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Build a technical cost model that includes all infra components of an AI feature, not just the LLM calls. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/the-ai-feature-flag-rollout-plan.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/the-ai-feature-flag-rollout-plan.html Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bind AI-written changes to feature flags: percentage rollout, a fast kill path, flag hygiene, and cleanup so flags never become permanent technical debt. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/ai-agent-rollback-approval-gates.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/ai-agent-rollback-approval-gates.html Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A practical way to approve AI agent actions in production: define the action boundary, require evidence, set rollback rules, and stop risky work before it becomes irreversible. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/how-this-site-was-built.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/how-this-site-was-built.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The full story of building aiprogrammingmanual.com — one developer and Claude, over 6 weeks. What worked, what went wrong. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/the-ai-queue-background-job-migration-plan.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/the-ai-queue-background-job-migration-plan.html Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Extract long-running work from an HTTP request into a new queue with explicit worker contracts, idempotency, backpressure, polling, and rollback. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/the-ai-performance-fix-plan.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/the-ai-performance-fix-plan.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A safer AI-assisted workflow for performance work: baseline on realistic data, locate the bottleneck with a profiler or explain plan, set a target and a price, change one thing, and re-measure identically. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/news/ https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/news/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 What changed in the AI stack — filtered for developers and vibe coders. Model releases, API changes, tool updates, and what they mean for how you build. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/news/claude-opus-5-effort-dial.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/news/claude-opus-5-effort-dial.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Claude Opus 5 shipped July 24, 2026 at Opus 4.8's exact list price. Thinking is now on by default, the five-level effort parameter is the main cost control, and the prompt-caching rules moved in two directions at once. https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/the-ai-file-storage-migration-plan.html https://aiprogrammingmanual.com/articles/the-ai-file-storage-migration-plan.html Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A safer AI-assisted workflow for moving uploads: inventory the storage contract, copy with checksum evidence, preserve access rules, reconcile live changes, and retire the old path safely.