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                <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[I'm Building An AI Agent. Except I'm Not. And Neither Are Most Of Them.]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Vibe Coding Hate Is Justified. For All The Wrong Reasons]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Agentic AI:  Who's responsible? The AI? Or the developer?]]></title>
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