Preview build. Draft: built from the tools and practices I use every day. I am confirming each verdict this month.

Edition 01Week 4212 Oct 2026

The stack for building a business with agents.

An opinionated radar of the models, tools, infrastructure and practices that change what one person can build, ship and run. Reviewed every week. What moves, and why, is the signal.

40 on the radar
40 new
0 moved in
0 moved out
0 retired

Radar of 40 entries in four quadrants and four rings. The same entries are listed below.

This edition

ED.01 · W42 · 12 OCT

First draft

Built from the tools and practices I use every day. I am confirming each verdict this month.

AGENTS.md instruction filesNew in AdoptOne rule set for all my agents.
Agent skillsNew in AdoptEvery repeated job has a skill.
Ask-first gateNew in AdoptPart of my definition of done.
Claude CodeNew in AdoptMy daily agent harness.
Claude FableNew in AdoptMain model in my daily sessions.
Claude HaikuNew in TrialIn real use for small, narrow checks.
Claude OpusNew in AdoptDefault implementer in my agent builds.
Claude SonnetNew in AdoptUsed daily for evidence, browser work and review.
Cloudflare Pages and WranglerNew in TrialIn real use for smaller sites.
CodexNew in TrialIn real use as a second harness.
Company brainNew in AdoptHow my agents decide without me.
Compilers as agent feedbackNew in TrialIn use on this site and in typechecks.
Computer use on macOSNew in HoldDropped: macOS permission grants never took effect.
Cross-model reviewNew in TrialRecent, used on risky changes.
FluidVoiceNew in AdoptMy daily dictation tool.
Gemini FlashNew in TrialIn real use in one publishing pipeline.
GitHub ActionsNew in AdoptCI for all my active repos.
Guard hooks for agentsNew in AdoptEvery session runs behind guard hooks.
LinearNew in AdoptTicket source for my agent builds.
MLX WhisperNew in TrialIn real use in one film project.
Mask personal data before a model sees itNew in TrialIn use since October 2026.
MetabaseNew in HoldRetired on 2026-09-25.
Model Context ProtocolNew in TrialIn real use for a few apps only.
Model tier per taskNew in AdoptPinned on every agent by a hook.
Models select, code verifiesNew in TrialIn use in one publishing pipeline.
Nano Banana ProNew in TrialIn real use for occasional image work.
NotionNew in HoldMoved to Obsidian on 2026-04-20.
ObsidianNew in AdoptHome of my company brain and task board.
ParallelNew in AdoptDefault research tool for my agents.
Parallel agents in worktreesNew in AdoptHow I build every ticket.
Playwright MCPNew in HoldRemoved on 2026-09-27, replaced by agent-browser.
RailwayNew in AssessUsed for side services, no verdict yet.
ResendNew in AdoptProduction email for Kaufmann Health.
Shipping untested agent codeNew in HoldAvoid: tests gate every commit.
StripeNew in AdoptProduction payments for Kaufmann Health.
SupabaseNew in AdoptProduction database for Kaufmann Health.
T3 CodeNew in TrialIn recent daily use, still alpha.
TypeSafe JevNew in AssessTried in one project.
VercelNew in AdoptProduction hosting for two sites.
agent-browserNew in AdoptOnly browser tool since September 2026.

Every edition

The full radar

40 entries, grouped by quadrant and ring. Rings run from Adopt, a default choice, to Hold, avoid for new work. How to read it.

Models & Agents8

Foundation models and the agents built directly on them: coding, voice, image, reasoning.

ADOPT

TRIAL

ASSESS

TypeSafe Jev New

HOLD

Computer use on macOS New

Tools & Harnesses10

Apps and CLIs you work through: agent harnesses, business tools, CRMs, knowledge bases.

ADOPT

TRIAL

Codex New
T3 Code New

HOLD

Infrastructure10

Hosting, deployment, data, agent-friendly platform interfaces and local model runtimes.

ADOPT

TRIAL

ASSESS

Railway New

Practices12

Techniques and workflows: how to build, validate and run a business with agents.

ADOPT

TRIAL

HOLD

Shipping untested agent code New

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