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2026

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  1. No. 41 Characterization tests as scaffolding: an old apartment building wrapped in scaffolding, with a single fallen brick caught in an orange safety net. Urban Renewal #3: Scaffolding – Freeze the Behaviour, Then Touch ItUrban Renewal · Part 3 Software Architecture
  2. No. 40 A sealed case file on an oak table in a wood-panelled hearing room, a lantern and magnifier on evidence cards on one side and an empty advocate's chair facing it, depicting a security audit where the finder never validates. Cloudflare's Security Audit Skill: The Hunter Finds, the Devil's Advocate Refutes Artificial Intelligence / AI
  3. No. 39 A dawn meadow dotted with orange marker flags, a metal detector resting on a hand-drawn folded map, and a round metal disc half uncovered in the soil: the minefield metaphor for an AI code security audit. Vibe Coder #5.3: Security Audit – Hunting Hidden Mines in AI CodeThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 5.3 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  4. No. 38 Cutaway illustration of multi-store ecommerce architecture: three different shop windows at dusk, all connected by doors to one shared stockroom behind them. One Brain, Many Windows: Multi-Store Ecommerce Architecture Software Architecture
  5. No. 37 A yellow tailor's tape and chalk on charcoal cloth, with a rack of identical grey suits and a mannequin in an unfinished jacket behind them, a metaphor for an AI slop detector. Impeccable: A Tailor's Tape for Off-the-Rack AI Design – Catching Slop With 62 Rules Artificial Intelligence / AI
  6. No. 36 Teal smoke from a brass oil lamp curls around a sealed glass dome over a stone tablet but cannot get inside, a picture of AI test-driven development keeping tests out of the agent's reach. Vibe Coder #5.2: AI-TDD – Tests First, Then the MagicThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 5.2 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  7. No. 35 Retrofitting instead of tearing down: a cutaway of an old, lived-in apartment block with steel jackets and braces on its columns, new plumbing inside the walls, and a rolled-up deed and spirit level on the site table. Urban Renewal #2: Tear Down or Retrofit? – The Bill for a RewriteUrban Renewal · Part 2 Software Architecture
  8. No. 34 A small delivery van over an inspection pit; in the foreground a checklist with a single red mark beside a scale whose needle rests in the middle, the exit barrier raised. SkillSpector: Inspect an Agent Skill Before You Install It – Fail on the Defect, Not the Score Artificial Intelligence / AI
  9. No. 33 A glowing database schema map on dark navy with a red scan line passing over the tables Vibe Coder #2.2: Database and Schema Management – The AI's Context CompassThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 2.2 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  10. No. 32 A contactless credit card resting on a plate of tangled spaghetti on a wooden table, a long bank statement spilling off the edge and a stack of copper coins beside it: a metaphor for AI technical debt and its interest. Vibe Coder #5.1: Technical Debt and Spaghetti Code – AI's High-Interest Credit CardThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 5.1 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  11. No. 31 A negotiating table with carved wooden objects on one side and a card-catalogue cabinet on the other, an empty interpreter's chair with headphones and a brass tally counter between them, picturing Eloquent vs raw SQL. Code Wars: ORM or Raw SQL? – The Interpreter at the Table Code Wars
  12. No. 30 Cutaway of a two-storey house with all lights off; a tap runs inside, and beside the door an amber doorbell and a half-raised breaker lever stand out, a metaphor for a headless browser. Moli: A Browser With the Lights Off – A Rust Headless Browser for AI Agents Artificial Intelligence / AI