https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/ Posts and guides by Tate on software, AI tools and the web. en-us Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://terrabytesolutions.com/guides/get-custom-software-built/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/guides/get-custom-software-built/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate The whole path from a rough idea to software you own, with what you decide and what you get in writing at each stage. Guide Custom software Hiring a developer Planning https://terrabytesolutions.com/guides/software-idea-feasibility/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/guides/software-idea-feasibility/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Six checks that decide whether an idea can be built, the ones you can run yourself, and what to do when the answer is no. Guide Custom software Feasibility Planning https://terrabytesolutions.com/guides/write-a-software-brief/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/guides/write-a-software-brief/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate A fill-in template for a two-page brief, covering the eight things a developer needs before they can give you a real price. Guide Custom software Briefs Templates https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-sandbox-had-a-door/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-sandbox-had-a-door/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate OpenAI called its test environment highly isolated and described the way out in the same sentence. That is a containment story, not a capability one. AI Security OpenAI AI agents Commentary https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/guardrails-blocked-the-defender/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/guardrails-blocked-the-defender/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Hugging Face got breached, then found its own forensic requests blocked by commercial models' safety guardrails. The attacker had no such limits. AI Security Open source Local AI Commentary OpenAI https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/sakana-fugu-an-ai-that-conducts-other-ais/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/sakana-fugu-an-ai-that-conducts-other-ais/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate A Tokyo lab shipped an AI trained to direct a pool of other AIs. I sat on this post for a month to see if anyone would check its numbers. Nobody did. AI AI agents Commentary https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/gpt-5-6-which-tier/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/gpt-5-6-which-tier/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate OpenAI's GPT-5.6 preview split into Sol, Terra, and Luna. The gated flagship got the headlines, but the naming change is the more interesting story. AI Industry Commentary https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-ai-race-isnt-just-us-vs-china/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-ai-race-isnt-just-us-vs-china/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate AI gets framed as America against China. A small Tokyo lab is making the case for a third way, and for why sovereign AI matters to a small business. AI Sovereign AI Open source https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/fable-5-restrictions-what-changed/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/fable-5-restrictions-what-changed/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Fable 5 was jailbroken within two days of launch, then went dark under a US national-security order. What that signals, and why it may help Anthropic's IPO. AI Anthropic Fable 5 Commentary Local AI https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/fable-5-honest-first-impressions/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/fable-5-honest-first-impressions/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate My first impressions of Fable 5 after running it on real work: what feels better, what is overhyped, and how I use it. AI Anthropic Fable 5 Commentary https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/markdown-won/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/markdown-won/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate How a plain text format beat JSON, YAML and XML to become the way people talk to models. Prompt as DSL Prompting Markdown https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-five-primitives-of-prompt-dsl/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-five-primitives-of-prompt-dsl/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Headings, bullets, tags, code fences and tables are the five building blocks of a well-structured prompt. Each comes with a before and after you can copy. Prompt as DSL Prompting LLMs https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-claude-md/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-claude-md/ Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate A section by section teardown of the file that tells a coding agent how to work in your project. Prompt as DSL Claude Code Prompting https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-dsl-nobody-designed/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-dsl-nobody-designed/ Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate How a markdown instruction format became the standard for every serious LLM tool in 2026 with no committee and no RFC. Prompt as DSL Prompting LLMs https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/youre-already-writing-a-dsl/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/youre-already-writing-a-dsl/ Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Markdown and plain English have quietly become the syntax of a new programming language. What is going on when you write a prompt. Prompt as DSL Prompting LLMs DSL Claude Code https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/why-we-build-in-public/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/why-we-build-in-public/ Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Why TerraByte ships its personal projects out in the open while client work stays private. Building in public is proof of skill, accountability, and trust. Company Build in public OpenEdu https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/vibe-coding-grew-up/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/vibe-coding-grew-up/ Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Vibe coding builds prototypes fast. This is the line between a demo and something you can run a business on. AI Coding Commentary https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/spacex-ipo-and-the-ai-world/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/spacex-ipo-and-the-ai-world/ Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate My read on the SpaceX IPO and AI: Starlink as the connectivity backbone, a huge IPO as a capital signal, and what cheap AI means for a small business. AI Industry Commentary https://terrabytesolutions.com/guides/ai-masterguide/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/guides/ai-masterguide/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Stop starting from scratch in every chat. Folders, files and prompts that turn one-off answers into a workflow you own. Guide AI Claude Workflow Prompting https://terrabytesolutions.com/guides/mcp-fieldcard/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/guides/mcp-fieldcard/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate What the Model Context Protocol is, how to connect your first tool in three steps, and the gotchas to watch for. Guide MCP Claude AI tools https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/inside-our-ai-agent-architecture/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/inside-our-ai-agent-architecture/ Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate How I architect AI agents as isolated Brains, each with its own identity, memory, knowledge base and scoped tools. AI agents OpenClaw Architecture https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/open-source-ai-caught-up/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/open-source-ai-caught-up/ Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Open-weight AI models have nearly closed the gap with closed frontier models. Here's what that shift means for small businesses that want to own their AI. Open source Local AI AI https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-phone-book-is-dead/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-phone-book-is-dead/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Discovery has moved from the phone book to Google to AI. Where your business has to exist now so both the index and the AI can recommend you. Websites SEO Small business https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/what-is-mcp-usb-c-for-ai/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/what-is-mcp-usb-c-for-ai/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate MCP is a shared standard that lets an AI plug into your calendar, docs, CRM, and tools the way USB-C connects to anything. Here's why it matters. AI agents MCP Claude Code https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/your-slow-website-is-costing-you-customers/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/your-slow-website-is-costing-you-customers/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate A slow site bleeds customers and tanks your Google ranking. Here's what Core Web Vitals actually measure and why lean, statically-built sites win. Websites Performance SEO https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/own-your-ai-dont-rent-it/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/own-your-ai-dont-rent-it/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Renting one big AI provider means their rules, their pricing and their deprecations. This is the case for owning your stack, and for the hybrid that wins. Local AI AI Open source Ollama https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/local-seo-checklist-for-service-businesses/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/local-seo-checklist-for-service-businesses/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate The boring local SEO fundamentals that move rankings for service businesses, and why each one matters to Google's algorithm. SEO Local SEO Small business Websites https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/rag-in-plain-english/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/rag-in-plain-english/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate RAG explained without the jargon: how an AI agent retrieves the right page from your knowledge base before it answers. AI agents RAG Knowledge base https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/ai-agents-vs-chatbots/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/ai-agents-vs-chatbots/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate A chatbot answers questions in a window. An agent remembers, connects to your tools, and takes action. The difference is what makes or breaks your business. AI agents Automation OpenClaw https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-most-expensive-sound-in-small-business/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/the-most-expensive-sound-in-small-business/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate A call rolling to voicemail is the most expensive sound in small business. Here is why missed calls cost real jobs and how missed-call text-back fixes it. Automation Small business Missed calls https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/structured-data-seo-for-local-business/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/structured-data-seo-for-local-business/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Structured data is invisible code that tells Google and AI assistants exactly what your business is. Without it, you're a guess to the machines that decide. SEO Websites Small business Structured data https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/claude-code-source-code-leaked/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/claude-code-source-code-leaked/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Anthropic accidentally shipped source maps in its npm package, and the full Claude Code TypeScript codebase became public. AI Claude Code Anthropic Open source https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/something-big-is-coming-introducing-openedu/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/something-big-is-coming-introducing-openedu/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate We've been building something that has nothing to do with client work. AI-powered tutoring, structured curriculum, built for people who actually want to learn. OpenEdu AI education Announcement https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/what-is-abliteration-uncensoring-ai-models/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/what-is-abliteration-uncensoring-ai-models/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Abliteration removes refusal behaviors from open-source AI models by editing the weights directly instead of prompting around them. How it works. AI Abliteration Open source Local AI https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/running-ai-models-on-your-own-hardware/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/running-ai-models-on-your-own-hardware/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate You don't need a cloud subscription to run capable AI. How to run Llama, Mistral and other open-source models on your own machine with Ollama. AI Ollama Local AI Open source https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/bot-traffic-and-why-your-business-needs-a-website/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/bot-traffic-and-why-your-business-needs-a-website/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate A large share of web traffic is automated systems deciding who gets found online. A business with no website is invisible to every one of them. Websites Small business SEO https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/obsidian-knowledge-base-for-ai/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/obsidian-knowledge-base-for-ai/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate AI agents are only as good as what they know. Obsidian gives you a local, portable knowledge base that makes Claude Code, OpenClaw, and any AI workflow smarter. Obsidian AI agents Knowledge base Productivity https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/your-business-is-invisible-without-a-website/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/your-business-is-invisible-without-a-website/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate Social media isn't enough. If your business doesn't have a website, you're losing customers to competitors who do. Here's the reality check. Websites Small business https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/what-is-openclaw/ https://terrabytesolutions.com/blog/what-is-openclaw/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tate OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent framework. What it does, why it matters, and how businesses use it to automate operations. OpenClaw AI agents Automation