Articles and guides on search, conversion, Shopify, software and AI agents. Each piece shows its date and author.https://argbe.tech/blogenhttps://argbe.tech/blog/affinity-mcp-code-first-thumbnailshttps://argbe.tech/blog/affinity-mcp-code-first-thumbnailsI wanted to show an agent making a thumbnail in Affinity through MCP, and it didn't work as expected. The same prompt as code worked much better. The prompt, part of the script, and why my timings aren't a benchmark.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAleksandr Argunovhttps://argbe.tech/blog/ai-coding-agent-securityhttps://argbe.tech/blog/ai-coding-agent-securityClaude Code put my files on a public URL to get them into Google Slides, and didn't ask first. What that exposed, what to check before an agent can do the same, and why the responsibility stays with whoever connected it.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAleksandr Argunovhttps://argbe.tech/blog/denial-of-wallet-hard-budget-capshttps://argbe.tech/blog/denial-of-wallet-hard-budget-capsSimon Willison argued for default hard budget caps, and I agree. What the current provider limits actually stop, what keeps billing anyway, and what to check before you deploy.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAleksandr Argunovhttps://argbe.tech/blog/javascript-number-precision-idshttps://argbe.tech/blog/javascript-number-precision-idsJSON.parse can turn a 19-digit ID into a different number without an error. How to keep IDs exact, then ten new JavaScript features for agent code, starting with that fix: what ships now, and what is still a proposal.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAleksandr Argunovhttps://argbe.tech/blog/sse-vs-websockets-ai-appshttps://argbe.tech/blog/sse-vs-websockets-ai-appsStreaming a model’s answer one way? SSE is often enough. Here are ten web standards and two patterns for AI apps: what each is good for, where it falls short, and the spec to check.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAleksandr Argunovhttps://argbe.tech/blog/tailmanac-why-i-built-ithttps://argbe.tech/blog/tailmanac-why-i-built-itWhen someone else looks after Darcy, my Papillon, they need her food, medicine, vet and routines, not her tricks. Tailmanac is the iPhone app I built to hand that over. Here's what it shares, why it shares an image, and what's still only an idea.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAleksandr Argunovhttps://argbe.tech/blog/webmcp-vs-mcphttps://argbe.tech/blog/webmcp-vs-mcpWebMCP gives an agent inside the browser structured tools on the page. A direct MCP server lets any agent call the service with no browser at all. I've built both. Here's when each one fits, with Shopify's checkout as the worked example.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAleksandr Argunov