Field Notes
A weekly dispatch from the edges of the knowledge graph.
Week of
May 4–May 10, 2026
10 sources / 41 insights
Five things worth knowing
> If I had to learn to build AI agents in 90 days, I would not waste time on tutorials. > > I would clone these 10 GitHub repos and build until something shipped.
> For working on frontend (e.g., slides) with GPT 5.5 + Codex, ask it to generate prototypes first of what you want using the imagegen model. And then ask the 5.5 to implement. Works like a charm > **Quoted @soumitrashukla9:** > Everyone gives lists and long essays on how to use Claude Code or Codex
> Team shipped a Codex Security plugin with 5 AppSec workflows: > > > Security Scan
> The personal knowledge base build, in 60 seconds: > > Total setup: 45 minutes this weekend. Then it compounds forever.
> @NicolasZu hey nicholas - had opensourced a autoresearch orchestrator recently that you may find interesting. do give it a look / try and let me know ! > > https://t.co/NfVpYk7Sej