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AI Agents · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 8, 2026 · 10 min
Google’s Elephant–Goldfish Plugin Explained: Uses and Limits
EGM separates the AI that drafts a plan from fresh-context reviewers. Here is how it works, who can use it, and which compatibility and cost limits matter.
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Benchmarks · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 7, 2026 · 11 min
LLM Latency and Throughput Explained
This guide defines TTFT, time to first answer token, output tokens per second, and end-to-end latency the way major benches and provider docs use them. It then shows which clocks coding agents and batch jobs should optimize—and how to compare speed claims without mixing harnesses.
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Productivity · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 7, 2026 · 13 min
Best AI News Sites and Apps: 12 Sources Compared
Find AI news sources that fit your routine: practical guides, technical digests, wider tech reporting and apps that organize several publications in one feed.
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Productivity · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 6, 2026 · 8 min
Stop Starting Over: Build a Reusable AI Brief
Keep your project context outside the chat. A reusable brief and two handoff prompts help you resume work without copying an entire conversation.
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Productivity · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 5, 2026 · 10 min
Best MCP Servers for Developers in 2026: 6 Official Picks
Six official MCP servers that earn a place in a developer's agent setup, what each is good for, and how to start with the narrowest access.
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Productivity · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 5, 2026 · 4 min
Get Reliable JSON from a Local LLM: Schema, Validation and Retries
Use structured outputs to constrain shape, then validate types and business rules. Valid JSON is a starting point, not evidence that the extracted facts are right.
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Benchmarks · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 5, 2026 · 4 min
Cheap Model or Expensive Model? Measure Cost per Successful Task
Compare total cost divided by verified successes. Include failed attempts, retries, routing and tools before deciding that a cheaper token rate saves money.
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Productivity · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 5, 2026 · 4 min
Before You Connect an MCP Server: A Practical Security Checklist
Treat an MCP connection as a grant of access. Check the server, data, permissions, credentials and revocation path before allowing an agent to use it.
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Productivity · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 5, 2026 · 4 min
Prompt Caching: When It Saves Money—and When It Does Not
Calculate cache-write cost, reuse and expiry together. A discounted read price only helps when an eligible unchanged prefix is actually reused.
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Productivity · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 5, 2026 · 4 min
Why Your Local AI Runs Out of Memory—and How to Fix It
Reduce context and concurrency before replacing your hardware. Model weights, context memory and the runtime all need space; the download size is not the total memory requirement.
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SaaS · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 4, 2026 · 8 min
EU AI Act Delay: What's Postponed and What Already Applies
The AI Omnibus pushed high-risk AI Act rules for hiring and credit to December 2027. What is already in force, and how the US compares.
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Productivity · Guide · Metarix Editorial · Nov 4, 2026 · 7 min
Your Offline Tech Kit: Power, Backups and Local AI
A practical preparedness checklist for developers and tech users: charge safely, protect your data and test a downloaded AI model before connectivity disappears.
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