My MCP Stack: How I Run My Own Agent Tools
Autonomous coding agents need local discipline: honest token accounting, governed skill drawers, and repeatable quality gates. Here is how I run Thermal, Skill Cabinet Go, and a...
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About
About Jad - Technology Blogger from the Middle East
Learn about Jad, a technology blogger from the Middle East with a passion for AI, decolonization, and the human impact of technology. Exploring the intersection of tech and society since the early 2000s.
Base Middle East
Focus Technology, culture, open systems
Format Essays, field notes, archives
Editorial Note
Welcome to jadmadi.net! I’m Jad, a blogger from the Middle East with a lifelong fascination for technology and its impact on our lives. My journey in the digital world began in the early 2000s, those halcyon days of dial-up connections, GeoCities, Mandrake Linux, Tcl, and Blogspot.
Back then, blogging was more than just a trend; it was a personal exploration, a space to share experiences, insights, and a passion for the emerging world of open-source software and Linux.
After a long hiatus, I’m returning to the blogging scene with renewed zeal. I want to engage in meaningful conversations about the profound changes reshaping our world.
While I’ve always been fascinated by technology, I’m also deeply aware of its potential for both good and harm. I’m committed to using my voice to advocate for a more just, inclusive, and equitable world where technology serves humanity.
Join me on this journey as we explore the intersection of technology, decolonization, and the human journey.
I’m always eager to hear from you! Feel free to leave comments, ask questions, or share your thoughts.
Archive
Recent writing
The Skill Bloat Dilemma: Why Your Coding Agent Can't Handle 400 Skills
Centralizing agent skills in global vaults creates a brutal trilemma: catastrophic prompt token bloat, silent alphabetical truncation past fifty tools, and the total blindspot o...
Why Your Coding Agents Burn Tokens in the Dark
We handed our terminals over to autonomous coding agents, only to discover our token bills were compounding in silence. Here is how I built Thermal to track 14 agent harnesses w...
Demystifying Agent Skills: Why They Work Until They Don't
Skills help agents by stabilizing action, not by injecting facts. But the same abstraction that makes them useful also creates a new failure surface. A deep dive into the Prince...
The Irony Loop and the Myth of Open AI: Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish V2
Reading Microsoft's modern stance on open weights feels surreal when you remember the 2001 WhiteHouse.gov Linux migration and the 2006 Novell deal. Here is why the modern 'open...