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Local agents scare me

I built an AI agent with its own identity, MFA, and scoped credentials. It's still not safe. Here's why local is the wrong place to run it.

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Your AI agents are a security nightmare

AI agents often run with more access than they should. Here's how moving to session-based identity changed how I design and trust autonomous …

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Postman might be my new favorite IDE

AI can generate APIs quickly, but maintaining structure is harder. Here’s how I used Postman to enforce contracts, tests, and CI across the …

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All about the A2A Protocol
By Allen Helton 12 June 2025

In this livestream, Andres Moreno and I demystify A2A, how it complements MCP, and why agent-to-agent discovery matters, with a real serverless demo …

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