--- title: "The Builder" slug: nov-2026 date: 2026-11-11 description: "A few weeks with the iPhone Duo. Plus how Webflow tracks AI answers about MCP, nine personal agents compared, and Anthropic's move off git." edition: 9 canonical: https://lukestahl.io/newsletter/editions/nov-2026/ --- A little off topic, but I'm a bit of an Apple fanboy and just upgraded to the iPhone Duo from an iPhone 14 Pro Max. Here are my thoughts. Face ID was the thing I thought I'd miss most, and I don't. With Touch ID and my Apple Watch it unlocks fast. The annoyances are mostly software. My fantasy football app doesn't fill the full width of the screen yet, and when the phone is closed the side navigation takes up a lot of space. Both should get fixed over time, but responsiveness is on the app developers. Hardware quirks include volume buttons that sit on top when it's closed, and a case that doesn't cover the hinge feels awkward. After going back and holding a Pro Max, I think the Duo is a good size. Not perfect, but I dig it. ## Blogs & Projects - Which CMS platforms support MCP integrations? AI visibility tracking in Webflow**[Developers ask AI which tool to use. Here's how we track the answer.](https://webflow.com/blog/track-mcp-ai-visibility)**
Four AI engines were asked "Which CMS platforms support MCP integration?" and described Webflow's MCP server four different ways. The post covers how that gets tracked, plus checks to run on your own docs.
_Luke Stahl_ ## Links I like - **Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026**: 30,000+ technologists on AI use, job satisfaction, and what they build. 45% describe themselves as complacent at work. [Read more](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026) - **Parsimony: Which AI Coding Agent Changes the Least Code?**: Benchmarks score models on solve rate and cost, but not on how much code they add, and more code means more to review and maintain. Parsimony counts syntax elements in each patch, so cramming lines doesn't help. [Read more](https://parsimony.lasu.dev/) - **Redesigning source control at Anthropic**: Git assumes clients work offline and need a full copy of the repo, but agents are always online. As merges grew from 2,500 to over 30,000 a day, Anthropic built Scion and moved its monorepo off git in five months. The post covers how it works and why a merge queue stops making sense at agent scale. [Read more](https://www.anthropic.com/research/redesigning-source-control) - Personal agents compared at a glance**[Claude Duet vs. Dot vs. Gemini Spark vs. Grok Bot vs. Hermes Agent vs. Instinct vs. Muse vs. OpenClaw vs. Poke](https://every.to/personal-agents-comparison)**
A side-by-side of nine personal agents, including Claude Duet, Dot, Gemini Spark, Hermes Agent, and OpenClaw. It covers where each runs, what needs your approval, how memory works, and what each costs. - **Is the Agent Harness Dead?**: Smarter models no longer need a fancy harness to write better code. But the harness still owns what models can't absorb, which is infrastructure, trust and security, and efficiency. The talk closes with a prediction that 90% of agent work runs off the laptop within six months. [Read more](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y4sbZgBdnc) _Jediah Katz, SpaceXAI_ - **Vitrum — Custom 3D icons from any logo**: Turns an SVG or PNG logo into a 3D icon in glass, metal, or color. It exports a PNG, a GLB for three.js, or an STL for print, and runs in your browser with no sign-up. [Read more](https://usevitrum.com/) - **Cloudflare Security Audit Skill**: A coding agent skill that runs a structured security audit with isolated agents, from reconnaissance and hunting to a fresh verifier that tries to disprove each finding. It's the single-repo starting point for the vulnerability discovery harness Cloudflare describes in its blog. [Read more](https://github.com/cloudflare/security-audit-skill) ## Technical & Developer Marketing Jobs - [Head of Growth Marketing, PLG at CodeRabbit](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/coderabbit/8298b722-afb5-4d63-a0e1-f056d3cde0fe/application?utm_source=WvYGavjo8G) - [Manager, WW App Store Developer Marketing at Apple](https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200684839-0836/manager-ww-app-store-developer-marketing?team=MKTG) - [Senior Developer Marketing Manager, Lifecycle & Growth at 1Password](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/1password/2925531c-43d3-4999-8537-c156762434a9?departmentId=f9f75ddf-e819-4a88-ae53-9bcfa74631ca) - [Sr. Product Marketing Manager - Developer at Microsoft](https://apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/1970393557041565?domain=microsoft.com&hl=en) - [Product Marketing Manager at Base44](https://base44.com/careers/product-marketing-manager-new-york) - [Senior Product Marketing Manager, Developer Platform at Box](https://careers.box.com/en/jobs/8089166/senior-product-marketing-manager-developer-platform/) - [Developer Programs Lead at Render](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/render/76fd7bc4-1808-4bff-8663-16c917f45f4e) ## Folks to follow - [HANCORE](https://x.com/hancore_linux) - [Michael Gorbach](https://x.com/mgorbach) - [Stephen Robles](https://x.com/stephenrobles) --- That's it for November. If you're rethinking how your team talks to developers, I'm probably thinking about the same stuff. Find me on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukestahl/) or [X](https://x.com/LukeStahl). — Luke