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GPT-5.6 Is Public. Sol Is Fast, Capable, and Hard to Grade
GPT-5.6 is broadly available after a 12-day government gate. Sol leads a cheaper three-model family, but its persistence also makes it hard to evaluate.
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Google's Open Knowledge Format, and the Plugin I Built for It
Google released Open Knowledge Format, a plain-Markdown way to give AI agents your institutional knowledge. I read the spec and built a Claude Code plugin and skill for it.
AI
I Built My First Claude Code Skill: An Email Client
I had Claude build my first skill — an email client for my AI coding tools. The tool is handy; the real lesson is that you can teach these tools almost anything.