Elliot Betancourt

Code, AI, and the Craft of Building

Exploring software engineering, artificial intelligence, and the tools reshaping how we create.

LATEST MAR 27, 2026

Why Coding Agents Are the Exception (And Why It Doesn't Matter)

Coding agents hit 76.8% on SWE-bench with just two tools. That says more about code than it does about AI. Six reasons software is the best-case scenario — and what that means for everyone else.

Elliot Betancourt

Recent Articles

MAR 20 2026

MCP Part 3: When Your Agent Needs to Be Right, Not Creative

The most reliable AI agent is often the one with the least autonomy on critical paths. Part 3 of the MCP series — why deterministic flows beat agen...

MAR 14 2026

MCP Part 2: 30 CVEs in 60 Days

30 CVEs in 60 days. 38% of MCP servers have no authentication. And the SDK itself is an attack surface. Part 2 of the MCP series — the security sto...

MAR 06 2026

MCP Part 1: The USB-C Standard for AI Agents (and Its Hidden Cost)

MCP won the standards war for AI agents. Every major player ships with it. But every tool you connect costs tokens before your agent does any work ...

FEB 07 2024

The Books I Read in January of 2024

In an effort to read more, I started logging the books I read each month. This is inspired by Cal Newport. I am only logging the books I read for m...

FEB 01 2024

The Books I Read in December of 2023

In an effort to read more, I started logging the books I read each month. This is inspired by Cal Newport. I am only logging the books I read for m...

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