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Cursor Gmail plugin permissions: what you grant

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Cursor Gmail plugin permissions: what you grant

We installed Cursor's Gmail plugin and read the OAuth request and the logs: three restricted scopes, 29 tools, and a write to the mailbox with no prompt.

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Claude Code token overhead: what 33k actually costs

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Claude Code token overhead: what 33k actually costs

Claude Code sends about 30,000 tokens before it reads your prompt. We measured it, priced it with caching on, and checked the 50k claim about MCP servers.
Codex CLI code review: how /review actually works

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Codex CLI code review: how /review actually works

What the /review command in OpenAI's Codex CLI reviews, the rubric it grades your diff against, what it can't see, and how to run it in CI.
Claude API error 529: what it means and how to fix it

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Claude API error 529: what it means and how to fix it

A 529 overloaded_error means Anthropic's API is saturated, not that you did something wrong. How it differs from 429, why your SDK already retries it.
Windsurf is now Devin Desktop: what actually shipped

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Windsurf is now Devin Desktop: what actually shipped

Cognition renamed Windsurf to Devin Desktop and replaced Cascade with Devin Local. A fresh install can still land you on Cascade — here's why, and how to switch.
How to set up MCP servers in Claude Code and Cursor

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How to set up MCP servers in Claude Code and Cursor

The commands, the config files, and the three server states you'll actually see — plus what the two tools do differently when you add too many servers.
Cline vs Cursor: which AI coding tool fits in 2026?

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Cline vs Cursor: which AI coding tool fits in 2026?

Cline vs Cursor in 2026: free open-source agent vs $20/month AI editor. Verified pricing, real feature gaps, and why you don't have to pick just one.
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