https://irenictech.com/blog Notes from the IrenicTech team on AI, software, and shipping. en https://irenictech.com/blog/asos-breach-social-engineering https://irenictech.com/blog/asos-breach-social-engineering Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT ASOS says attackers got customer data by impersonating a trusted contact to steal one employee's login. What happened, and how a small business stops the same attack. https://irenictech.com/blog/hosting-platform-secrets-leak https://irenictech.com/blog/hosting-platform-secrets-leak Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Three developer platforms disclosed breaches in October 2026, and attackers went after the API keys customers stored with them. What to rotate today and how to limit the damage. https://irenictech.com/blog/php2shell-php-vulnerability https://irenictech.com/blog/php2shell-php-vulnerability Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT PHP2Shell lets attackers take over PHP servers with no login, and 93.6% were still unpatched five days after the fix. What it means for your site and what to do today. https://irenictech.com/blog/ransomware-small-business-q3-2026 https://irenictech.com/blog/ransomware-small-business-q3-2026 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT NordLayer counted 2,894 ransomware attacks in Q3 2026, nearly 50% more than a year earlier, and about two in three victims had 200 staff or fewer. What to do about it. https://irenictech.com/blog/what-production-automations-actually-look-like https://irenictech.com/blog/what-production-automations-actually-look-like Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT We publish the architecture of nine delivered automations, so we counted them. They fan out rather than funnel, and half their endings are refusals. https://irenictech.com/blog/agent-ready-saas https://irenictech.com/blog/agent-ready-saas Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Software is increasingly operated by agents, not only people. What agent-ready actually means, why MCP is the integration layer, and a readiness checklist. https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-agent-development https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-agent-development Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The complete guide to building AI agents that survive contact with real users: architecture, MCP, model choice, governance, and why most agents never ship. https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-security https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-security Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical guide to AI security: the surfaces teams miss, how attackers operate now, governing agents with real access, and what compliance requires. https://irenictech.com/blog/jev-system-one-decision-models https://irenictech.com/blog/jev-system-one-decision-models Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT TypeSafe AI's Jev returns typed decisions with calibrated probabilities, not text. We tested it against every decision node in our automation teardowns. https://irenictech.com/blog/agentic-ai-trust-gap https://irenictech.com/blog/agentic-ai-trust-gap Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The gap between how much AI developers use and how much they trust is the real story of agentic coding in 2026. Here's what that means for shipping software. https://irenictech.com/blog/agentic-commerce-protocols https://irenictech.com/blog/agentic-commerce-protocols Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT UCP, ACP, and AP2 are three protocols that stack, not compete. Shopify made agent access self-serve in June 2026. Here's what a merchant actually builds. https://irenictech.com/blog/agentic-soc-2026 https://irenictech.com/blog/agentic-soc-2026 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Agentic security operations genuinely work. But the statistics used to sell them mostly trace back to nothing. Here's what's substantiated and what's invented. https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-cyber-threats-2026 https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-cyber-threats-2026 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Anthropic studied 832 banned accounts. AI-assisted phishing fell 8.6% while two thirds used AI to build malware. Attackers moved AI up the kill chain. https://irenictech.com/blog/cloud-security-2026 https://irenictech.com/blog/cloud-security-2026 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 82% of detections involved no malware and cloud intrusions by state-linked actors rose 266%. Here's what that changes about how you secure your cloud. https://irenictech.com/blog/finops-for-ai https://irenictech.com/blog/finops-for-ai Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI spend went from a side concern to nearly universal in two years, and teams are being told to fund it out of cloud savings that have already been harvested. https://irenictech.com/blog/healthcare-ai-hipaa-1557 https://irenictech.com/blog/healthcare-ai-hipaa-1557 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT There is no OCR guidance on AI and HIPAA. The binding rule for clinical AI is Section 1557, in force since May 2025, and hardly anyone is writing about it. https://irenictech.com/blog/is-your-codebase-agent-ready https://irenictech.com/blog/is-your-codebase-agent-ready Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Before you point coding agents at your codebase, check that it can survive them. Six foundations decide whether agents help you or hurt you faster. https://irenictech.com/blog/agentic-ai-development https://irenictech.com/blog/agentic-ai-development Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A no-hype guide to agentic AI development in 2026: how AI coding agents, MCP, and multi-agent orchestration work, and what it means for building software. https://irenictech.com/blog/agentic-ai-security https://irenictech.com/blog/agentic-ai-security Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI agents with too much access are a growing security risk. Here's how agentic AI actually gets breached and how to govern agents before it happens to you. https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-enabled-website-2026 https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-enabled-website-2026 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An AI-enabled website isn't a chatbot in the corner. In 2026 it's about being readable by the AI engines that now answer your customers' questions. Here's why. https://irenictech.com/blog/austin-startup-boom-ai-opportunity https://irenictech.com/blog/austin-startup-boom-ai-opportunity Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Austin startups raised a record $7.19B in 2025, led by AI and robotics. Here's what that funding wave means for software demand, and how to build for it. https://irenictech.com/blog/best-ai-coding-agents-2026 https://irenictech.com/blog/best-ai-coding-agents-2026 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An honest 2026 comparison of the top AI coding agents: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode, on capability and ecosystem. https://irenictech.com/blog/best-open-source-llms-2026 https://irenictech.com/blog/best-open-source-llms-2026 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An honest comparison of the best open-weight LLMs in 2026: GLM, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and MiniMax, by use case, with the benchmark caveats listicles skip. https://irenictech.com/blog/build-vs-buy-ai https://irenictech.com/blog/build-vs-buy-ai Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Should you buy an off-the-shelf AI tool or build a custom one? A practical 2026 decision framework for businesses weighing cost, control, and risk. https://irenictech.com/blog/dubai-agentic-ai-plan https://irenictech.com/blog/dubai-agentic-ai-plan Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dubai launched a two-year plan to put agentic AI into its private sector. Here's what it means for UAE businesses, and a practical checklist to get ready. https://irenictech.com/blog/geo-aeo-get-cited-by-ai https://irenictech.com/blog/geo-aeo-get-cited-by-ai Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI answers cite only a handful of sources. How generative engine optimization (GEO) and answer engine optimization (AEO) get your business into them. https://irenictech.com/blog/measuring-ai-search-visibility https://irenictech.com/blog/measuring-ai-search-visibility Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT You can't improve what you can't see. How to measure your visibility in AI answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews, beyond classic rankings. https://irenictech.com/blog/multi-agent-systems https://irenictech.com/blog/multi-agent-systems Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT What is a multi-agent system, why is everyone building them in 2026, and where do teams of AI agents actually help versus just add chaos? A practical explainer. https://irenictech.com/blog/open-source-llms-for-your-product https://irenictech.com/blog/open-source-llms-for-your-product Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Open-weight LLMs got good enough to ship in 2026. Here's how to weigh them against closed models on cost, control, and data residency, without the hype. https://irenictech.com/blog/what-is-mcp https://irenictech.com/blog/what-is-mcp Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP), why did it become the standard for connecting AI agents to tools in 2026, and how do you govern it safely? https://irenictech.com/blog/nextjs-vs-wordpress https://irenictech.com/blog/nextjs-vs-wordpress Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Next.js vs WordPress in 2026: how they compare on performance, SEO, security, cost, and maintenance, and how to choose the right one for your business website. https://irenictech.com/blog/agent-ready-saas-mcp https://irenictech.com/blog/agent-ready-saas-mcp Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI agents are becoming buyers and users of software. Here's what 'agent-ready' means, why an MCP server wins enterprise deals in 2026, and how to ship one. https://irenictech.com/blog/securing-ai-built-apps https://irenictech.com/blog/securing-ai-built-apps Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 9 in 10 security leaders worry about AI-generated code. Here's where vibe-coded apps break, the real risks of AI coding agents, and how to ship them safely. https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-native-vertical-saas https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-native-vertical-saas Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI-native vertical SaaS is the fastest path to $100M ARR in 2026. Here's what 'AI-native' really means, why vertical wins, and how to build one that scales. https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-agents-that-reach-production https://irenictech.com/blog/ai-agents-that-reach-production Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Enterprises run 12 AI agents on average, and half work alone. Why most agents stall before production, and the engineering that ships them reliably. https://irenictech.com/blog/claude-fable-5-launch https://irenictech.com/blog/claude-fable-5-launch Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 on June 9, 2026, its most capable public model, with state-of-the-art gains in coding, long-horizon agents, and reasoning. https://irenictech.com/blog/costly-oversight-multi-tenant-saas https://irenictech.com/blog/costly-oversight-multi-tenant-saas Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Skipping tenant isolation in multi-tenant SaaS means a costly rewrite later. Why we build row-level security from day one, and when shared-schema fits. https://irenictech.com/blog/shipping-ai-products-in-weeks https://irenictech.com/blog/shipping-ai-products-in-weeks Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT How we ship AI in weeks instead of quarters: scope it like a product, build the feedback loop before the fancy model, and treat it like untrusted code.