Living in Color August · 03
Living in Color W33: What Is a Harness?
August beginner deep dive: what a coding harness is, why the Bingo Board grades them, and how to pick one without drowning in brand names.
4 min read
Now · August 2026
What I'm shipping right now.
Inspired by the original /now page pattern. One place that tells you what I'm actually building, in priority order. Updated whenever something meaningful changes.
The build queue
- Live on the App Store
Melanin Map
Explore Black history, culture, and community in one place: curated stories, Black-owned businesses, landmarks, events, and Big Mama as your guide.
- In development · beta inside Melanin Map
Big Mama
A culturally grounded, voice-first agent helping Black communities discover businesses and preserve culture, and helping SMBs actually grow.
- Building
Ile
Always-on multiplayer agent workspace. Chief of staff over tools, connectors, and cloud workers, voice first.
- In design
Kelpie AI
Healthcare AI Exposure Management for Microsoft.
From the pulse · 2026-08-06
Last collected 2026-08-06.
Live scrape via Browserbase plus xAI X-search, ranked for builders. Coding-tagged items also live on the Bingo Board.
- August AI Launch Calendargrok · coding
Details Grok 4.6, GPT-6, Composer 3, Gemini 3.5 Pro, GPT Astra, Kimi k3.1, DeepSeek V4 GA for August.
- DeepSeek local open-weight security audit on Cake Walletgrok · coding
Builder tests DeepSeek locally on-prem for PoC validation in Android emulator security audit; praises open-weight models for no-questions-asked tool use.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash - Model Cardgrok · coding
DeepMind model card detailing OSWorld-Verified benchmarks, computer use capabilities, and integration with Google Antigravity.
- I ran Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Hermes Agent, OpenCode, ZCode, and Grok Build through the same real development workflowgrok · coding
Builder details which agent wins for planning, coding, debugging, autonomous execution, and daily use after testing them side-by-side.
- Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cybergrok · coding
Official Google announcement of new Flash-tier models with improved OSWorld-Verified scores (83.0% computer use for 3.6 Flash), built-in computer use tool, and availability in Google Antigravity.
- Upcoming Model Launches August 2026grok · coding
Lists Grok 4.6 (Aug 7), GPT-6 (Aug 8), Composer 3 (Aug 10), Gemini 3.5 Pro (Aug 12), GPT Astra (Aug 14), Kimi k3.1 & DeepSeek V4 GA (Aug 15).
What I'm writing
August Bingo Board · 01
August 2026 Bingo Board: Mid-Month Pulse
Mid-August Board pulse: Qwen3.8-Max, Muse Spark 1.2 / Muse Code, Grok 4.6, and Gemini 3.7 Flash are on the watchlist ungraded. Routing table did not flip.
6 min readLiving in Color August · 02
Living in Color W32: What Actually Moved
Week of Aug 10: Muse Code as the new harness, SWE-Bench ProMax as the unsaturated refactor yardstick, and Qwen3.8-Max as open-weight Max-class pressure.
4 min read