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The weekly · Week 20 · 11 May – 17 May 2026

AI coding agents: what changed

This week highlights the critical importance of AI agent security in production—spanning Base64 attack vectors and MCP implementations—alongside new developer tools like hermes-agent and specialized Figma design workflows.

6 picks

01GitHub★ 22,666

jundot/omlx

omlx is an LLM inference server featuring continuous batching and SSD caching, optimized for Apple Silicon. It can be managed directly from the macOS menu bar.

Image: GitHub

02GitHub★ 252,295

NousResearch/hermes-agent

Hermes Agent is designed to adapt and evolve alongside its user's needs. It is built to support continuous growth and learning.

Image: GitHub

03DEV

Is Your Claude Code Safe From Base64?

This article explores potential security vulnerabilities in Claude Code when dealing with Base64 encoding. It discusses how AI agents might exploit such weaknesses in 2026.

04DEV

Securing AI Agents in Production

This piece discusses strategies for securing AI agents deployed in production environments. It evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of MCP regarding AI agent security.

05DEV

Building a Figma Design Agent

This describes the process of creating a Figma design agent for an Agentic AI Hackathon. The project involved leveraging AI for design automation.

Picked from public sources (GitHub, Hacker News, DEV, Lobsters, Reddit, Product Hunt) by our daily scout. Each summary uses only what the source itself says; GitHub stars are as checked on the date shown.