Crosscurrent Code

Essays on technology, culture, and change from the Middle East.

Independent writing by Jad Madi on AI, open source, systems, digital sovereignty, and the human consequences of technical change.

Lead Story

The Skill Bloat Dilemma: Why Your Coding Agent Can't Handle 400 Skills

Centralizing agent skills in global vaults creates a brutal trilemma: catastrophic prompt token bloat, silent alphabetical truncation past fifty tools, and the total blindspot of static per-project pinning. Here is how we solved it with grounded local catal...