seo-engine: day 37 AM, daily brief for 3 Nov 2026, T3 Code alternatives, OpenCode fix

blog/src/_data/media.json

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     },
     "inline": {}
   },
+  "agent-tools-today-2026-11-03": {
+    "title": "Agent Tools Today, 3 Nov 2026: Astra Edits Weights, Claude Code 2.1.317, Momentic Mo",
+    "category": "news",
+    "hero": {
+      "file": "assets/media/agent-tools-today/hero.png",
+      "alt": "Hand drawn sketch: a front page with five numbered lines, a clock, and a yellow character reading it out",
+      "prompt": "Series hero for the Agent Tools Today daily brief, drawn in code (media-src/topic-tiles.html?t=news). Reused by every brief.",
+      "status": "ready"
+    },
+    "inline": {},
+    "youtube": []
+  },
+  "t3-code-alternatives": {
+    "title": "T3 Code Alternatives: 6 Picks by Why You Are Leaving (Nov 2026)",
+    "category": "comparisons",
+    "hero": {
+      "file": "assets/media/t3-code-alternatives/hero.png",
+      "alt": "Title card on white. A pill reading Alternatives, the title T3 Code alternatives, the line 6 picks by why you are leaving and a Checked 3 Nov 2026 line. Six small tiles named Claude Code desktop, Munder Difflin, Codex app, Orca, Conductor and OpenCode desktop slide in under a grey tile labelled T3 Code.",
+      "prompt": "Title card: the hero scene in assets/media/t3-code-alternatives/motion.js, shot at 1600 by 900.",
+      "status": "ready"
+    },
+    "inline": {}
+  },
   "the-hook-shim-pattern": {
     "title": "The Hook Shim Pattern: Wiring Agent Hooks to a Live Process",
     "category": "internals",

blog/src/assets/media/agent-tools-today-2026-11-03/motion.css

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+/* Bright coded scenes for "Agent tools today, 3 Nov 2026". Pairs with motion.js. */
+.prose figure.mg { margin: 42px 0; }
+.prose figure.mg img, .mg .mg-svg { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; border: 1px solid #1A1320; border-radius: 18px; background: #fff; }
+.mg figcaption { font: 500 13px/1.5 "Space Grotesk", system-ui, sans-serif; color: #6B5878; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center; }
+.mg .mg-svg { touch-action: manipulation; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; }
+.mg .mg-svg text { -webkit-user-select: none; user-select: none; pointer-events: none; }
+.mg .mg-hit { cursor: pointer; outline: none; }
+.mg [role="slider"] { cursor: grab; touch-action: none; }
+.mg .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 0; transition: stroke-opacity 0.15s; }
+.mg .mg-hit:focus-visible .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 1; }
+.mg [role="slider"]:focus-visible circle:nth-child(2) { stroke-width: 5; }
+@media (hover: hover) { .mg .mg-hit:hover .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 0.5; } }
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .mg .mg-ring { transition: none; } }

blog/src/assets/media/agent-tools-today-2026-11-03/motion.js

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+/* Bright coded scenes for "Agent tools today, 3 Nov 2026". Vanilla JS, no library.
+   <figure class="mg" data-scene="NAME"> holds a still image; this script swaps in a live SVG.
+   Plays only in view, honours reduced motion, "?mgstill" freezes each scene on its still frame. */
+(() => {
+  const NS = "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";
+  const INK = "#1A1320", YEL = "#FFCA54", BLUE = "#6C8EF5", LIL = "#B69CFF", MINT = "#7FD8AE", SKY = "#9AD8FF", SOFT = "#F1ECF9";
+  const SANS = '"Space Grotesk", system-ui, sans-serif', MONO = '"JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, monospace';
+  const el = (t, a = {}, p) => { const n = document.createElementNS(NS, t); for (const k in a) n.setAttribute(k, a[k]); if (p) p.appendChild(n); return n; };
+  const txt = (p, x, y, s, a = {}) => { const n = el("text", Object.assign({ x, y, "font-family": SANS, "font-size": 24, "font-weight": 600, fill: INK }, a), p); n.textContent = s; return n; };
+  const cl = (v, a = 0, b = 1) => Math.max(a, Math.min(b, v));
+  const seg = (t, a, b) => cl((t - a) / (b - a));
+  const ob = (x) => { const c = 1.70158; return 1 + (c + 1) * Math.pow(x - 1, 3) + c * Math.pow(x - 1, 2); };
+  const io = (x) => (x < 0.5 ? 4 * x * x * x : 1 - Math.pow(-2 * x + 2, 3) / 2);
+  const button = (g, label, fn) => {
+    g.setAttribute("role", "button"); g.setAttribute("tabindex", "0"); g.setAttribute("aria-label", label); g.classList.add("mg-hit");
+    g.addEventListener("click", fn);
+    g.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === " ") { e.preventDefault(); fn(); } });
+  };
+
+  const SC = {};
+
+  /* ---- a small cabinet whose three drawers slide out one after another ---- */
+  SC.drawers = {
+    dur: 10, still: 7,
+    build(svg, api) {
+      const X0 = 190, W = 420, H = 118, PX = -78, PY = 52;
+      const ROWS = [["Astra", "Edits weights", YEL], ["Claude Code", "2.1.317", LIL], ["Momentic Mo", "269 bugs found", MINT]];
+      el("path", { d: "M110 550 H730", stroke: SOFT, "stroke-width": 12, "stroke-linecap": "round" }, svg);
+      [196, 576].forEach((x) => el("rect", { x, y: 520, width: 28, height: 26, rx: 5, fill: INK }, svg));
+      el("path", { d: "M170 104 L230 64 H690 L630 104 Z", fill: SOFT, stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 4, "stroke-linejoin": "round" }, svg);
+      el("path", { d: "M630 104 L690 64 V488 L630 528 Z", fill: BLUE, stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 4, "stroke-linejoin": "round" }, svg);
+      el("rect", { x: 170, y: 104, width: 460, height: 424, rx: 6, fill: SKY, stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 4 }, svg);
+      const ys = [124, 258, 392];
+      ys.forEach((y) => el("rect", { x: X0, y, width: W, height: H, rx: 8, fill: INK }, svg));
+      const taps = [-99, -99, -99];
+      const drawers = ROWS.map(([name, tag, col], i) => ({ name, tag, col, i, y: ys[i] })).reverse().map((d) => {
+        const g = el("g", {}, svg);
+        const top = el("path", { fill: SOFT, stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 3, "stroke-linejoin": "round" }, g);
+        const side = el("path", { fill: d.col, stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 3, "stroke-linejoin": "round" }, g);
+        const front = el("g", {}, g);
+        el("rect", { x: X0 - 7, y: d.y - 7, width: W + 14, height: H + 14, rx: 13, fill: "none", stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 3, class: "mg-ring" }, front);
+        el("rect", { x: X0, y: d.y, width: W, height: H, rx: 8, fill: d.col, stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 4 }, front);
+        txt(front, X0 + 26, d.y + 54, d.name, { "font-family": MONO, "font-size": 28, "font-weight": 700 });
+        el("rect", { x: X0 + W - 188, y: d.y + 22, width: 168, height: 42, rx: 21, fill: "#fff", stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 2.5 }, front);
+        txt(front, X0 + W - 104, d.y + 50, d.tag, { "text-anchor": "middle", "font-size": 19, "font-weight": 700 });
+        el("rect", { x: X0 + W / 2 - 40, y: d.y + 84, width: 80, height: 14, rx: 7, fill: "#fff", stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 3 }, front);
+        button(g, `${d.name}: ${d.tag}`, () => { taps[d.i] = api.now(); api.poke(); });
+        return Object.assign(d, { top, side, front });
+      });
+      return (t, now) => {
+        const shut = io(seg(t, 8.4, 9.3));
+        drawers.forEach((d) => {
+          const a = 0.8 + d.i * 1.4, tl = ob(seg(t, a, a + 0.8)) * (1 - shut);
+          const s = now - taps[d.i], user = s >= 0 && s < 4 ? ob(seg(s, 0, 0.7)) * (1 - io(seg(s, 3.2, 4))) : 0;
+          const nudge = tl > 0.95 && s >= 0 && s < 0.5 ? Math.sin(seg(s, 0, 0.5) * Math.PI) * 0.18 : 0;
+          const k = Math.max(tl, user) + nudge, ox = PX * k, oy = PY * k, x1 = X0 + W, y = d.y;
+          d.front.setAttribute("transform", `translate(${ox} ${oy})`);
+          const vis = k > 0.01 ? 1 : 0;
+          d.top.setAttribute("opacity", vis); d.side.setAttribute("opacity", vis);
+          d.top.setAttribute("d", `M${X0 + ox} ${y + oy} H${x1 + ox} L${x1} ${y} H${X0} Z`);
+          d.side.setAttribute("d", `M${x1 + ox} ${y + oy} L${x1} ${y} V${y + H} L${x1 + ox} ${y + H + oy} Z`);
+        });
+      };
+    },
+  };
+
+  /* ---- player ---- */
+  const q = new URLSearchParams(location.search), frozen = q.has("mgstill"), fixed = parseFloat(q.get("mgstill"));
+  const calm = matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches;
+  const mount = (fig) => {
+    const sc = SC[fig.dataset.scene], img = fig.querySelector("img"); if (!sc || !img) return;
+    const W = sc.w || 800, H = sc.h || 600;
+    const svg = el("svg", { viewBox: `0 0 ${W} ${H}`, class: "mg-svg", role: "group", "aria-label": img.alt || "" });
+    svg.style.aspectRatio = `${W} / ${H}`;
+    el("rect", { width: W, height: H, fill: "#fff" }, svg);
+    img.replaceWith(svg);
+    let off = 0, raf = 0, seen = false, held = calm;
+    const base = performance.now(), clock = () => (performance.now() - base) / 1000;
+    let draw = () => {};
+    const frame = () => { const now = clock(); draw(held ? sc.still : (((now + off) % sc.dur) + sc.dur) % sc.dur, now); };
+    const tick = () => { cancelAnimationFrame(raf); frame(); if (seen && !held) raf = requestAnimationFrame(tick); };
+    const api = { now: clock, seek: (s) => { off = s - clock(); held = false; tick(); }, poke: () => { held = false; tick(); } };
+    draw = sc.build(svg, api);
+    if (frozen) { draw(isNaN(fixed) ? sc.still : fixed, 0); return; }
+    new IntersectionObserver(([e]) => {
+      seen = e.isIntersecting;
+      if (seen) { tick(); if (!fig.dataset.sent && window.posthog) { fig.dataset.sent = 1; window.posthog.capture("blog_scene_view", { slug: location.pathname.split("/").filter(Boolean).pop(), scene: fig.dataset.scene }); } }
+      else cancelAnimationFrame(raf);
+    }, { threshold: 0.25 }).observe(fig);
+    svg.addEventListener("click", () => { if (!fig.dataset.hit && window.posthog) { fig.dataset.hit = 1; window.posthog.capture("blog_scene_interact", { slug: location.pathname.split("/").filter(Boolean).pop(), scene: fig.dataset.scene }); } });
+    frame();
+  };
+  const go = () => document.querySelectorAll("figure.mg[data-scene]").forEach(mount);
+  const fonts = document.fonts && document.fonts.load ? Promise.all([document.fonts.load('700 32px "Space Grotesk"'), document.fonts.load('500 20px "Space Grotesk"'), document.fonts.load('700 20px "JetBrains Mono"')]).catch(() => {}) : Promise.resolve();
+  const start = () => fonts.then(go, go);
+  if (document.readyState === "loading") document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", start); else start();
+})();

blog/src/assets/media/t3-code-alternatives/motion.css

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+/* Bright coded scenes for "T3 Code alternatives". Pairs with motion.js. */
+.prose figure.mg { margin: 42px 0; }
+.prose figure.mg img, .mg .mg-svg { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; border: 1px solid #1A1320; border-radius: 18px; background: #fff; }
+.mg figcaption { font: 500 13px/1.5 "Space Grotesk", system-ui, sans-serif; color: #6B5878; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center; }
+.mg .mg-svg { touch-action: manipulation; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; }
+.mg .mg-svg text { -webkit-user-select: none; user-select: none; pointer-events: none; }
+.mg .mg-hit { cursor: pointer; outline: none; }
+.mg [role="slider"] { cursor: grab; touch-action: none; }
+.mg .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 0; transition: stroke-opacity 0.15s; }
+.mg .mg-hit:focus-visible .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 1; }
+.mg [role="slider"]:focus-visible circle:nth-child(2) { stroke-width: 5; }
+@media (hover: hover) { .mg .mg-hit:hover .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 0.5; } }
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .mg .mg-ring { transition: none; } }