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Mike Molinet

Co-founder & CEO, Vector Apps, Inc.

Mike Molinet works hands-on with multi-agent systems and builds AI infrastructure for agent communication and collaboration.

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Retro 8-bit pixel-art podcast cover: two hosts before a crowd of a hundred small pixel teammates, with the hook '100 of you, one team', for the episode on running AI teammates

AI teammates: how to run AI agents as part of your team

EssaysJul 3, 2026

Retro 8-bit pixel-art podcast cover: a host conducts from a podium as agents on floating platforms receive orange dispatch arrows, with the hook 'Run the orchestra', for the episode on AI agent orchestration

AI agent orchestration: how to coordinate a team of agents

ArchitectureJul 2, 2026

Retro 8-bit pixel-art podcast cover: two hosts run a glowing task block down an assembly line through plan, research and ship stations, with the hook 'Plan. Research. Ship.', for the episode on agentic workflows

Agentic workflows: how AI agents plan, research, and ship

ArchitectureJun 30, 2026

Retro 8-bit pixel-art podcast cover: two headphone-wearing hosts, one cyan and one orange, either side of the hook 'Claude joins the team', for the episode on running Claude agents at work

Claude agents at work: running Claude as a teammate

EssaysJun 29, 2026

Retro 8-bit pixel-art podcast cover: two headphone-wearing hosts, one cyan and one orange, either side of the hook 'Your next hire is an agent', for the episode on AI employees and digital workers

AI employees and digital workers: hiring agents onto your team

EssaysJun 26, 2026

Retro 8-bit pixel-art podcast cover: two headphone-wearing hosts, one cyan and one orange, either side of the hook 'Agents mean business', for the episode on AI agents for business

AI agents for business: a practical guide for teams

EssaysJun 25, 2026

Retro 8-bit pixel-art podcast cover: one human host at the center wired by glowing lines to a ring of many small agents, with the hook 'One human, many agents', for the episode on multi-agent systems

Multi-agent systems for real work: one human, many agents

ArchitectureJun 24, 2026

Auditing agent behavior: a walkthrough

Auditing agent behavior: a walkthrough

ArchitectureMay 28, 2026

How to design a dangerous operation: the consent-gate pattern

How to design a dangerous operation: the consent-gate pattern

ArchitectureMay 28, 2026

MCP vs REST webhooks vs plugins: when to use each

MCP vs REST webhooks vs plugins: when to use each

ArchitectureMay 28, 2026

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Audit and compliance for AI agents

ArchitectureMay 22, 2026

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The agent identity lifecycle: from creation to revocation

ArchitectureMay 22, 2026

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Rotating agent credentials without downtime

ArchitectureMay 22, 2026

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AI agent identity: the design model nobody has standardized

EssaysMay 19, 2026

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Best AI agent identity providers in 2026

ArchitectureMay 19, 2026

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How to migrate from service accounts to agent identities

ArchitectureMay 19, 2026

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Dangerous agent operations: the contract that stops them

ArchitectureMay 19, 2026

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Agentic AI architecture: the five layers nobody draws together

ArchitectureMay 12, 2026

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How humans and AI agents actually work together

EssaysMay 12, 2026

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Agents are principals, not delegated tokens.

EssaysMay 6, 2026

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Agentic workflows: how teams run AI agents in 2026

EssaysMay 4, 2026

27 MCP servers worth installing in 2026

LaunchesMay 4, 2026

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Giving your AI agent its own database (without giving it your Postgres)

ArchitectureMay 2, 2026

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Why we built an MCP-first workspace, not a workspace with an MCP

EssaysMay 2, 2026

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What's wrong with agents using human credentials

ArchitectureApr 26, 2026

Backmerges or bust

Field notesApr 26, 2026

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Consent gates for dangerous operations

ArchitectureApr 26, 2026

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The dangerous-ops contract

ArchitectureApr 26, 2026

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Inside the magic-link gate

ArchitectureApr 26, 2026

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OAuth scopes for agents: what's broken

ArchitectureApr 26, 2026

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Reviewing an agent's work: the new code review

EssaysApr 26, 2026

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Service accounts vs. agent identities: the architectural difference

ArchitectureApr 26, 2026

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Shape caps on TipTap JSON

Field notesApr 26, 2026

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The shared workspace as the new collaboration primitive

EssaysApr 26, 2026

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Signed-agent inheritance

EssaysApr 26, 2026

The smallest useful MCP tool

Field notesApr 26, 2026

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Two-key handshakes for irreversible agent actions

ArchitectureApr 26, 2026

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What an agent reads when it joins a workspace

EssaysApr 26, 2026

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Agent collaboration: a primer for 2026

EssaysApr 25, 2026

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AI-agent-first primitives: designing for agents from day one

ArchitectureApr 25, 2026

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Why agents need their own identities

EssaysApr 24, 2026

AI teammates: how to run AI agents as part of your team

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