When Your AI Coding Tool Needs Three Configs

Why I Need Three OpenCode Configs I have three opencode.json files in my ~/.config/opencode/ directory. The reason is simple: I wanted to run oh-my-openagent (omo from here on) and oh-my-opencode-slim (oms from here on) side by side, comparing them to understand where each one’s boundaries lie. omo is the full version—it comes with a batch of built-in agents (Sisyphus, Atlas, Prometheus, Oracle, Explore, Librarian, Metis, Momus, etc.), plus the ones I register on demand. The core is the fallback chain and the Sisyphus orchestrator: throw a refactoring task at Sisyphus, and it breaks the task down for Prometheus to plan, Atlas to execute the plan and distribute subtasks, Explore to search code, Oracle to analyze, then Sisyphus aggregates the results. oms is the slim version—it also has an orchestrator as the main agent responsible for executing tasks, but the difference is in the review phase: oms uses council multi-model consensus, where multiple councillors review results in parallel, and the Council agent synthesizes outputs from all councillors to reach a final conclusion. ...

2026-06-05 · 10 min · Alex Wang
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AI Path L0→L1 Upgrade Guide (4): Building Your Personal System

📖 This is Part 4 of 5 in the “AI Path L0→L1 Upgrade Guide” series. Part 1: Understanding Your Tools · Part 2: From Vague Questions to Precise Instructions · Part 3: Turning AI Into Your Collaboration Partner · Part 4: Building Your Personal System · Part 5: Graduation & Next Steps Over three weeks you’ve picked up follow-up questions, context management, role-playing… the skills are piling up, and here’s the problem: how do you manage all these scattered abilities in one place? Week 4 is about exactly that: building a prompt library, choosing the right tools, and setting up knowledge management. Turning what you’ve learned into a personal system. ...

2026-05-26 · 4 min · Alex Wang
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Pick Your AI by the Job, Not the Ranking

Tried ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek… and still can’t decide which one to stick with? Here’s the thing: that’s the wrong question. There is no universally best AI, only the one that fits what you’re doing right now. What’s your scenario? “I want a general-purpose assistant for everything” → ChatGPT. As of May 2026 the default is GPT-5.5, well-rounded, with the richest plugin ecosystem. If you pick just one, this is a solid choice. ...

2026-05-15 · 1 min · Alex Wang
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AI Path L0→L1 Upgrade Guide (1): Understanding Your Tools

📖 This is Part 1 of 5 in the “AI Path L0→L1 Upgrade Guide” series. Series navigation will be updated once all parts are published. Introduction: Sound Familiar? I’ve watched a lot of friends use AI tools, and I keep noticing the same pattern. They’re not strangers to ChatGPT or Claude, using them casually from time to time, but their experience is wildly inconsistent. Sometimes the AI delivers a jaw-dropping answer; other times it completely misses the point, producing something unusable. ...

2026-05-11 · 5 min · Alex Wang