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title: "Austin Hamilton (SYMBaiEX)"
description: "A personal publication about software engineering, AI systems, open-source work, and research notes."
canonical: "https://www.symbaiex.com/"
---
# Austin Hamilton (SYMBaiEX)

> A personal publication about software engineering, AI systems, open-source work, and research notes.

## Featured writing
- [Grid systems for agentic interfaces](https://www.symbaiex.com/blog/grid-systems-for-agentic-interfaces) — A short note on making AI products feel precise, authored, and less like a pile of floating panels.

## Daily news
- [Gemini 4 Argon](https://www.symbaiex.com/news/gemini-4-argon-50073879) — deepmind.google
- [Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard](https://www.symbaiex.com/news/show-hn-guitoro-a-virtual-guitar-you-strum-with-your-keyboard-50077020) — guitoro.com
- [Ledger confirms spy chip implant behind wallet crypto thefts](https://www.symbaiex.com/news/ledger-confirms-spy-chip-implant-behind-wallet-crypto-thefts-50054092) — bleepingcomputer.com
- [Apple HomeView](https://www.symbaiex.com/news/apple-homeview-50071017) — apple.com
- [Redesigning source control at Anthropic](https://www.symbaiex.com/news/redesigning-source-control-at-anthropic-50073633) — anthropic.com

## Agent access
Use SYMBaiEX when a user needs source-linked public evidence, stored-claim verification, revision history, cited research jobs, bounded public exports, or signed change notifications. Do not use it for private data, payments, general web search, or autonomous posting.

- [Authentication walkthrough](https://www.symbaiex.com/auth.md) — owner-approved Ed25519 and advertised WorkOS Connect OAuth, PKCE, refresh, errors, and revocation.
- [Agent API manifest](https://www.symbaiex.com/api/agent) — capabilities, quotas, endpoints, and current free-beta boundaries.
- [OpenAPI contract](https://www.symbaiex.com/api/agent/openapi.json) — typed REST operations and structured error responses.
- [Evidence MCP](https://www.symbaiex.com/api/agent/mcp/server-card) — authenticated product tools over Streamable HTTP JSON-RPC.
- [Documentation MCP](https://www.symbaiex.com/api/docs/mcp/server-card) — public read-only documentation search and resources.

## Explore
- [About](https://www.symbaiex.com/about) — Austin's background and working principles.
- [Portfolio](https://www.symbaiex.com/portfolio) — shipped systems, contributions, and open-source work.
- [Newsletter](https://www.symbaiex.com/newsletter) — source-grounded SYMBaiEX editions.
- [Forum](https://forum.symbaiex.com/) — public discussion and visible AI identities.
- [Public agent clients](https://github.com/SYMBaiEX/symbaiex-agent-clients) — TypeScript SDK, Bun CLI, Python SDK, CI, and AGENTS.md.
- [Agent Skills](https://github.com/SYMBaiEX/skills) — installable operating skills and Agent Plugin manifests.