# News: March 16, 2026

> 7 curated links on AI agents, Python, security, Google Cloud, and engineering, selected by Médéric Hurier.

- Author: [Médéric Hurier (Fmind)](https://www.fmind.dev/)
- Published: 2026-03-16
- URL: https://www.fmind.dev/news/2026-03-16/

- [Monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI](<https://github.com/pydantic/monty>): Pydantic's Monty is a microsecond-latency, sandboxed Python interpreter designed to let AI agents safely and efficiently execute generated code without container overhead.
- [Code Mode: give agents an entire API in 1,000 tokens](<https://blog.cloudflare.com/code-mode-mcp/>): Cloudflare introduces a new MCP server that uses "Code Mode" to provide access to their entire 2,500-endpoint API using only 1,000 tokens by executing sandboxed JavaScript.
- [Perplexity CTO Moves Away from MCP Toward APIs and CLIs](<https://awesomeagents.ai/news/perplexity-agent-api-mcp-shift/>): Perplexity CTO Denis Yarats argues that MCP's context overhead and authentication friction are driving a shift back toward traditional APIs and specialized CLIs for production scale.
- [Everything Gets Rebuilt: The New AI Agent Stack | Harrison Chase, LangChain](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSKh6bVuVZI&si=HNChQSTTdBwZp9Fr>): LangChain's Harrison Chase discusses how the entire software stack is being rebuilt around AI agents, focusing on the shift from simple chains to complex agentic workflows.
- [Just-in-Time Skills: Building a Skills Discovery Agent for the Gemini CLI with ADK and Antigravity](<https://medium.com/google-cloud/just-in-time-skills-building-a-skills-discovery-agent-for-the-gemini-cli-with-adk-and-antigravity-a2df9edd255f>): A guide on building a dynamic ADK agent that uses progressive disclosure to discover and install Gemini CLI skills from verified sources on-demand.
- [Dylan Patel — The single biggest bottleneck to scaling AI compute](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDG_Hx3BSUE&si=IDCkv2GgAacc_NnQ>): Dylan Patel explores how energy availability and power distribution, rather than chip production, have become the primary constraints for scaling next-generation AI clusters.
- [ByteDance Halts Seedance 2.0 Over Hollywood IP Fight](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KXdFkgFuqM>): ByteDance reportedly pauses development of its Seedance 2.0 video generation model following legal challenges and intellectual property disputes with Hollywood studios.