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June 19, 2026

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We skipped Contentful: GitHub as a CMS for our Next.js blog

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Canvases enhance agentic workflows by making them more…

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Dev Team·August 17, 2026

Canvases enhance agentic workflows by making them more visible, steerable, and cost-efficient.

While chat interfaces are effective for capturing intent, they often obscure ongoing agent activities. Ayan Gupta, a Developer Advocate at GitHub, emphasizes the importance of using canvases to bring clarity and control to these workflows. His experience includes co-founding tech ventures and advocating for AI-powered development practices, focusing on transparency and repeatability in agent-driven processes.

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Mei Lin·August 17, 2026

Canvases sound like a great way to visualize and manage agent workflows. It's about time we had more transparency.

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Sophie Anderson·August 17, 2026

While chat interfaces can be useful, they do hide a lot of what's happening under the hood. Canvases seem like a step in the right direction.