Shiba Journal https://tryshiba.dev/blog/ Guides and engineering notes on running approval-gated coding agents in your own Cloudflare account. en An open-source coding agent alternative: a guide to Shiba https://tryshiba.dev/blog/open-source-coding-agent-alternative/ https://tryshiba.dev/blog/open-source-coding-agent-alternative/ A grounded look at Shiba as an open-source alternative to hosted coding agents, covering what is inspectable, what is gated, and what is not yet proven. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why self-host a coding agent at all https://tryshiba.dev/blog/why-self-host-a-coding-agent/ https://tryshiba.dev/blog/why-self-host-a-coding-agent/ Self-hosting a coding agent only matters if the harness, the model, and the account are all yours, because that combination is what the seat fee never buys. Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Approvals in Slack, not another dashboard https://tryshiba.dev/blog/approvals-in-slack-not-another-dashboard/ https://tryshiba.dev/blog/approvals-in-slack-not-another-dashboard/ A mention in a Slack thread becomes a pending approval card, and a click from a named approver on that card is what allows a run to start. Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT What a failed run looks like https://tryshiba.dev/blog/what-a-failed-run-looks-like/ https://tryshiba.dev/blog/what-a-failed-run-looks-like/ Shiba reports failures with a real exit code, a bounded stderr tail, and an error envelope, and never dresses a failure up as a success. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Harness and model choices, and what they do not tell you https://tryshiba.dev/blog/harness-and-model-choices/ https://tryshiba.dev/blog/harness-and-model-choices/ Shiba lets each run pick a coding harness and model, refuses bad pairings before execution, and publishes no cost or latency numbers. Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Credentials that never enter the container https://tryshiba.dev/blog/credentials-that-never-enter-the-container/ https://tryshiba.dev/blog/credentials-that-never-enter-the-container/ A walk through what Shiba hands to the sandbox, what it holds back, and where each key is actually attached. Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why the approval gate comes before the container https://tryshiba.dev/blog/approval-gate/ https://tryshiba.dev/blog/approval-gate/ Shiba stops a planned coding run at a human decision point, and that gate is the safety invariant the rest of the system is built around. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT