https://preconfiguration.com/tags/differentiation/ Recent content in Differentiation on preconfiguration.com Hugo en-us Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://preconfiguration.com/what-sets-preconfiguration-apart-the-machine-layer-checked-and-proven-across-every-agent-platform/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://preconfiguration.com/what-sets-preconfiguration-apart-the-machine-layer-checked-and-proven-across-every-agent-platform/ <p>The code that turns one spec into five files won&rsquo;t set Preconfiguration apart. Converters like it are cheap to write, and others are close. What can is the layer it owns, the proof it gives, and four defenses that are slow to build.</p> <h2 id="the-layer-it-owns">The Layer It Owns</h2> <p>A coding agent&rsquo;s world has three layers. On top is what it&rsquo;s told: AGENTS.md, rules, skills, tool settings. At the bottom is where it runs: a GitHub Actions runner, Cursor&rsquo;s containers, a sandbox company&rsquo;s virtual machines. In between is the machine itself: which runtimes are installed, which packages, which services are running, and whether the tests can pass there.</p>