# Stacktak > Follow software news, compare tools through practical workflows, and explore a curated directory for developers, designers, and teams. Stacktak is an English-language software editorial publication. News reports on product changes; comparisons explain workflows and tradeoffs without declaring universal winners. Software profiles link to official product websites. Product capabilities and availability can change; use each article's linked sources and publication date for context. Article links below provide the same published content in Markdown. Each includes its canonical web URL, author, publication date, and source links. Attribution should point to the canonical article. This file is a discovery guide, not a grant of additional content rights. ## Start here - [News](https://stacktak.com/news): Latest software launches and changes. - [Comparisons](https://stacktak.com/comparisons): How tools approach practical tasks. - [Software directory](https://stacktak.com/tools): Product profiles, features, and official websites. - [About and editorial principles](https://stacktak.com/about#editorial): Who publishes Stacktak and how we approach coverage. ## Recent news - [Figma Specs puts the product brief next to the design](https://stacktak.com/news/figma-specs-markdown-design-context/index.md): 2026-10-20. The new Markdown-based document format brings decisions, frames, and implementation context onto the same canvas. It is rolling out in open beta on paid plans. - [Notion wants to fix the context gap between your team and its AI agents](https://stacktak.com/news/notion-shared-context-for-ai-agents/index.md): 2026-10-20. Column permissions and rebuilt synced databases address a practical question: what should an agent know about your company, and what should stay out of reach? - [GitHub Copilot’s October model retirement is a workflow maintenance task](https://stacktak.com/news/github-copilot-october-model-retirements/index.md): 2026-10-19. GitHub scheduled several models for removal on October 19. Teams should check saved model choices and organization policies before assuming replacements are available. - [Vercel Daemons brings long-running background workers into the project](https://stacktak.com/news/vercel-daemons-background-workers-public-beta/index.md): 2026-10-19. The public beta supports processes that pull work from queues and other systems, extending the platform beyond workloads triggered by an HTTP request. - [Cursor cloud agents can now share interactive canvases](https://stacktak.com/news/cursor-cloud-agent-canvases-environments/index.md): 2026-10-16. The October 16 update adds shareable canvases and a beta Environments API. It gives teams another way to inspect an agent’s output beyond a text summary. - [Figma’s code layers enter open beta with prototypes on the canvas](https://stacktak.com/news/figma-code-layers-open-beta/index.md): 2026-10-16. Teams can bring supported prototype code into the shared design canvas and explore alternatives together, instead of passing around separate development sessions. - [Linear adds stacked pull requests to Diffs, keeping related changes together](https://stacktak.com/news/linear-stacked-pull-requests-diffs/index.md): 2026-10-15. The October 8 update groups related pull requests and exposes review, CI, and merge status, helping reviewers follow work split across several dependent changes. - [Claude Haiku 5.5 focuses on the repetitive work inside AI applications](https://stacktak.com/news/claude-haiku-5-5-small-model-routine-work/index.md): 2026-10-14. Anthropic positions its new small model for summaries, classification, and other high-volume tasks. The useful question is which part of a workflow needs that model. - [Figma’s agent targets the design system chores teams keep postponing](https://stacktak.com/news/figma-agent-design-system-maintenance/index.md): 2026-10-13. Component documentation and library upkeep are part of Figma’s agent pitch. A bounded maintenance task is a useful place to evaluate what the assistant actually changes. - [Linear Loops connects a changed project plan with the follow-up work](https://stacktak.com/news/linear-loops-project-changes-documents-slack/index.md): 2026-10-12. The September expansion adds project and cycle triggers, document edits, and Slack updates. The target is the coordination that happens after a plan changes. - [Netlify Deploy Previews turns a pull request into something the team can open](https://stacktak.com/news/netlify-deploy-previews-feedback-before-merge/index.md): 2026-10-09. A preview URL gives designers, editors, and developers a shared version to check before a change reaches the live site. Here is the workflow behind it. - [Cursor lets you reply to local agents from an iPhone, while the work stays on your computer](https://stacktak.com/news/cursor-remote-control-local-agents-ios/index.md): 2026-10-07. Remote Control connects the iOS app to an agent running on your desktop. The computer still needs to remain on and online; this does not move the job to the cloud. ## Software comparisons - [Cursor vs GitHub Copilot: two routes from a bug report to a reviewed change](https://stacktak.com/comparisons/cursor-vs-github-copilot/index.md): 2026-10-16. Both can help edit code and carry out multi-step tasks. We compare where the work happens, how context is supplied, and how a developer brings the result back into review. - [Notion vs ClickUp: organizing a launch when the brief and the tasks keep changing](https://stacktak.com/comparisons/notion-vs-clickup/index.md): 2026-10-14. A launch needs both shared knowledge and accountable work. We look at how each platform connects the plan, task ownership, and dependencies without declaring a universal winner. - [Vercel vs Netlify: taking a web change from Git to a preview everyone can check](https://stacktak.com/comparisons/vercel-vs-netlify/index.md): 2026-10-09. Both connect a repository to a deployed preview. The useful comparison is how each handles your framework, environment settings, reviewer access, and the path to production. - [Figma vs Penpot: handing a responsive interface from design to development](https://stacktak.com/comparisons/figma-vs-penpot/index.md): 2026-10-08. Both can carry a design toward implementation. We compare shared design context, layout rules, and hosting responsibilities through the same responsive interface task. ## Software profiles - [Claude](https://stacktak.com/tools/claude): Anthropic’s AI assistant and model family for writing, analysis, coding, and building applications through an API. - [ClickUp](https://stacktak.com/tools/clickup): A work management platform for organizing tasks, dependencies, documents, and team processes. - [Cursor](https://stacktak.com/tools/cursor): An AI code editor with agents that can inspect a repository, edit files, and run commands alongside the developer. - [Figma](https://stacktak.com/tools/figma): A collaborative platform for interface design, prototypes, design systems, and developer handoff. - [GitHub Copilot](https://stacktak.com/tools/github-copilot): GitHub’s coding assistant, with suggestions and agent workflows across supported editors and GitHub. - [Linear](https://stacktak.com/tools/linear): A product development workspace connecting issues, projects, planning, and engineering collaboration. - [Netlify](https://stacktak.com/tools/netlify): A web development platform with Git-connected deployments, Deploy Previews, and backend services. - [Notion](https://stacktak.com/tools/notion): A workspace that brings documents, databases, projects, and shared team knowledge together. - [Penpot](https://stacktak.com/tools/penpot): An open-source design and prototyping platform built around web standards, available in the cloud or on infrastructure you manage. - [Vercel](https://stacktak.com/tools/vercel): A platform for deploying web applications with Git-connected builds, preview environments, and application infrastructure. ## Optional - [RSS feed](https://stacktak.com/feed.xml): Latest published articles with dates and canonical URLs. - [Sitemap](https://stacktak.com/sitemap.xml): Indexable public pages. - [Privacy policy](https://stacktak.com/privacy): Site privacy information. - [Terms](https://stacktak.com/terms): Site terms.