Alibaba’s latest flagship model Qwen 3.7 Max, released on May 21, 2026, is positioned as a purpose-built AI for the agentic era. The model supports both standard and reasoning (thinking) modes, and ranks in the top 15 across coding, math, …
Qwen 3.7 Max Costs 51% More Outside China: Alibaba’s Geographic Pricing Strategy Read more »
A new class of open-source projects is emerging in 2026: developers feed AI coding agents old game binaries, custom scripts, and decades-old documentation — and get back fully working applications. Legends of Future Past (1992), Disney Infinity (2013), FutureCop: LAPD …
The World Bank forecasts a 24% rise in global energy prices in 2026, driven by the Strait of Hormuz crisis — the largest oil supply disruption in recorded history. This article examines what changes when electricity becomes genuinely expensive, and …
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The concept is simple: instead of an image or a voice message, you send someone a song written specifically for them. It sticks with people. The problem used to be that this either cost a lot (commissioning a musician) or …
In late April 2026, the OpenRouter usage stats for pi — a minimalist open-source coding agent — changed sharply and without warning. Kimi K2.6 from China’s Moonshot AI jumped to first place by token volume, overtaking Claude Opus 4.7. Here’s …
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The concept is simple: instead of an image or a voice message, you send someone a song written specifically for them. It sticks with people. The problem used to be that this either cost a lot (commissioning a musician) or …
CutEase now features Cut Line Visualization and support for Guillotine logic. But to get here, I had to spend a week fighting with an “intelligence” that couldn’t figure out which way was up. In my previous posts, I raved about …
CutEase now supports Guillotine Cutting logic and generates a Step-by-Step Cuts List. This means the layouts are actually cuttable on a table saw, and the app tells you exactly which cut to make first, second, and third. In my last …
The “Guillotine” Update: Turning Optimization Into Actionable Steps Read more »
CutEase is now fully mobile-friendly. You can finally leave the laptop safe inside and optimize your cut lists right from your phone. A while back, I wrote about How I Built CutEase in a Weekend. It started as a personal …
CutEase Goes Mobile: Bring the Optimizer Into the Workshop Read more »
Some projects don’t start with inspiration, a business plan, or the noble desire to “make the world a better place.” Sometimes the reason is much simpler: you need to cut a few sheets of particle board, and there’s no proper …
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