2026
Replit Monitoring Agent: choose three switches before AI fixes your app
Choose Replit Monitoring alerts, Auto-fix, and Auto-republish in stages, with a practical incident prompt and clear production boundaries.
Verify an AI product claim with Gemini and official URLs
Compare official announcements, docs, and pricing with Gemini URL Context before publishing an AI story or video. Includes code and limitations.
Keep your AI agent running when its primary model fails
Configure ordered model fallbacks in Vercel AI Gateway and test output contracts, latency, and cost before relying on them in production.
Build a source-change radar in Lovable with Firecrawl
Build a review-first source-change radar with Lovable and Firecrawl. Learn connection modes, costs, limits, and how to verify changes before publishing.
Canva Craft is in Dream Lab: a useful test before changing your cover workflow
Canva Craft is available in Dream Lab and via public API; MCP is planned. A practical creator test for exact text, formats, and editing.
Perplexity in Lovable: managed connection or your own API key?
Lovable's managed Perplexity connection supports web search; your own key unlocks Sonar and more. A practical decision guide and test prompt.
Cursor Agent: three practical guards before it touches your project
Set up .cursorignore, approvals, and Git review in Cursor Agent, with the limits of each control made explicit.
Vercel AI Gateway budgets: cap your AI agent's spending
Set an AI Gateway API-key budget, understand the soft cap and HTTP 402, and choose the right control for API keys, OIDC, or BYOK.
Supabase RLS for AI-built apps: prove users cannot read each other's data
Build RLS policies for a notes app and test with two accounts that users cannot read or insert each other's data. Reproducible SQL and script.
Claude Code hooks: block accidental .env edits before they happen
A tested PreToolUse handler blocks accidental .env edits in Claude Code. Copy the Python script, verify exit codes, and learn its limits.
12-hour prompt caching: when it pays for recurring AI agents
OpenAI added a 12-hour prompt cache. Compare it with 30 minutes using a reproducible cost example, then measure real cache hits before changing production.
OpenAI Decisions API is generally available: sort AI news without publishing blindly
A practical editorial triage example for OpenAI's Decisions API, now generally available, with human fact-checking and a measurable 30-signal test.
GPT Image 1 retires October 23: migrate your blog covers safely
OpenAI schedules the retirement of gpt-image-1 for October 23, 2026. Compare its replacements and test your full blog-cover publishing flow before switching.