Journal: news

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October 27, 2026 · 6 min read

Off-peak AI API pricing: have software coded overnight for half the price

An AI provider introduced off-peak rates at half daytime pricing. The idea turns a budget question into an organisational one: which project tasks can wait overnight, and which block you until complete?

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October 23, 2026 · 5 min read

The August 2026 GitHub outage: 2.9 billion code contributions per month

GitHub was unavailable almost eight hours on August 17, 2026 and three days later published the figure explaining it: monthly code submissions had doubled since April. What that wave changes for anyone having software built.

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October 16, 2026 · 5 min read

Limiting an AI budget: the surprise bill now has a stop button

On August 31, Vercel introduced per-user budgets that reject requests once the limit is reached, with alerts at 50%, 75%, and 100%. A spending cap is becoming something you require, just like a password.

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October 15, 2026 · 6 min read

AI Act: transparency obligations affecting your business since August 2

Since August 2, 2026, software talking to your customers must tell them it is artificial intelligence, and its output must be marked. The regulation's heavier provisions were postponed sixteen months. Here is what applies today, with dates and sources.

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October 10, 2026 · 5 min read

Where is my AI application's code stored? Your tool wants to keep it too

In August 2026, Cursor became the host of the code it writes and removed the final preparation step before launching an agent. The missing step is paid for elsewhere: where your software lives stops being a neutral choice.

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October 8, 2026 · 6 min read

Developer employment and artificial intelligence in 2026: juniors have disappeared

Developer vacancies are recovering in the United States, with senior roles driving 71% of the increase. For a business owner having software built, that means scarcer, more expensive profiles, and the disappearance of the junior who handled small fixes.

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October 6, 2026 · 5 min read

When AI reads my company's documents: accuracy from 26.7% to 86%

An AI given your contracts answers confidently and gets things wrong half the time when the document is long. Mistral measured the gap between guessing and searching. That figure also explains why scoping starts with your files.

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October 5, 2026 · 5 min read

Gemini 3.7 Flash pricing: the introductory rate doubles on January 1, 2027

Google displays one price until December 31, 2026, then doubles it. The budget you set this autumn becomes wrong in January without a line of your application changing. What protects a budget is the ability to switch engines, not today's price.

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October 1, 2026 · 6 min read

AI assistant outage, project blocked: August 16 and what stays with you

On August 16, 2026, Claude Code was unavailable for forty-two minutes. For anyone having software built by an agent team, the question that follows matters more than the incident: depending on where your documents and code live, a provider outage takes away an evening or your whole project.

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September 30, 2026 · 6 min read

Marking AI-generated content: the December 2, 2026 obligation explained

Two AI Act obligations look alike but target different people: technical marking of generated content, due December 2, 2026 for systems already on the market, and disclosure of AI-written text, applicable since August. Here is what applies to your project.

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September 29, 2026 · 6 min read

OpenAI DevDay 2026: what non-developers should watch, and what they can skip

OpenAI holds its DevDay tonight in San Francisco. This article appears before the keynote, so it reports none of what will be said. It offers something else: a way for a business owner having software built to interpret it, and a list of what to skip.

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September 26, 2026 · 6 min read

Token prices fall, bills rise: what AI agents cost and how to count it

Gartner forecasts a more than fivefold increase in inference costs per agent workflow by 2028, while token prices collapse. The two trends go together: an agent that plans uses 5 to 30 times more tokens than a simple chatbot. Here is what to look for on your own bill.

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September 22, 2026 · 6 min read

Human approval of AI-generated code: GitHub opens the door, off by default

Since September 1, GitHub's assistant can approve code changes rather than merely comment. The feature arrives switched off, adjustable per project, and that default says more than a speech about human oversight.

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September 20, 2026 · 6 min read

Model-provider dependence: your AI tool may lose its engine on November 12

OpenAI will cut Cursor's direct model access on November 12 for reasons unrelated to Cursor users. A development tool depends on a supplier it does not control: here is how to measure that dependence before choosing.

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September 16, 2026 · 6 min read

Artificial intelligence adoption: 18% of French businesses, and who is missing

INSEE measures a tripling of artificial intelligence adoption by French businesses in two years. The overall figure hides a sharp size gap, a barrier other than price and an entire category the survey does not even examine.

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September 14, 2026 · 6 min read

Security of AI-generated code: 56% success, and what you can check

Software that launches and performs its requested service can still have an open door. Veracode has measured large models' generated-code security for two years, and the rate has not moved. What the figure covers, and four requirements before publishing.

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September 12, 2026 · 11 min read

Claude Code weekly limit: understand the block and resume your work

Claude Code says you have reached a limit? Check the message, usage window and account before spending more. This guide separates quotas, credits and technical problems, then helps you resume a task within a budget you have chosen.

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September 8, 2026 · 10 min read

Firebase Studio and GitHub Spark: preparing to take over your app

Firebase Studio shutting down does not mean the end of Firebase. Here are the official deadlines, the separate Spark situation and a method for locating code, data and access before changing tools.

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September 3, 2026 · 6 min read

Claude Fable 5.1 pricing: the reduction is in the cache, not the headline rate

Anthropic introduced Claude Fable 5.1 on September 1. The per-token rate is unchanged; rereading context falls by 75%. In practice, long building sessions that keep the same project in view for hours become the cheapest way to work.