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July 3, 2026

Model + API ChangesData Infrastructure / Verification / ScrapingAI Operations / Agent ControlSmall Business Automation

This turns model fallback and model policy into a gateway config problem instead of an application redeploy.

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This turns model fallback and model policy into a gateway config problem instead of an application redeploy.
now supports . Vercel AI Gateway routing rules Routing rules are firewall-style rules that control which models your team can use, applied at the gateway level instead of in your application code. When a model goes down or gets retired, you usually have to ship a code change to m
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A serious attempt to keep hybrid retrieval inside Postgres while addressing scale-to-zero and object-storage constraints.
Today we're shipping the beta of Lakebase Search on Neon: hybrid vector + full-text retrieval via two Postgres extensions, lakebase_vector and lakebase_text. This post is the story of why and how we built it: IVF + RaBitQ instead of HNSW, BM25 with top-K pushdown instead of GIN o
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Multiple concrete workflow and cost changes in one platform update, especially for MCP/agent usage.
Townie 5x cheaper, HTTP analytics, scoped blob, agent plugin, ...

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Potentially useful distribution signal for launch planning, but still a single-builder anecdote.
2.5 years ago, I hit #1 on Product Hunt. Last week, we launched a different product with roughly the same playbook and finished #6. Same platform, very different feeling. Product Hunt used to feel like a launch engine. People browsed, clicked around, commented, and found products
⚠ Uncertainty: Reddit blocked the live page during browse, so this assessment relies on the fetched post text rather than a readable live page.
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Directional signal about agent-readable web patterns and platform priorities.
The Vercel Chief of Software explains how its agent framework, eve, was created and why skills, sandboxes and agent-readable websites now matter.
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