An article from early 2026 by OpenAI is surprisingly valuable for scaling their PostgreSQL servers. The techniques it presents look simple, yet when combined they deliver a substantial boost.
I heard rumors that Claude Fable 5 is set to come back soon after being tweaked to nerf its power before it’s officially released. I’m excited, but the only thing I’m really interested in is whether I can get a free trial with the $20 package 😅
Claude Sonnet 5 is officially released; its performance is almost on par with Opus 4.8, yet its price matches the earlier Sonnet 4.6. There’s no need to wait for more information—just give it a try, everyone
I just received an email from DeepSeek informing me that they will raise their API prices. Specifically, in mid‑July they’ll launch the official DeepSeek V4, which includes many optimizations and performance improvements. As a result, the API price will double during peak hours—namely the two windows of 01:00 – 04:00 UTC and 06:00 – 10:00 UTC.
Microsoft’s open‑source tool for Postgres is pretty interesting, everyone.
pg_durable is a PostgreSQL extension that lets you build durable workflows right inside the database. It may sound a bit vague, but think of it as providing some very powerful functions that let you handle many tasks without using any other programming language. For example:
SELECT df.start(
@> (
df.wait_for_schedule('*/5 * * * *') -- Every 5 minutes
~> df.http('https://api.example.com/status', 'GET') |=> 'status'
~> df.if(
'SELECT (($status::jsonb->>''body'')::jsonb->>''healthy'')::boolean = false',
'INSERT INTO playground.logs (msg, level) VALUES (''Service unhealthy!'', ''error'')',
'SELECT ''healthy'''
)
),
'api‑health‑monitor'
);
The code runs completely inside PostgreSQL and, every five minutes, calls an API, fetches the data, and writes a row to the logs table. Pretty cool, right? 😆
That said, the tool isn’t meant to create a new programming language; the author stresses that it’s only really suitable for projects whose logic lives entirely on the PostgreSQL server and that don’t want to use any additional programming language or external helper tools.
I happened to discover this fantastic open‑source project, everyone. t8y2/dbx is a database client that supports many popular databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB… it’s only 15 MB in size and runs on multiple platforms.
You might think it’s a web‑based app, but it feels smooth and works almost like a native application. It also supports AI and MCP, so it’s quite modern overall.
I’ve been using it for the past few days to replace Table Plus, whose license is about to expire.
It’s hard to believe there are still long, academic‑style articles online. Good sleep, good learning, good life is the result of research by Dr. Piotr Wozniak, who spent many years compiling sleep knowledge for practical use, especially for people who need high‑quality sleep to study or create.
I’ve been searching for this for a long time because, as I’ve mentioned before, I struggle with falling asleep or getting deep sleep. Now my sleep has improved markedly thanks to scientific advances. When I read this article I discovered many useful tips. If you’re also looking for better sleep, you might want to check out this article.
Yesterday I was still complaining that OpenCode consumes too many resources. When I asked if anyone had an alternative, I immediately thought of the Codex CLI – it’s open‑source and written in Rust. I was curious about how much resources it actually “burns,” and it turned out to be near the top of the list for lowest consumption.
When I tried to download it, I realized it only works with OpenAI; you either have to log in with a ChatGPT account or enter an API key, and you know those cost money. Meanwhile I’m using OpenCode Go with a range of open‑source models, especially DeepSeek V4 Flash.
After a bit of research I found that Codex is loosening its restriction on non‑OpenAI providers, but the setup is relatively difficult for beginners. And even after linking OpenCode Go, it didn’t work because Codex has high requirements – the provider must meet several communication standards before it can be integrated.
Just when I thought I was stuck, I finally succeeded in integrating OpenCode Go into the Codex CLI. The trick was using the tool maximhq/bifrost to create a proxy server and plug it into Codex. I’ll write a detailed post about it when I have free time 😁
Every now and then I come across an open-source utility like this. nezhahq/nezha is a tool for monitoring server activity. Although many similar tools already exist, each one offers different capabilities. With this tool, I find the presentation relatively clear and clean, and it allows you to monitor most of the common metrics for each server.
For the past few days, whenever I turned on my computer, the battery would drop from 100% to 50%, even though this never happened before. I thought the battery was degrading, but it turns out the culprit was OpenCode. I usually have about 4–5 OpenCode windows open, just sitting there without running anything, yet the battery drain is still terrible. Then I realized that whenever the laptop got really hot, I kept assuming Chrome was loading some heavy webpages.
I really like OpenCode, but I might have to find an alternative... What are you all using?