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August 4, 2026
Surrogate models: where millisecond predictions can be trusted
A surrogate trained on a few hundred solver runs predicts your quantity of interest in milliseconds. It is reliable inside the envelope you sampled, and not outside it.
July 28, 2026
Automation without verification just ships wrong answers faster
A sign-convention error flipped a force-and-torque result in an automated simulation study. A verification agent caught it before the report shipped.
July 21, 2026
Mistral API Pricing 2026: The Overlooked Budget Powerhouse
July 2026 Mistral API pricing for every model — text, reasoning, code, vision, voice, and OCR — up to ~90% cheaper than OpenAI and Anthropic. See the breakdown.
July 13, 2026
Google Gemini API Pricing Guide 2026: Flash, Pro, and Vertex AI
Current Google Gemini API pricing for 2026: Gemini 3 generation (3.1 Pro, 3.5 Flash, 3.1 Flash-Lite), what changed since 2.5, image generation with Nano Banana, and how Vertex AI costs compare.
March 11, 2026
Anthropic Claude API Pricing Guide 2026: Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku Compared
Complete Anthropic Claude API pricing for March 2026. Compare Opus, Sonnet 4.6, and Haiku 4.5 with batch discounts, prompt caching savings, rate limits, and real-world cost breakdowns.
March 3, 2026
Fine-tuning open models in the real world: Unsloth, Axolotl, and the case for Docker
Production lessons from fine-tuning open models and why Curlscape uses Docker to ensure GPU training environments are reproducible and reliable.
February 18, 2026
OpenAI API Pricing Guide 2026: Every Model Compared
Every OpenAI API model priced and compared for 2026, from GPT-5.2 to o4 Mini. Includes real-world cost calculations for chatbots, pipelines, and more.
December 1, 2025
The Hidden Math of Text: A Guide to Quantitative Analysis
Analyze text quantitatively without LLMs — character distributions, structural patterns, and information density: the measurable statistical story in every document.
October 8, 2025
Fine-Tune an LLM to Mask PII in 2 Hours with Axolotl — Step-by-Step Tutorial
Learn to fine-tune an LLM for PII redaction using Axolotl and Modal. Step-by-step tutorial covering QLoRA, dataset preparation, and production deployment for GDPR compliance.
September 9, 2025
OpenAI vs Gemini vs Claude: Complete API Pricing Comparison (2026)
Compare API costs for OpenAI GPT-5, Google Gemini, and open-source models. See real pricing per 1M tokens, cost breakdowns for 1M document inference, and when self-hosting saves 5x.
May 28, 2025
Full-Text Search at Scale: PostgreSQL vs Elasticsearch vs Vector Search (2026)
Compare full-text search solutions for large datasets: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, DuckDB, and vector search. Benchmarks on 3.8M rows with BM25, query latency comparisons, and production implementation tips.
April 14, 2025
How to create a MCP Server - An Introduction using SEC EDGAR API
Step-by-step tutorial on building an MCP server using the SEC EDGAR full-text search API. Learn how to expose tools to LLMs and build AI agents with the Model Context Protocol.