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Ethan Mercer

AI & software engineer. Usually debugging something or making coffee. Weekend hikes, messy notebooks, and a guitar I should practice more.

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MiniMax H3 vs H3 Max: Choosing for Latency, References, and Final Output
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MiniMax H3 vs H3 Max: Choosing for Latency, References, and Final Output

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Seedance 3 Is Coming Soon: What to Expect
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Seedance 3 Is Coming Soon: What to Expect

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How to Build a MCP Server in Claude Desktop — a practical guide
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How to Build a MCP Server in Claude Desktop — a practical guide

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Debugging ChatGPT Stream Failures: From Partial Replies to Transport Logs
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Debugging ChatGPT Stream Failures: From Partial Replies to Transport Logs

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GPT-5.6 Sol or Fable 5.1? I’d Compare Cost per Completed Task
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GPT-5.6 Sol or Fable 5.1? I’d Compare Cost per Completed Task

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Jev as a Decision Layer: Typed Answers, Probabilities, and Application Policy
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Jev as a Decision Layer: Typed Answers, Probabilities, and Application Policy

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Using o3-pro in Practice: Access, API Costs, and When to Pay for More Reasoning
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Using o3-pro in Practice: Access, API Costs, and When to Pay for More Reasoning

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Choosing Between a Unified AI API and a Media Inference Platform in 2026
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Choosing Between a Unified AI API and a Media Inference Platform in 2026

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Best AI API Gateways in 2026: CometAPI, Portkey, LiteLLM, and Cloudflare Compared
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Best AI API Gateways in 2026: CometAPI, Portkey, LiteLLM, and Cloudflare Compared

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Grok Imagine Video 1.5: A Practical Review of Speed, Audio, Pricing, and API Access
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Grok Imagine Video 1.5: A Practical Review of Speed, Audio, Pricing, and API Access

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Claude Sonnet 5: Migration Notes for Coding Agents and Document Workflows
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Claude Sonnet 5: Migration Notes for Coding Agents and Document Workflows

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Switching LLM Providers Is a Configuration Change, Until It Isn't
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Switching LLM Providers Is a Configuration Change, Until It Isn't

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Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash: Evaluating a Media Agent, Not Just a Multimodal Model
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Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash: Evaluating a Media Agent, Not Just a Multimodal Model

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How I’d Evaluate DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen, and GLM for Coding Agents
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How I’d Evaluate DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen, and GLM for Coding Agents

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How to A/B Test AI Models
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How to A/B Test AI Models

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AlphaEvolve Is an Optimization Loop, Not Proof of Gemini 4 Self-Improvement
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AlphaEvolve Is an Optimization Loop, Not Proof of Gemini 4 Self-Improvement

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Migrating to Stateless MCP Without Losing Workflow Correctness
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Migrating to Stateless MCP Without Losing Workflow Correctness

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Seedance 2.5 vs 2.0: How I'd Route Video Jobs in a Production Pipeline
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Seedance 2.5 vs 2.0: How I'd Route Video Jobs in a Production Pipeline

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HappyHorse 1.1 vs Kling 3.0: Choosing a Video Model by Production Constraints
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HappyHorse 1.1 vs Kling 3.0: Choosing a Video Model by Production Constraints

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Gemini 4 Pro Rumors: What I Would Actually Plan Around
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Gemini 4 Pro Rumors: What I Would Actually Plan Around

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Building Tool-Using Agents Around GPT-6 Astra
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Building Tool-Using Agents Around GPT-6 Astra

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Kimi K4: What I’d Verify Before Planning an Upgrade
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Kimi K4: What I’d Verify Before Planning an Upgrade

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Budgeting GPT-Image-2.5 Around Accepted Images, Not Requests
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Budgeting GPT-Image-2.5 Around Accepted Images, Not Requests

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GPT-6 Astra in Practice: Reading the Benchmarks Beyond the Headlines
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GPT-6 Astra in Practice: Reading the Benchmarks Beyond the Headlines

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Claude Fable 5.2 Rumors: What I’d Test Before Changing Models
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Claude Fable 5.2 Rumors: What I’d Test Before Changing Models

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GPT Image 2.5 Migration Notes: Flare for Throughput, Sunburst for Precision
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GPT Image 2.5 Migration Notes: Flare for Throughput, Sunburst for Precision

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OpenClaw 2.0: An Easier Setup, With a Few Upgrade Traps
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OpenClaw 2.0: An Easier Setup, With a Few Upgrade Traps

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GPT-6 Astra vs Claude Fable 5.1: I’d Choose by Workload, Not Benchmark
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GPT-6 Astra vs Claude Fable 5.1: I’d Choose by Workload, Not Benchmark

#ai #llm #programming #api
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