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Dakota Liu

Frontend developer writing about modern web stacks, AI integrations, and the products I come across.

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Give the Model One JSON Job. Run Everything Else Yourself.

Give the Model One JSON Job. Run Everything Else Yourself.

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Build an Assumption Ledger Before You Trust Agent-Written Config

Build an Assumption Ledger Before You Trust Agent-Written Config

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Fail Closed on AI-Suggested Installs: A From-Zero Registry Gate

Fail Closed on AI-Suggested Installs: A From-Zero Registry Gate

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Catch Invented CLI Flags Before Your Agent Touches the Shell

Catch Invented CLI Flags Before Your Agent Touches the Shell

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Free LLM Access Is a Constraint. Score Your Workload, Then Decide.

Free LLM Access Is a Constraint. Score Your Workload, Then Decide.

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I Put My Free LLM Quota on a Cron Job: A 60-Line Daily Digest Bot

I Put My Free LLM Quota on a Cron Job: A 60-Line Daily Digest Bot

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Prove Every README Command Before You Let a Model Rewrite It

Prove Every README Command Before You Let a Model Rewrite It

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Turn Your TODO Comments into an Actionable Debt Report (Free AI, Free Server)

Turn Your TODO Comments into an Actionable Debt Report (Free AI, Free Server)

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Automate Release Notes with a Free AI Model (Step-by-Step Guide)

Automate Release Notes with a Free AI Model (Step-by-Step Guide)

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A $0 AI Summary API: Free Tokens, Free Server, and a Working Walkthrough

A $0 AI Summary API: Free Tokens, Free Server, and a Working Walkthrough

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I Gave My Git Repo a Free AI Commit-Message Writer (No Credit Card Required)

I Gave My Git Repo a Free AI Commit-Message Writer (No Credit Card Required)

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AI Wrote the Fix. Who Tests the Fixer? A 50-Line Regression Gate

AI Wrote the Fix. Who Tests the Fixer? A 50-Line Regression Gate

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Build an AI Code Reviewer That Fits in a Free Tier (Step-by-Step, Harness First)

Build an AI Code Reviewer That Fits in a Free Tier (Step-by-Step, Harness First)

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From Empty Directory to Deployed AI Bot: A Free-Infrastructure Walkthrough

From Empty Directory to Deployed AI Bot: A Free-Infrastructure Walkthrough

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Nightly Drift Checks: Catch a Free Model's Behavior Change Before Your Users Do

Nightly Drift Checks: Catch a Free Model's Behavior Change Before Your Users Do

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Free LLM Tier or Self-Hosted? A 5-Question Framework (and a Probe Script)

Free LLM Tier or Self-Hosted? A 5-Question Framework (and a Probe Script)

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Context Budgeting: Keep Your AI Assistant Sharp Past the First 20 Minutes

Context Budgeting: Keep Your AI Assistant Sharp Past the First 20 Minutes

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Stretch a Free LLM Quota With a 40-Line Semantic Cache

Stretch a Free LLM Quota With a 40-Line Semantic Cache

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Launch-Week LLM? Run a Free-Server Probe Before You Switch

Launch-Week LLM? Run a Free-Server Probe Before You Switch

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MiniMax H3 and the Free-Tier Trap: Run a 12-Prompt Gate Before You Switch

MiniMax H3 and the Free-Tier Trap: Run a 12-Prompt Gate Before You Switch

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Stop Picking LLMs by Vibes: A Reproducible Evaluation Harness You Can Run for Free

Stop Picking LLMs by Vibes: A Reproducible Evaluation Harness You Can Run for Free

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