@aisdk — AI SDK adds native web search for OpenAI, Perplexity, and Gemini
Some providers (like OpenAI, Perplexity, and Gemini) have native web search functionality.
Smart addition. Instead of bolting on a separate retrieval layer, you can now call web search directly through the provider's own API via the AI SDK — no extra tooling, no custom wrappers. That's interesting because it means grounding is just another model capability you can toggle, not a separate pipeline to maintain. Worth knowing if you're building anything that needs live data without the overhead of a full RAG setup.
@marclou — real-time visitor map, $500, and Zuckerberg's pacing
I finally got to see the real-time visitor map while going viral 🤩
I just had to pour $500 in Facebook ads, and Zuckerberg decided to spend the daily budget in a few minutes.
Honestly, the detail that makes this good is the budget burn speed — you set a daily cap and Meta depletes it in minutes when there's traction. That's a useful data point if you're ever tempted to run paid acquisition on a bootstrapped product. The real-time map is a fun side effect, but the accidental lesson about Meta's ad pacing is what I'll actually remember.
@donvito — OpenAI Academy
OpenAI Academy just launched
Learn AI for free
The name is a bit corporate but the content at academy.openai.com is free and covers practical API usage, not just theory. Not much original take in the post itself, but the resource is real and the timing makes sense — they need more developers comfortable building with their stack.
