Ashley Goolam
ViewpointGPT-6 Astra crossed OpenAI's Critical cyber line. What it means for the APIs you run.
GPT-6 Astra is the first OpenAI model rated Critical for cyber capability. What the rating means, what ships by default, what Daybreak unlocks, and six API checks to run this week.
Ashley Goolam
September 5, 2026
TutorialsGemini 3.7 Flash to 3.8 Flash: API migration guide
Migrate from Gemini 3.7 Flash to 3.8 Flash: 9 API changes with before/after JSON, the minimal thinking-level error, call_id rules, token budgets, and rollback.
Ashley Goolam
September 3, 2026
ViewpointGemini 3.8 Flash pricing: intro rates, thinking tokens, and the real cost per task
Gemini 3.8 Flash pricing: $0.75/$3.75 intro rates doubling Jan 1 2027, thinking tokens billed as output, caching, batch, and why cost per task rose to $0.58.
Ashley Goolam
September 3, 2026
TutorialsGemini 3.8 Flash thinking levels: low vs medium vs high (and why minimal is gone)
Gemini 3.8 Flash thinking levels explained: what low, medium, and high do, why minimal now errors, per-level cost and latency numbers, and how to set each one.
Ashley Goolam
September 3, 2026
TutorialsFunction calling with Gemini 3.8 Flash: call_id, iterative tool loops, and how to test them
Gemini 3.8 Flash function calling step by step: declare a tool, read the function_call step, return function_result with call_id and name, cap loops, test.
Ashley Goolam
September 3, 2026
TutorialsClaude Fable 5.1 Preserved Thinking: Fixing "The Block Is Bound to a Different Conversation"
Fix the Claude Fable 5.1 400 "bound to a different conversation": what preserved thinking checks, who is enforced, drop_block, the audit, and append-only patterns.
Ashley Goolam
September 2, 2026
TutorialsMigrating to Claude Fable 5.1 from Fable 5 or Opus 5: Every Breaking Change
Migrate to Claude Fable 5.1 from Fable 5 or Opus 5: forced tool_choice 400, one-way thinking blocks, the history-editing check, every fix, and a full checklist.
Ashley Goolam
September 2, 2026
TutorialsHow to Upgrade Your Coding Agent With 5 Open Source Tools in 2026
Five open source repos upgrading Claude Code, Cursor and Codex in 2026, what each really does, and the two gaps none of them close.
Ashley Goolam
September 1, 2026
TutorialsHow to Turn Claude Code or Cursor Into a Video Production Studio
Give your coding agent 11 video pipelines and 700+ skill files, plus the AGPL catch and the API cost problem under the creative work.
Ashley Goolam
September 1, 2026
TutorialsAPI Caching with ETag and Cache-Control: How Conditional Requests Cut Your Payloads
Learn how the Cache-Control header and ETag validation turn repeat API calls into 304 responses, prevent lost updates with If-Match, and cut payload size.
Ashley Goolam
August 31, 2026
TutorialsREST API Naming Conventions: A Practical Style Guide
Master REST API naming conventions with 10 concrete rules: plural nouns, kebab-case paths, JSON casing, versioning, and IDs. Do and don't examples included.
Ashley Goolam
August 31, 2026
TutorialsHow to Run GLM-5.3-Flash Locally
Self-host GLM-5.3-Flash: 8x H200 with vLLM or SGLang, quantized GGUF builds for smaller rigs, memory math, and whether self-hosting beats the API.
Ashley Goolam
August 27, 2026
TutorialsHow to Test the GLM-5.3-Flash API in Apidog
Build a reusable test collection for the GLM-5.3-Flash API: text calls, base64 image payloads, tool calling, assertions, and a GLM-5.3 comparison run.
Ashley Goolam
August 27, 2026
ViewpointBest Lightweight CLI Tools for API Management
Seven lightweight CLI tools for API management: deck, Tyk, apigeecli, KrakenD, Speakeasy, and apidog-cli, with install commands and gateway vs project scope.
Ashley Goolam
July 13, 2026
TutorialsHow to Document APIs From the CLI
Learn how to document APIs from the command line: build HTML with Redocly CLI, Markdown with Widdershins, then export live docs with the Apidog CLI in CI.
Ashley Goolam
July 10, 2026