Mark Ponomarev

Mark Ponomarev

How to Use Cursor Tab Completion FeatureViewpoint

How to Use Cursor Tab Completion Feature

This tutorial will guide you through understanding, using, and mastering Cursor Tab, transforming it from a neat feature into an indispensable part of your coding arsenal.

Mark Ponomarev

April 18, 2025

What is Prompt Caching? Best Practices ExplainedViewpoint

What is Prompt Caching? Best Practices Explained

Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized how we interact with AI, enabling complex tasks like text generation, translation, question answering, and more. However, interacting with these powerful models, especially with sophisticated prompts, can incur significant computational costs and latency. Many applications involve sending similar or partially identical prompts repeatedly. Imagine a chatbot with a fixed system prompt, a document analysis tool processing chunks with the same instruc

Mark Ponomarev

April 17, 2025

OpenAI Codex CLI: an Open Source Coding Agent in the TerminalViewpoint

OpenAI Codex CLI: an Open Source Coding Agent in the Terminal

The command line interface (CLI) remains the undisputed domain of many developers – a place of efficiency, power, and deep integration into the development lifecycle. Now, imagine augmenting that environment with an intelligent agent capable of understanding your code, editing files, running commands, and iterating on solutions, all without leaving the comfort of your terminal. This is the promise of the OpenAI Codex CLI, a lightweight coding agent available via npm (@openai/codex), designed spe

Mark Ponomarev

April 16, 2025

How to Build a Claude Research Open Source AlternativeViewpoint

How to Build a Claude Research Open Source Alternative

Anthropic's Claude recently gained attention with new capabilities allowing it to access and synthesize real-time web information, effectively acting as a research assistant. This feature, often discussed as "Claude Research," aims to go beyond simple web search by exploring multiple angles of a topic, pulling together information from various sources, and delivering synthesized answers. While powerful, relying on closed-source, proprietary systems isn't always ideal. Many users seek more contro

Mark Ponomarev

April 16, 2025

A Quick Look at GLM-4-32B: the New Open Source Star?Viewpoint

A Quick Look at GLM-4-32B: the New Open Source Star?

The landscape of large language models (LLMs) is evolving at a breathtaking pace. Beyond simply scaling up parameter counts, leading research labs are increasingly focusing on enhancing specific capabilities like reasoning, complex problem-solving, and efficiency. Tsinghua University's Knowledge Engineering Group (KEG) and Zhipu AI (THUDM) have consistently been at the forefront of these advancements, particularly with their GLM (General Language Model) series. The introduction of GLM-4-32B-0414

Mark Ponomarev

April 16, 2025

What is vLLM? How to Install and Use vLLM, ExplainedViewpoint

What is vLLM? How to Install and Use vLLM, Explained

This tutorial will walk you through everything you need to know as a beginner: what vLLM is, why it's important, how to install it, and how to use it for both offline batch processing and online serving.

Mark Ponomarev

April 14, 2025

How to Integrate LangChain with MCP Servers Using langchain-mcp-adapters

How to Integrate LangChain with MCP Servers Using langchain-mcp-adapters

This library provides a lightweight wrapper, enabling developers to leverage the growing ecosystem of MCP tools within their LangChain applications. Let's learn how to use it.

Mark Ponomarev

April 14, 2025

Is the Mysterious Optimus Alpha Model OpenAI's o4-mini?Viewpoint

Is the Mysterious Optimus Alpha Model OpenAI's o4-mini?

Is the Mysterious Optimus Alpha Model OpenAI's o4-mini? How to Use the Optimus Alpha Model in Cursor via Openrouter API? Read this article to find out!

Mark Ponomarev

April 12, 2025

How to Add Custom API Keys to Cursor: A Comprehensive GuideTutorials

How to Add Custom API Keys to Cursor: A Comprehensive Guide

This tutorial will guide you through the process of setting up and managing custom API keys in Cursor, covering all supported providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Azure

Mark Ponomarev

April 11, 2025

How to Use Grok 3 for Free with Cursor and ClineViewpoint

How to Use Grok 3 for Free with Cursor and Cline

This guide will walk you through the process of setting up and using Grok 3 for free across three popular AI-powered coding environments: Cursor and Cline.

Mark Ponomarev

April 11, 2025

How to Use FastAPI MCP ServerViewpoint

How to Use FastAPI MCP Server

FastAPI MCP Server is a revolutionary tool that bridges the gap between your FastAPI applications and AI agents using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). In an era where AI integration is becoming increasingly important, this zero-configuration solution allows you to expose your existing FastAPI endpoints as tools that can be discovered and utilized by AI models and agents with minimal effort. 💡Before you begin configuring the Kubernetes MCP Server, consider exploring Apidog—a powerful tool for

Mark Ponomarev

April 11, 2025

How to Use Kimi VL Thinking API for FreeViewpoint

How to Use Kimi VL Thinking API for Free

This tutorial will guide you through understanding Kimi VL Thinking's capabilities and how to use it for free through OpenRouter's platform

Mark Ponomarev

April 11, 2025

How to Use Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini API for FreeViewpoint

How to Use Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini API for Free

This comprehensive guide explores how you can access and use Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini online without paying for an X Premium+ subscription, focusing on OpenRouter as a gateway.

Mark Ponomarev

April 11, 2025

What is Validation Testing? Clearly ExplainedViewpoint

What is Validation Testing? Clearly Explained

💡When implementing Testing for API-based applications, developers and testers increasingly turn to specialized tools like Apidog, a comprehensive Postman alternative that streamlines the API development lifecycle. Apidog offers an integrated platform for API design, debugging, testing, and documentation, enabling teams to validate API functionality within their UAT workflows. With features like collaborative workspaces, automated testing capabilities, and environment management, Apidog empowe

Mark Ponomarev

April 9, 2025

(Explained) What is Software Performance Testing?Viewpoint

(Explained) What is Software Performance Testing?

Introduction to Performance Testing in Software Development In the rapidly evolving landscape of software development, delivering applications that not only meet functional requirements but also perform optimally under various conditions has become critical for business success. Performance testing stands as a vital discipline within the software quality assurance process, focusing on evaluating how applications respond under different load conditions, user scenarios, and environments. Softwar

Mark Ponomarev

April 9, 2025