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October 24, 2025
Explore Claude Memory for Pro users, OpenAI's grab of the Shortcuts team, Vercel's durable Workflow Kit, and Google AI Studio's visual debugging.
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October 16, 2025
Anthropic's Claude Haiku 4.5 delivers major speed and cost savings, while OpenAI and Broadcom announce a massive custom AI chip partnership.
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October 9, 2025
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the new top coding model & OpenAI released Sora 2. Plus, updates on Cursor, Stripe, and more.
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October 9, 2025
Get the latest on OpenAI Dev Day, Google Gemini updates, and new tools. Plus, a free course & workshop to master Cursor.
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September 26, 2025
Get the latest in AI development. This week: Meta's new Code World Model, Claude in M365, Chrome's AI debugger, and other essential news for AI devs.
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September 19, 2025
Google Chrome and Notion unveil major AI updates, while OpenAI's new model achieves a perfect score in a coding competition.
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September 10, 2025
Claude's file creation & Gemini's visual editing. Also covers Cognition's funding, Veo 3 price cuts, and a Claude Code workshop.
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September 4, 2025
This issue covers key AI updates, including ChatGPT's free projects, Google's aggressive TPU expansion, and new developer tools like the Zed editor...
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August 28, 2025
This week's AI Dev Essentials dives into Google's groundbreaking 'Nano Banana' image model, Claude Code's new GitHub automations, and OpenAI Codex ...
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August 20, 2025
Explore Claude Code GitHub Actions, GPT-5 updates, AGENTS.md standard, new AI tools, and workflows in AI Dev Essentials Issue #20.
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August 14, 2025
AI Dev Essentials #19 dives into GPT-5’s rocky launch, Claude’s 1M token context, new AI tooling updates, and tips for boosting CLI workflows with AI.
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August 6, 2025
Explore AI Dev Essentials #18: Claude Code tips, new lessons on context engineering, and major AI releases from OpenAI, Anthropic, Shopify, and more.
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July 24, 2025
Explore the latest in AI dev: GitHub Spark, ChatGPT Agent, Gemini 2.5, open-source models, major tool updates, and expert workflows for automation ...
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July 16, 2025
Unlock blazing dev productivity with Kimi K2, Groq, and the latest AI tools. Learn, code, and save with insider tips in AI Dev Essentials #15.
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July 10, 2025
Explore Grok 4’s launch, VS Code AI open source updates, new AI dev tools, CursorPro.ai early access, and the latest trends in agentic coding workf...
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July 10, 2025
Cursor 1.2 adds agent to-dos and mobile support; Claude Code gets new commands and hooks. Plus, early access to the CursorPro.ai course.
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June 26, 2025
Gemini CLI drops, Claude Code evolves, and Cursor powers up. Explore AI agents, tooling, and dev workflows in AI Dev Essentials Issue #12 by John L...
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June 23, 2025
AI Dev Essentials #11: Claude Code fuels new CLI tools, Cursor Ultra plan launches, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite slashes costs, & OpenAI open-source model...
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June 23, 2025
AI Dev Essentials #10: Cursor 1.0 lands with $900 M, OpenAI cuts o3 pricing & debuts o3-pro, Gemini 2.5 Pro tops coding tests—plus fresh tools, fun...
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June 3, 2025
Learn Playwright MCP, track AI model updates (Gemini, DeepSeek), explore new dev tools & agent insights. Your AI dev update.
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June 2, 2025
Claude Max Mode in Cursor is powerful but pricey—one vague task can rack up costs fast. Learn how to control it and explore the latest AI dev tools.
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May 27, 2025
AI agents are reshaping coding in GitHub and VS Code, while NotebookLM’s mobile app quietly revolutionizes how developers collect and recall resear...
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May 20, 2025
Cursor 0.50 drops with streamlined pricing and smarter agents. Zed and Cloudflare launch new dev tools. Plus, NotebookLM and Gemini push mobile AI ...
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May 13, 2025
GPT-4.1 and Gemini 2.5 Pro are changing how devs build tools in Cursor. Plus: massive funding for Cursor, OpenAI acquires Windsurf, and new agentic...
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May 13, 2025
Playwright-powered visual diffs, smarter agents, and new model controls define this week. Plus: OpenAI rollbacks, Gemini upgrades, and major MCP ec...
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April 25, 2025
AI Dev Essentials covers Gemini 2.5, O4-mini, Claude’s research tools, Codex CLI, and new workflows for building AI agents with MCP and Cursor.
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April 16, 2025
AI Dev Essentials #2: GPT-4.1 & Gemini updates, MCP tools, Vercel v0, Google ADK, Cloudflare Containers news. Latest AI dev tooling highlights.
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April 10, 2025
AI Dev Essentials kicks off! Cloudflare upgrades MCP, Llama 4 and Quasar Alpha models drop, and new workflows emerge for Cursor and Gemini 2.5. Try...
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