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If you've built anything on top of an LLM in the past couple of years, you may have hit the wall many builders hit: the model writes fluently but has no view into your data. A vector search database helps close that gap. It stores vector embeddings an...
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24, as well as the third beta release of PostgreSQL 19. This release fixes 28 security vulnerabilities and over 110 bugs reported over the last several months. This release skips PostgreSQL 18 versions from PostgreSQL 18.4 to 18.6. 18.5 was not shipped due to a regression. There are three issues that may require you to take extra steps after updating
, the open-weights coding model from Z.ai with a 1M-token context window, is free for agents through August 27, served by on .GLM 5.2eveBlackbox AIAI Gateway New eve agents come with GLM 5.2 as their default model. Use to get started.npx eve@latest init my-agent Existing agents can benefit from this as well with a one-line change in :agent/agent.ts Or run from the CLI:eve set After August 27, GLM 5.2 stays available on AI Gateway at standard provider rates. Try GLM 5.2 in the .model playgrou
from Google is now available on for 50% off till December 31st, 2026.Gemini 3.7 FlashAI Gateway Gemini 3.7 Flash improves on prior Flash models at software engineering and agentic work. It resolves issues more reliably and spends less time stuck in failed agent loops, which matters on long tool-calling sequences where one derailment costs the rest of the run. It also generates desktop and web application code directly from design mocks, with closer adherence to the source design. To use Gemini
Team owners and members can now upgrade all projects using Node.js 20 or earlier to Node.js 24 with one click from the Vercel Dashboard. This updates the . If your project also defines a version in , you'll need to update it manually. Existing deployments are not affected.Node.js version in project settingspackage.json View and upgrade deprecated Node.js projects now. Read more
The lets you run established coding-agent runtimes through one unified interface, so you can switch runtimes without changing your application code. Today we are adding Grok Build, which runs through the same interface as every other supported harness.AI SDK harness layerHarnessAgent is the official harness adapter for Grok Build, built on top of ().@ai-sdk/harness-grok-build@ai-sdk/harness-acpthe ACP harness adapter Read the to get started.Grok Build harness documentation The full supporte
The now supports any Agent Client Protocol (ACP)-compatible harness with through the new package.AI SDK harness layerHarnessAgent@ai-sdk/harness-acp Previously, every harness adapter wrapped one specific runtime (Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Deep Agents, OpenCode). wraps the protocol instead. It is a meta adapter: rather than adapting a single harness, it lets you build an adapter for any harness that ships an ACP-compatible package.@ai-sdk/harness-acp Implement a harness by passing that package
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