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This Week I Learned -  * Hosting local AI models on the web, via existing solutions based on WebNN or WebGPU, may require domain-specific AI/ML expertise and lead to high model download costs for users and developers (since models aren’t shared across domains). Microsoft has introduced experimental web APIs in Microsoft Edge that make it possible for web developers to integrate AI into their web applications. The Prompt API and Writing Assistance APIs - now available as developer previews in Edge Canary and Dev channels - give you access to a powerful small language model, Phi-4-mini, that is built into the Edge browser . Whether you’re trying out prompt engineering, summarizing and modifying content, or generating text, these APIs are designed to help you bring AI to your web code with a few lines of JavaScript. * Devstral, an agentic LLM for software engineering tasks developed by Mistral AI and All Hands AI, is now available on Kaggle Models. Devstral is open-sourced under the ...

Notes from a talk by S Anand: What is vibe coding? It's where we ask the model to write & run code, don't read the code, just inspect the behaviour. It's a coder's tactic, not a methodology. Use it when speed trumps certainty . Why it's catching on Non-coders can now ship apps - no mental overhead of syntax. Coders think at a higher level - stay in problem space. Model capability keeps widening - the "vibe-able" slice grows daily. How to work with it day-to-day Fail fast, hop models - if Claude errors, paste into Gemini or OpenAI. Cross-validate outputs - ask a second LLM to critique or replicate; cheaper than reading 400 lines of code. Switch modes deliberately - Vibe coding when you don't care about internals and time is scarce, AI-assisted coding when you must own the code (read + tweak), Manual only for the gnarly 5 % the model still can't handle. What should we watch out for Security risk - running unseen code can nuke your files. Quality ...

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