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Learn: LLM APIs and prompting

Vol. I No. 26 Saturday, October 17, 2026 Closing 12:53 PM UTC · next edition 10:00 AM UTC

Talking to a model well, from your own code.

6 steps to the basics

Start here

  1. Prompt engineering overviewAnthropic · Where to start when a prompt doesn't do what you want.
  2. Prompt engineeringOpenAI · Clear instructions, examples and a way to check the result.
  3. Prompt design strategiesGoogle · The same craft, with Gemini's examples.
  4. Structured model outputsOpenAI · Answers your code can read, every time.
  5. Prompt cachingAnthropic · Paying less when every call starts the same way.
  6. Effective context engineering for AI agentsAnthropic · Choosing what the model sees, beyond the prompt.

New for beginners

  1. Real PythonOct 9, 2026
    Generate Images in Python With OpenAI's GPT Image API
  2. PostHogOct 7, 2026
    WTF is context engineering? (with real examples)
  3. AnacondaOct 5, 2026
    The Hidden Line in the Footer: How to Stop AI Agents From Following Bad Instructions
  4. AWS Machine LearningSep 29, 2026
    Prompt engineering fundamentals for Amazon Quick

Go deeper

  1. NVIDIA DeveloperOct 15, 2026
    Scale Agentic Coding Workflows with Meta’s Muse Spark Open on NVIDIA GB300 NVL72
  2. LanceDBOct 10, 2026
    Case Study: How CodeRabbit Leverages LanceDB for AI-Powered Code Reviews
  3. LaunchDarklyOct 3, 2026
    AI Model Management in Production: A Practical Workflow
  4. OpenAIOct 2, 2026
    A model guide for the GPT-6 family
  5. BoltOct 2, 2026
    Build Your App One Feature at a Time (Bolt.new Guide)
  6. AWS Machine LearningOct 1, 2026
    Building ambient agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: From event-driven signals to human-in-the-loop workflows
  7. MozillaOct 1, 2026
    Under the Hood: Prompt tuning Shake to Summarize for recipes
  8. Azure Cosmos DBOct 1, 2026
    Genspark protects live agent sessions with Azure Cosmos DB Global Secondary Indexes
  9. AWS Machine LearningOct 1, 2026
    How uniopen customized Amazon Nova to their retail moderation policies for production deployment
  10. AWS Machine LearningSep 29, 2026
    Prompt engineering by Quick component: Patterns and pitfalls
  11. SUSESep 28, 2026
    We Gave Our Agents Autonomy. Here’s How We Kept Control.
  12. LanceDBSep 26, 2026
    How Jev Compares to Other Rerankers for LanceDB Search
  13. dbt LabsSep 24, 2026
    Context engineering is already possible in your warehouse. Here's how to get started.
  14. TwilioSep 24, 2026
    How to Test and Fix Voice AI Agent Prompts with Twilio Conversation Relay and Cekura
  15. WeaviateSep 22, 2026
    Agent Memory with Engram: A Practical Guide
  16. Doctolib TechSep 15, 2026
    Keeping AI on Track: Lessons from Doctolib’s Oxygen Design System

Advanced

  1. HoneycombOct 7, 2026
    OpenTelemetry Collector Configuration for LLM Observability
  2. DigitalOcean TutorialsOct 7, 2026
    Why does cosine similarity fail for semantic caching? Testing cosine, LLM prompts, and a purpose-built verifier: Jev
  3. ArizeOct 2, 2026
    Prompt caching benchmark: high cache reuse doesn’t always mean lower cost
  4. LanceDBOct 1, 2026
    How Jev Compares to Other Rerankers
  5. Salesforce EngineeringSep 30, 2026
    How Deterministic Controls Turn AI Output Into Reliable Prompt Templates
  6. Stripe DevelopersSep 30, 2026
    Stripe’s Payment Method Factory: Orchestrating agents for repeated, custom integrations
  7. AMD ROCmSep 21, 2026
    Serving GLM-5.2-MXFP4 on AMD Instinct™ MI355X: When Prefill Context Parallelism Pays
  8. NVIDIA DeveloperSep 18, 2026
    Benchmarking LLM Inference at Scale with AIPerf

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