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Last update on 2026-08-30

DeepSeek on OpenRouter: a cost reality check against frontier models

30 Aug 2026

Real session data from OpenRouter shows DeepSeek API calls landing between $0.0017 and $0.064, a fraction of what Claude and OpenAI charge. The pricing gap changes what you can afford to build.

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I got tired of WhatsApp polls, so I built a replacement

29 Jun 2026

WhatsApp polls seem useful until you actually use them for anything real.

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Curiosità continua di una mente inquieta

12 Apr 2026

Dopo quasi vent'anni passati a risolvere problemi per ore ogni giorno, la mente finisce per cambiare ritmo e non accetta più di spegnersi solo perché la giornata lavorativa è finita.

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Continuous Curiosity of a Restless Mind

12 Apr 2026

After almost twenty years spent solving problems for hours every day, the mind changes its rhythm and no longer accepts switching off just because the working day is over.

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Fixing Google Sheets: import securities prices via Yahoo Finance

08 Feb 2026

As many of you may have noticed, Google Finance recently broke support for many European tickers (ETFs on Borsa Italiana, XETRA, etc.) within Google Sheets. The classic =GOOGLEFINANCE("BIT:VWCE") now simply returns an error, leaving us stranded.

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