API Guides
Free Image API in 2026: Unsplash 1,000/hr, Pexels New Keys Paused
Pexels still pauses new API keys as of November 2, 2026. Unsplash allows 1,000 requests an hour after approval; Pixabay and keyless Openverse work today.
20 min
AI Model & API Guides · Page 4 of 26
Source-linked guidance for AI models, API integration, and developer workflows—turning fast-changing prices, quotas, capabilities, and limits into decisions you can verify.
AI Video Generation
Hailuo AI Free Credits: No More Daily Credits, Just a 3-Day Pack
Free Hailuo AI accounts no longer get daily credits. New sign-ups get one pack (150 credits on November 2, 2026) that expires in 3 days, then it's paid.
9 min
AI Image Generation
Nano Banana 2 Limits: How Gemini Usage and API Rate Limits Work
As of November 2, 2026, Flow caps Nano Banana 2.1 and 2 Lite at 400 images a day, 1,000 on a plan; the Gemini app has 5-hour and weekly limits, no image count.
29 min
AI Image Generation
Nano Banana Pro Limits: Gemini, AI Mode, Workspace and API Quotas
No single Nano Banana Pro daily limit: Flow caps Pro at 20–500 images a day by plan, the Gemini app refreshes every 5 hours, AI Mode and Workspace reset daily.
21 min
Developer Tools & Agents
Qwen Usage Limits: What Each Limit Message Means and What Helps
Qwen Chat is free, but its daily, per-model and per-feature caps are unpublished. The limit message names the cap you hit; paid plans live as of Oct. 31, 2026.
15 min
Claude Code
Claude Pro vs Max vs Ultra: Usage Limits and When Max Is Worth It
Pro is $20/month; Max (formerly Max 5x) is $100 and Ultra (formerly Max 20x) $200. Upgrade once limits, Fable or API spend cost more than the $80 or $180 gap.
24 min
Claude & Anthropic
Claude Usage Limits by Plan: What 5x and 20x Actually Multiply
Since October 30, 2026, Max 20x is Ultra: 10x Pro's weekly usage and no five-hour limit once verified. Max, formerly 5x, is 5x Pro per session and per week.
15 min
Developer Tools & Agents
Codex Could Not Start in VS Code: WSL, SSH, and Container Fixes
“The extension could not start its user interface” on Codex 26.1021.22027? Go back to 26.1007.21434. On WSL with VS Code 1.141.1, update VS Code instead.
22 min
Troubleshooting
Codex “Error Submitting Message”: Fix It by the Second Line
“Error submitting message”, once “Error creating task”, is a Codex client banner: line 2 names the cause. On a new chat, Timeout often means a stuck MCP server.
35 min
Developer Tools & Agents
DeepSeek Super Agent on GitHub: Setup, and Why Exit 3 Is Normal
dsh-superagent is a DeepSeek Harness plugin, not an app. It needs its own GitHub account, tmux on macOS or Linux and a model key. Exit 3 on first run is normal.
14 min
Troubleshooting
Gemini High Demand Error: What It Means and What to Do First
Gemini high demand error? In the app, “another model was used” means a lighter model answered, not a usage limit. In the API, split 503 from 429 and 504 first.
14 min
AI Tools & Guides
Grok Free Limit: What xAI Publishes, How It Resets, What to Do
xAI publishes no message count for free Grok as of September 27, 2026. Free Chat and Voice have their own limit and reset; check Settings → Usage before paying.
14 min
AI Video Generation
Does Grok AI Generate Videos? Grok Imagine Routes, Limits, and API Facts
A current answer to whether Grok AI makes videos, with the official workflow map and a safe app, API, or wrapper route for a first clip.
16 min
AI Image Generation
ChatGPT Image Editor: How to Use Each Tool and What It Redraws
ChatGPT's image editor is the panel behind the Edit button. Its tools, from Remove BG to Resize, send a prompt and redraw the whole image, not one spot.
12 min
ChatGPT & OpenAI
ChatGPT Student Discount 2026: Who Gets 4 Free Months of Plus
Eligible U.S. college students get four free months of ChatGPT Plus, then $20 a month. It includes GPT-6 Astra in ChatGPT Work and Codex, but not ChatGPT Pro.
9 min
API Guides
Claude Batch API Pricing: When 50% Off Beats Prompt Caching
The Claude Batch API halves every token price for jobs that can wait up to 24 hours, but on a big shared prompt, cached standard calls can still cost less.
17 min
Claude Code
Claude Code Cache TTL and Token Usage: Why Cache Misses Get Expensive and How to Prove It
Claude Code cache TTL is route-specific. Check the active route, TTL, cache creation tokens, cache read tokens, invalidators, and billing proof before blaming a bug.
13 min
API Guides
Claude Prompt Caching: How It Works, Costs, 512-Token Minimum
Mark a stable prefix with cache_control and Claude reuses it for 5 minutes or 1 hour. Reads cost 0.05x input on Opus and Sonnet 5.5; prefixes need 512+ tokens.
19 min
API Guides
Claude Structured Output: JSON Schema Guide and What Still Fails
Put a JSON schema in output_config.format and Claude returns matching JSON in the text block. Still check stop_reason and validate ranges and lengths yourself.
12 min
Troubleshooting
Claude Reached Its Tool-Use Limit for This Turn: What to Do
One Claude reply ran out of tool calls; it isn't your 5-hour or weekly limit. Click Continue, then check what actually ran before trusting the summary.
10 min
API Pricing & Plans
DeepSeek Search API Pricing: $0.75/1K and Real Cost per Search
DeepSeek Search and Fetch: $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests, empty results free. Claude Code and Codex searches are billed from Oct 31, 2026, 16:00 UTC.
14 min
Model Comparisons
Gemini 4 Carbon vs Gemini 4 Argon: Slower Start, Faster Agents
Gemini 4 Carbon beats Argon 59.4 to 50.4 on AA's index but ties on SaaS automation. It's twice as slow to start a reply, yet finishes coding-agent tasks faster.
15 min
API Guides
Gemini API Error Troubleshooting: 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED, 400/500
A Gemini 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED can be a per-minute limit, a daily quota, a spend cap or no quota for the model. The error body says whether to retry or stop.
17 min
API Guides
Gemini Context Caching: Implicit vs Explicit, Pricing, Hit Rates
Gemini 4 Argon caches only implicitly, at 95% off. A one-hour explicit cache on 3.8 Flash beats no cache from the 2nd request. Implicit hits aren't guaranteed.
19 min