Product Launch - Llama Cloud launches Llama Sheets API, enabling conversion of spreadsheets into structured parquet files for AI agent processing [1] - Llama Sheets is positioned as a generic document processing tool within Llama Cloud's existing suite of tools like Llama Parse, Llama Extract, and Llama Classify [2] - The API allows processing spreadsheets and using them directly in document workflows [3] - The API extracts each table as an individual object, along with a title and description [5][6] Technical Details - Parquet files are described as a structured format, similar to dataframes, that AI agents and coding agents can readily interact with [1][10] - The API can be integrated with coding agents like Cloud Code or frameworks like Llama Index [7] - The API includes examples and documentation for using it with coding agents [7] - The extracted data can be downloaded as a parquet file [10] Use Case & Feedback - The API can be used to analyze spreadsheets and automate workflows [14] - User feedback on the API's inputs, outputs, and features is encouraged via a feedback button in the UI [14]

Blockchain Development - Monad blockchain enables faster shipping with CoinGecko API integration [1]

Model Performance & Features - Grok 4.1 Fast is available for free on OpenRouter until December 3rd [1] - All Agent Tools are 100% free [1] - Tool calling performance is ranked 1 on the Berkeley leaderboard [1] - Achieves 100% on τ²-bench Telecom for real-world applications [1] - Context window of 2 million tokens, maintaining consistency on long tasks [1] - Hallucinations have been reduced by 50% compared to Grok 4 Fast [1] - Maintains the same speed as Grok 4 [1] Pricing - Input cost is $0.20 per million tokens [1] - Output cost is $0.50 per million tokens [1]

Model Fallback Middleware Overview - Langchain's model fallback middleware enhances application reliability by providing alternative models during outages or API quota exhaustion [1] - The middleware allows fallback to models from different providers, such as switching from OpenAI to Anthropic [3] - Users can specify multiple fallback models to ensure continued functionality [3] Implementation and Demonstration - The demonstration simulates model failure using non-existent Anthropic models and successfully falls back to GPT-4 mini from OpenAI [4] - The Linksmith trace view illustrates the initial failure of the primary and fallback models before successfully using the final GPT-4 mini model [5] - The middleware is implemented using Langchain's create agent primitive [4] Benefits and Usage - The model fallback middleware helps build more resilient agents capable of handling model outages and API credit limitations [3] - It allows applications to remain functional by automatically switching to a safe and functional model [1] - Creating a custom middleware is possible, offering flexibility beyond the built-in options [2]

RT mert | helius.dev (@0xMert_)today, Solana changes foreverwe've solved the biggest data/RPC problem that existssolana historical/archival data — has now been redesignedquick context:today when you query historical data (getBlock/getTransaction/getSignaturesForAddress), it hits Google BigTablethis is i) slow, ii) expensive, iii) inflexible for queriese.g., you physically can not get the first tx for a Solana address without looping back endlessly from the latest txfor busy addresses, this can take thousand ...

Crypto Trading Journal - Crypto trading journal helps traders stay organized and learn from past trades [1] - The journal is Google Sheets-based and powered by the CoinGecko API [1] - The journal is used to log and analyze trades [1]

Starknet Ecosystem - Suggests the potential for an API to simplify Starknet app development by 1000x [1] - Hints at a new development or product related to Starknet app building [1]

x402 payment protocol hit 43k transactions in 30 days from zero. google salesforce stripe cloudflare all integrated it october 13-15. coinbase built the only rails where ai agents can pay for apis without accounts or api keys. coin stock doesn't reflect base becoming default infrastructure for $47b agent economy ...

Technology Update - gRPC (a next-gen full node API for accessing blockchain data) is now generally available (GA) on Sui [1] - gRPC offers faster performance and real-time API capabilities [1] - gRPC supports typed languages including Rust, Go, and TypeScript [1] API Transition - The report raises a question about the future of JSON-RPC [1]

3/ Since integrating CoinGecko API, @0xProject has:🚀 Scaled from 30k to 200k+ trading pairs📈 Processed $154B+ in swap volume for 9M+ usersRead the full case study ⬇️https://t.co/bklORd9Jnk ...