# api python (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover api python. Page: Feed: --- ## [Is this AI?](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/is-this-ai) _2026-08-09 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Why the answer tells readers less than they think. ## [I Could Not Get AI to Edit One Page](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/i-could-not-get-ai-to-edit-one-page) _2026-07-26 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ The tools for AI-assisted editing don't exist yet. That’s pushing everyone toward full delegation. ## [Tools for the Middle of the Work](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/tools-for-the-middle-of-the-work) _2026-07-12 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Against the empty prompt box, part two: five small ideas for steering AI mid-task ## [Software gardens](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/software-gardens) _2026-06-28 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ What comes after one-size-fits-all apps ## [The Weird Future of Personal Software](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/the-weird-future-of-personal-software) _2026-06-14 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ A rough AI-powered feed reader helped me see a different future for software: not finished products, but scaffolds that users and agents grow together. ## [Against the Empty Prompt Box](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/against-the-empty-prompt-box) _2026-05-31 · Working Copy_ AI is good at compressing information into fluent answers. Serious work needs tools that preserve knowledge creation. ## [Answer Engines Are the Wrong Shape for News](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/answer-engines-are-the-wrong-shape) _2026-05-17 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Clients, thick and thin ## [What happens when the language model lives in the browser?](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-the-language-model) _2026-05-03 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Testing Gemma 4 for news publishers ## [Notes on evaluating agentic tools](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/notes-on-evaluating-agentic-tools) _2026-04-19 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Unique challenges from complex workflows ## [Skills Beat Tools](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/skills-beat-tools) _2026-04-05 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Why teaching agents what you already have outperforms building them something new ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kVZwVNdGNKKC) _2026-04-05 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Structuring memory](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/structuring-memory) _2026-02-19 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Patterns from the literature ## [New research: You don’t need the article to know what it’s about](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/new-research-you-dont-need-the-article) _2026-02-13 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Classifying articles by their URLs ## [Teaching Agents What We Know](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/teaching-agents-what-we-know) _2026-02-04 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Orchestration and workflows as compound advantages ## [Blockchains for non-cryptocurrency applications (still) don't make sense](http://journal.rjevski.io/blockchains-for-non-cryptocurrency-applications-still-don-t-make-sense) _2026-01-31 · Andre Borie_ Author’s note: originally published in 2019, revised January 2026. Having witnessed the NFT and crypto boom and bust of 2021, these arguments have only grown more relevant. Why blockchains work for cryptocurrencies # Blockchains work for cryptocurrencies because the asset being traded is the blockchain record itself. When you “own” Bitcoin, what you actually own is a cryptographic entry on a… ## [The year ahead](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/the-year-ahead-fdb) _2026-01-02 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ 2026 ## [Wrapping static API keys with IAM roles and beating Shai-Hulud](http://journal.rjevski.io/wrapping-static-api-keys-with-iam-roles) _2025-11-27 · Andre Borie_ In view of the recent Shai-Hulud supply chain attack where a malicious package install script exfiltrated the current user’s environment variables and static secrets found in their files, I am describing a solution to eliminate static tokens in favor of dynamic, machine/workload-specific credentials that are time- and scope-limited. Note that this does not aim to prevent malware attacks per se; an… ## [Web cache deception vulnerabilities with Cloudflare and Django](http://journal.rjevski.io/web-cache-deception-vulnerabilities-with-cloudflare-and-django) _2025-11-07 · Andre Borie_ If you’re using Django (or any standards-compliant web application using cookie-based sessions) behind Cloudflare, you need to be aware of a massive limitation in their cache implementation that could lead to caching and leakage of private responses (intended for a specific user presenting their session cookie) to everyone . Background: the Vary header # The Vary response header is used by an… ## [Private, Free, and Powerful: A Guide to Local AI](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/private-free-and-powerful-a-guide) _2025-10-22 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Step-by-step walkthroughs to common tasks with small language models ## [Liquifying Your AI Conversations](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/liquifying-your-ai-conversations) _2025-09-21 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ A Tool for LLM Data Portability ## [Building Semantic Search for News: A Technical Teardown of My NLWeb Implementation](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/building-semantic-search-for-news) _2025-07-15 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ A Developer's Guide to Transforming NLWeb from General Purpose to News-Focused ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xYKUaO3ddZwQ) _2025-07-15 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Strong Customer Authentication for the Wise API in Python](http://journal.rjevski.io/2fa-strong-customer-authentication-for-the-wise-api-in-python) _2025-05-10 · Andre Borie_ This might be of interest if you are interfacing with the Wise (formerly TransferWise) API from a Python project. Note that you need to have regulatory approval to be able to access 2FA/SCA-protected endpoints - speak to your contact at Wise for more info. But once you get your private key enrolled, this code should work. import typing from base64 import b64encode from datetime import datetime… ## [Social media federation is an answer to the wrong question](http://journal.rjevski.io/federation-is-an-answer-to-the-wrong-question) _2025-04-11 · Andre Borie_ When the latest ills of social media are discussed, someone will inevitably bring up the fediverse - the decentralized ecosystem of alternative social networks like Mastodon - as the miracle cure. Yet even a decade after its release, Mastodon remains largely unknown outside technical circles. The reality is that the fediverse solves few (if any) problems while introducing many new ones - and it… ## [AI Research Assistants: A Comparative Analysis](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/ai-research-assistants-a-comparative) _2025-03-26 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Testing 7 LLM Tools for Literature Review ## [New release: Substack API Python package 1.0](https://attentionmarkets.substack.com/p/new-release-substack-api-python-package) _2025-03-02 · Nick Hagar · Working Copy_ Today, I'm excited to announce the 1.0 release of my Substack API Python package. This represents a significant overhaul from the previous 0.1 version, transforming it from a collection of functions into a full-fledged, object-oriented library that makes interacting with Substack's unofficial API more intuitive and powerful.