Monday edition · Jun 8, 2026
Vol. 03 · Issue 142
llms.txt is a curated Markdown file that maps your site for AI models. This 2026 guide covers the spec, how to create one, and the server-log evidence on whether AI crawlers actually use it.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer7 min readJun 15, 2026Latest
Startup funding 2026 hit a record ~$300B in Q1, but money is concentrating into a few giant AI rounds while seed deal counts fall ~30%. What it means for founders.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer5 min read
Character.AI alternatives for 2026: Janitor AI, Nomi, and a private self-hosted setup, plus why the age-verification update is driving users away.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer8 min read
How to self-host Supabase on a VPS in 2026: the full Docker setup, the secrets you must change, HTTPS hardening, and the backups and trade-offs the quick guides skip.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer8 min read
June 2026 Patch Tuesday brought 200+ fixes and 6 zero-days — but the worst bugs were elsewhere. The week's actively exploited zero-days across Microsoft, Check Point VPN, Oracle PeopleSoft, Cisco, and Chrome, ranked by what to patch first.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer6 min read
The best VPS hosting in 2026, ranked with real June pricing — Hetzner, DigitalOcean, Vultr, Contabo, Oracle free tier & more, plus the RAM-shortage catch.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer9 min read
The best cloud GPU providers for AI in 2026, ranked with real per-hour H100, H200 & B200 pricing from RunPod, Lambda, Vast.ai, CoreWeave & more.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer8 min read
The best managed Postgres in 2026, ranked. Real pricing for Neon, Supabase, AWS RDS, Aurora, PlanetScale, Crunchy & more — and which to pick by use case.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer9 min read
AWS vs GCP in 2026 compared on real pricing, egress fees, free tiers, Kubernetes and AI. A practical pick guide for startups and developers.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer10 min read
Railway vs Render in 2026 compared on real pricing, free tiers, databases, cron, and cold starts. Usage-based vs flat plans, and which fits your app.
Waqas Ahmed Waseer10 min readComparison
Real benchmarks, transparent pricing and the trade-offs nobody puts on a pricing page.
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