
Gemini Flash API Guide: Pricing & Which Flash to Use
A practical Gemini Flash API guide — 3.5 Flash, 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite pricing compared, when each fits, and how Flash beats Pro on value for most production traffic.
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A practical Gemini Flash API guide — 3.5 Flash, 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite pricing compared, when each fits, and how Flash beats Pro on value for most production traffic.

A practical Claude Sonnet 4.6 API guide — near-Opus quality at $3/$15 per million tokens. Pricing, strengths, and when Sonnet is the smarter, cheaper choice than Opus.

A practical Claude Haiku 4.5 API guide — Anthropic's fastest, cheapest model at $1/$5 per million tokens. When Haiku is enough, and when to escalate to Sonnet or Opus.

The best AI video models with native audio in 2026 — Seedance, Kling, HappyHorse and Wan generate synced dialogue, ambience and lip-sync in one pass. Compared with code.

How to generate posters via API in 2026 — models that nail dense layouts and legible headlines (Seedream, GPT Image 2, Nano Banana Pro), with code and prompt tips.
How to generate AI avatar and talking-head videos via API in 2026 — Wan 2.6 role-play plus Seedance and Kling for consistent faces and synced voice. Models, code and tips.

A developer's guide to AI API rate limits — RPM vs TPM, why you hit 429 errors, exponential backoff, and how gateways with pooled capacity smooth throughput.

A guide to AI API latency in 2026 — TTFT vs tokens-per-second, what makes responses slow, model speed differences, and practical ways to make your app feel fast.

How to add AI to mobile apps in 2026 — pick fast low-latency models, keep per-user cost tiny, secure your API key with a backend proxy, and ship image, video and chat features.

A hands-on Seedance 2.0 API tutorial: authentication, your first video, text-to-video and image-to-video, the @ reference system, polling, and error handling.
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Get more from GPT Image 2 — prompt patterns for perfect text rendering, precise layouts, reliable editing, and reference images, with copy-ready examples.

Using the GPT Image 1 API in 2026? It's deprecating October 23, 2026. Here's its pricing, how it compares to GPT Image 2, and how to migrate before the shutdown.

A practical architecture for building AI apps on multiple models — the gateway pattern, model-by-parameter switching, async task handling, routing, and fallbacks.

Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image — nicknamed Nano Banana Lite. Specs, pricing, Nano Banana 2 vs Nano Banana Lite comparison, and how to try via API.

Use Seedance 2.0 API for cinematic video — dolly zooms, tracking shots, 8-language lip-sync. Full prompt engineering guide included.

Kling V3 API guide with asynchronous code examples, current pricing dimensions, 720p and 1080p output, multi-shot controls, native audio, and production safeguards.

Developer guide for GPT Image 2 API via LinkModel. 99%+ text rendering, reasoning-based generation, image editing. Code examples and pricing comparison.

Prompt ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 like a director: the 8-element formula, shot-by-shot structure, and fixes for face drift and unwanted subtitles.