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Claimable Neon: Provisioned by agents, claimed by humans

Claimable Neon implements the anonymous registration method in auth.md, the open agent registration protocol authored by WorkOS, to give agents a way to provision a temporary Neon project without creating an account or collecting payment details.

Build an MCP server with Air Pipe and Postgres

A step-by-step technical guide showing how to build an MCP (model-calling protocol) server using Air Pipe and a Postgres database. The tutorial provides a schema (mcp_tenants, mcp_tokens, mcp_tasks), a single-file Air Pipe config exposing MCP tools (list_tasks, create_task), deployment instructions (managed or self-hosted), token minting (HS256 / SOLO_SECRET), verification via curl, and instructions to point MCP clients (e.g., Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor) at the endpoint. It also covers multi-tenant token exchange, runtime revocation using a jti denylist, gating tool discovery with list_authorizer, observability (Prometheus/OpenTelemetry traces), known limitations, and links to ready-made packs (MCP Postgres Starter, MCP Quickstart).

• Air Pipe provides a pack and config pattern to expose MCP tools over Postgres.
• The tutorial defines three Postgres tables: mcp_tenants, mcp_tokens (revocation denylist), and mcp_tasks.
• MCP clients referenced include Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and Cursor.

WebHaste Launches Local-First CMS for Smaller Websites

WebHaste, a free, local-first Content Management System (CMS) developed by Destination Toolbox, has been released in public beta. Designed for teams building and managing smaller websites (under 100 pages), it aims to eliminate server-side infrastructure headaches like plugin updates, SSL certificate management, and security concerns. The CMS operates as a Chrome extension, offering file management, visual editing, real-time previews, and template rendering. It deploys finished sites to CDNs like Cloudflare Pages and Netlify, and supports local ownership of site files. Key features include built-in SEO (sitemaps, meta descriptions, OpenGraph tags), agency-friendly tools (shared drives, Git, per-page tracking pixels), and AI collaboration readiness with file-aware AI agents for content management without publishing rights. The product is positioned as an alternative to database-driven systems like WordPress for simpler sites, including informational sites, blogs, campaign landing pages, and portfolios.

• WebHaste is a free, local-first CMS released in public beta.
• The CMS is available as a Chrome extension and deploys to Cloudflare Pages and Netlify.
• WebHaste targets smaller websites, including informational sites and blogs under 100 pages.

Scaling a Dev Project to 10K RPS with SQLite

This technical analysis details how a developer scaled a side-project backend to handle 10,000 requests per second (RPS) on an 8GB RAM DigitalOcean droplet. Following a sudden traffic surge driven by a viral tweet, the initial Flask and Heroku setup failed due to thread-per-request bottlenecks and memory exhaustion. The architecture was redesigned using Python's AsyncIO, a bounded SQLite connection pool capped at 200 connections operating in Write-Ahead Logging (WAL) mode, and OS-level backlog limits. On the client side, vanilla JavaScript and the native navigator.sendBeacon() method were implemented to ensure fire-and-forget analytics tracking with zero framework overhead. These optimizations successfully stabilized RAM usage at 180MB with zero errors during high-concurrency testing.

• A viral tweet caused a Flask and Heroku backend analytics endpoint to crash due to thread-per-request bottlenecks under heavy concurrent load.
• The developer rebuilt the architecture using Python's AsyncIO, SQLite in WAL mode, and a connection pool bounded to 200 connections.
• Load testing on a DigitalOcean 8GB droplet achieved 12,000 requests per second with stable 180MB RAM usage and zero errors.

Compete in OpenAI’s WebMCP Challenge with Netlify

Netlify announces a new challenge in partnership with OpenAI, offering credits and prizes for participants.