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Gemini API free tier vs paid: what changes beyond price
The Gemini API free tier costs nothing but differs from paid in model access, data use and limits. Read Google's tier rules as of October 2026 first.
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Free dependency scan or a full scan: when to move up
The free scan is a quick lookup of known vulnerabilities. A full scan adds transitive trees, reachability, policy and fixes. How to tell which you need.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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Free scan stops at 100 dependencies: what to do next
The free Gold scan checks up to 100 dependencies per run. Here is how to scan a bigger project in slices, and when to switch to an automated tool.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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The four golden signals: a starter dashboard for any service
Latency, traffic, errors and saturation explained, with the panels and two alerts a small team can build for any service in an afternoon.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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Force push overwrote a branch: recover commits with the reflog
After a bad force push or reset, commits are rarely gone. Use the reflog to find the old branch tip, point a branch at it, and limit damage while you work.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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Fix Scorecard Token-Permissions and Pinned-Dependencies in one pass
Two High and Medium Scorecard checks can be raised in one afternoon: set read-only workflow tokens and pin build dependencies by hash. Steps inside.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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Five minute or one hour prompt cache: which should you choose?
Choose the five minute cache for steady traffic and the one hour cache for gaps longer than five minutes. The break even math is short, shown here.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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A five minute check before you add a new dependency
Before running install, check vulnerabilities, maintenance, license, provenance and size. A short routine using a Gold package page and the free scan.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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First prompts to try after connecting Safeguard to your AI assistant
Which prompts work on the six default read-only tools, which need more tools enabled, and how to phrase questions so the assistant picks the right call.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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