nvidia is casually giving you access to 5 frontier chinese AI models for free 😳
no credit card
no subscriptions
just one API key that unlocks everything
what you get for $0:
- DeepSeek V4 Flash for ultra-fast inference
- MiniMax M3 as a drop-in coding assistant
- Qwen3.5-397B for advanced reasoning tasks
- Kimi K2.6 for agentic workflows and long chains
- GLM 5.1 as a reliable everyday model
why this is huge:
> no paying separate subscriptions for different models
> no changing your existing workflows or tools
> no vendor lock-in since everything is OpenAI-compatible
getting started takes less than 2 minutes:
1. go to https://t.co/q50rSatNbb
2. sign up and verify your account
3. generate your nvapi key
4. set your base URL to https://t.co/92kkbFSf8D
5. pick any model and start building
supported models:
> minimaxai/minimax-m3
> qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b
> moonshotai/kimi-k2.6
> zhipuai/glm-5.1
> deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash
pro tip:
use DeepSeek V4 Flash for speed, Qwen for hard reasoning, Kimi for agents, and MiniMax as your daily coding companion
the best part?
one free key gives you access to 100+ models across NVIDIA's catalog
~40 requests per minute is more than enough for most developers and personal projects
5 frontier models that compete with GPT and Claude, all without spending a dollar
bookmark this and claim your free API key before the limits change 👀
Since time immemorial, when a CEO asks a PM at Product Review, “what do you need to 10X users/revenue?”, “what will make you go faster?”, etc
The PM steadfastly responds “We need [N] more engineers”. The Eng Mgr nods approvingly
A story thread, with some hard truths to swallow:
If any younger engineers here looking for advice choosing a path,highly recommend getting into systems/infra software.
I still find it intriguing and exciting after 10+ years being in this space. There is no shortage of innovation or relevance.
@CommitStrip@ineffyble like this https://t.co/eVZ5JNe5V2 ?
My ARM debian box was broken, I'm too lazy to setup it again. I still have few Tailscale/Wireguard nodes with split tunnel to access Medium in Vietnam :)
What a time to be alive... Install the Microsoft signed Hybrid Connection Manager on victim host, link it up with your Azure app, enjoy persistent access to the on-prem network from your Azure portal. Only needs https outbound to Azure and line of sight from victim to target host
After months of stalling, Google finally revealed how much personal data they collect in Chrome and the Google app. No wonder they wanted to hide it.
Spying on users has nothing to do with building a great web browser or search engine. We would know (our app is both in one).