# CodingSalt

> Daily coverage of AI and software engineering: model releases, developer tools, frameworks and industry shifts — explained clearly, with sources.

CodingSalt publishes daily, sourced articles about AI and software engineering
for a global developer audience. All content is in English. Every article lists
its primary sources and shows publication and update dates.

## Articles

- [Kimi K3: Moonshot AI's 2.8T Open Model for Developers](https://codingsalt.com/blog/kimi-k3-moonshot-open-model-developers-guide): Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 is a 2.8T open-weight MoE model with a 1M-token context and $3/$15 per-million pricing. Here's what changes for developers.
- [VS Code 1.128: Multi-Chat Agent Sessions Explained](https://codingsalt.com/blog/vs-code-1-128-multi-chat-agent-sessions): VS Code 1.128 lets one Claude agent session hold several chats running in parallel. Here is how multi-chat sessions, forking and quick chats work.
- [GitHub Copilot Usage-Based Billing: A Developer's Guide](https://codingsalt.com/blog/github-copilot-usage-based-billing-developers-guide): GitHub Copilot now bills in token-priced AI Credits, not premium requests. Here is what changed and what Visual Studio's July update now tracks.
- [Meta Muse Spark 1.1: Pricing, API and Specs for Developers](https://codingsalt.com/blog/meta-muse-spark-1-1-pricing-api-developers-guide): Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 API charges $1.25/$4.25 per million tokens and drops into the OpenAI SDK. Here is what changes for developers and how it compares.
- [GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna: A Developer's Guide](https://codingsalt.com/blog/gpt-5-6-sol-terra-luna-developers-guide): OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family is now generally available. Here is what Sol, Terra and Luna cost, how the tiers differ and what changes for developers.
- [MCP Goes Stateless: What the 2026 Spec Changes](https://codingsalt.com/blog/mcp-goes-stateless-2026-spec-changes): The Model Context Protocol's 2026-07-28 spec removes sessions, adds MCP Apps and formalizes deprecations. What server authors need to change.
- [Grok 4.5: Cursor's Co-Trained Coding Model, Explained](https://codingsalt.com/blog/grok-4-5-cursor-coding-model-developers-guide): SpaceXAI and Cursor jointly trained Grok 4.5 on real coding sessions. Here is the pricing, the token-efficiency claim and what changes for agent workflows.
- [What Is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)? A Practical Guide](https://codingsalt.com/blog/what-is-generative-engine-optimization-geo): GEO is the practice of making content citable by AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. Here is how it works and how it differs from SEO.
- [Model Context Protocol (MCP) Explained for Developers](https://codingsalt.com/blog/model-context-protocol-explained): MCP is an open standard that connects AI assistants to tools and data. Here is how the protocol works and why it became the default integration layer.
- [AI Coding Agents: A Practical Guide to Working With Them](https://codingsalt.com/blog/ai-coding-agents-practical-guide): AI coding agents can plan, edit and verify code across whole repositories. Here is how they work and how teams use them without losing code quality.

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