[▲ Vercel Community](/) · [Categories](/categories) · [Latest](/latest) · [Top](/top) · [Live](/live) [Announcements](/c/announcements/27) # News Cache (2025-08-18) 250 views · 2 likes · 2 posts Amy Egan (@amyegan) · 2025-08-18 · ♥ 1 ### 🖤 Highlights - [Free0 competition winners](https://x.com/v0/status/1956478559314493704) were announced in a live [v0.app community showcase](https://community.vercel.com/t/community-session-v0-app-community-showcase/18484) event *(recording available now in case you missed it)* - Vibe Code Week starts today. [Base and Vercel are teaming up for a week long v0 workshop](https://x.com/buildonbase/status/1957470471139865041) - [OSS Program summer cohort](https://x.com/vercel/status/1953840790498885828) is pushing the web forward with a little help from Vercel ### ⭐ Community Projects - @r2hu1 created Slate, [an AI-assisted modular writing app](https://community.vercel.com/t/slate-made-writing-beautiful/19830?u=amyegan) - @prateek32177 shared Hookflo, [an alerting an event tracking platform that’s quick to set up](https://community.vercel.com/t/hookflo-quick-to-setup-event-alerting-and-logging-for-your-saas/18875?u=amyegan) - @arkmaster123 used some of his [Free0](https://x.com/v0/status/1956478559314493704) credits to make [StoryFlix, so kids can have more stories instead of screen time](https://community.vercel.com/t/storyflix-stories-for-kids-instead-of-screen-time/18555?u=amyegan) - @janily built Unicorn Hunter, [an AI interview tool for hiring teams](https://community.vercel.com/t/unicornhunter-improve-tech-hiring-process/19050?u=amyegan) Don’t forget to visit the #showcase to see what else everyone is building! ### 📚 Learn - [The three types of AI bot traffic and how to handle them](https://vercel.com/blog/the-three-types-of-ai-bot-traffic-and-how-to-handle-them) - [How Coxwave delivers GenAI value faster with Vercel](https://vercel.com/blog/how-coxwave-delivers-genai-value-faster-with-vercel) - [The real serverless compute to database connection problem, solved](https://vercel.com/blog/the-real-serverless-compute-to-database-connection-problem-solved) ### 📅 Events - Last Week - [Community Session: v0.dev is now v0.app](https://community.vercel.com/t/community-session-v0-dev-is-now-v0-app/18060) - [Community Session: v0.app community showcase](https://community.vercel.com/t/community-session-v0-app-community-showcase/18484) - **Upcoming** - [date=2025-08-19 time=12:30:00 timezone="America/New_York"] [Community Session: v0 AMA with Claire Vo](https://community.vercel.com/t/community-session-v0-ama-with-claire-vo/16955) - [date=2025-08-21 time=18:30:00 timezone="America/New_York"] [Building With (and For) AI: Developer Tools for Modern Apps](https://community.vercel.com/t/building-with-and-for-ai-developer-tools-for-modern-apps/17993) - [date=2025-08-28 time=12:30:00 timezone="America/New_York"] [Community Session: Navigating SEO in the era of AI search](https://community.vercel.com/t/community-session-navigating-seo-in-the-era-of-ai-search/18161) - [date=2025-08-30 timezone="Japan”] [Shift AI - 2nd Anniversary](https://community.vercel.com/t/shift-ai-2nd-anniversary/18915) - [date=2025-09-03 time=13:00:00 timezone="America/New_York"] [Community Session: Web Performance](https://community.vercel.com/t/community-session-web-performance/18981) - [date=2025-09-11 time=17:00:00 timezone="America/Los_Angeles"] [xAI + Vercel Hackathon](https://community.vercel.com/t/xai-vercel-hackathon/18688) - [date=2025-09-25 time=16:00:00 timezone="Japan"] [Ai×要件定義の最前線：生成aiプラットフォームを活用した新しい開発実践](https://community.vercel.com/t/aix-ai/18774) ### ▲ More Updates - [Introducing the Runtime Cache API](https://vercel.com/changelog/introducing-the-runtime-cache-api) - [Add context when using Instant Rollback](https://vercel.com/changelog/new-instant-rollback-flow) - [v0 iOS waitlist opened](https://x.com/v0/status/1957487790205325760) - **Security** - [Improved fake hardware detection with Vercel BotID](https://vercel.com/changelog/botid-deep-analysis-model-improved-for-fake-hardware-detection) - [Vercel's bot verification now supports Web Bot Auth](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercels-bot-verification-now-supports-web-bot-auth) - [Vercel BotID now leverages Vercel's verified bot directory](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercel-botid-now-leverages-vercels-verified-bot-directory) - **AI Gateway** - [Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M token context in Vercel AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/changelog/claude-sonnet-4-now-supports-1m-token-context-in-vercel-ai-gateway) - [Auto-recharge available in AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/changelog/auto-recharge-available-in-ai-gateway) ### ℹ️ ICYMI - August [Hire Me](https://community.vercel.com/t/hire-me-august-2025/17329) and [Who’s Hiring?](https://community.vercel.com/t/whos-hiring-august-2025/17328) - ⚠️ [Node.js 18 is being deprecated on September 1, 2025](https://community.vercel.com/t/node-js-18-is-being-deprecated/16299) - [v0.dev is now v0.app](https://vercel.com/blog/v0-app) --- Did I miss something? I was away from my desk most of last week, so I very well may have. **Comment if you want to get anything else included!** Arkmaster123 (@arkmaster123) · 2025-08-18 · ♥ 1 thanks for the update and share!