The Infinity Tech XXII

August 04, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes

🚀 Happy Monday!

Welcome to The Infinity Tech!

This week, we’re welcoming 3 new members to our growing tech community. Let’s dive into this week’s highlights with Galactic Sync – your quick and sharp roundup of the latest in Tech!

🛸 This week’s highlights:

🔹 Microsoft's new tool lets you build apps without coding. Should developers be worried?

🔹 OpenAI launches ‘Study Mode’ in ChatGPT

🔹 Kimi-k2 Free API Key

🔹 Introducing GLM-4.5: A New Leap in AI Development

Tech News

Tech Articles

🔹 Kimi-k2 Free API Key

🔹Introduction to Policy as Code

🔹 Top 5 Udemy Courses to Learn Claude Code and Claude AI in 2025

🔹 The Full MLOps/LLMOps Blueprint

🔹 Idempotency in 1 diagram and 144 words

Companies News

🔹 Wallarm Raises $55M Series C Round

🔹 SiMa.ai Secures $85M

🔹 SAFE Scoops Up $70M Series C Round

🔹Noma Security Raises $100M Series B

🔹Knit Pulls In $16.1M Series A Round

My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now, using GLM-4.5 Air and MLX

I wrote about the new GLM-4.5 model family yesterday—new open weight (MIT licensed) models from Z.ai in China which their benchmarks claim score highly in coding even against models such …

Programming Vehicles in Games

The fundamental principles needed to get a functional vehicle in your game.

I designed my own ridiculously fast game streaming video codec – PyroWave – Maister's Graphics Adventures

Open Source Repositories

🔹 Crush, The glamourous AI coding agent for your favourite terminal

🔹 tldr is a collection of community-maintained, simplified help pages for command-line tools.

🔹 500-AI-Agents-Projects is a curated list of more than 500 projects related to AI agents.

🔹 Focalboard is an open-source, self-hosted project management tool that serves as an alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.

🔹 Kubernetes Goat is a "vulnerable by design" Kubernetes environment to learn and practice Kubernetes security.

🔹 Dagger is a programmable CI/CD engine that allows you to write your pipelines in a familiar programming language and run them in containers.

🔹 WrenAI is an open-source semantic layer for data warehouses that translates natural language questions into SQL.

🔹 Dyad is a fast, async-first, and simple-to-use framework for building Terminal User Interfaces (TUI) in Rust.

🔹 Motia is a modern backend framework that combines APIs, background jobs, and AI agents into one unified runtime.

🔹 Burrito is a controller that helps manage Terraform Cloud and Enterprise resources directly from Kubernetes.

Automatisch: The Open-Source Zapier Alternative

Discover how Automatisch empowers you to automate workflows with complete data privacy, unlimited customization, and zero vendor lock-in – all while keeping your sensitive information exactly where it belongs.

Nhost: Open Source Alternative to Firebase and Supabase with GraphQL

Discover how Nhost revolutionizes backend development with its comprehensive platform that combines GraphQL APIs, authentication, storage, and serverless functions in one powerful, developer-friendly solution.

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“It's supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button. ”
― John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar

How to Write an Effective Prompt for AI

Producing a successful AI image comes down to giving the model clear and layered instructions. A good prompt is like a detailed recipe that guides the AI like an artist, leaving no room for ambiguity.

Here's the secret behind that successful prompt combining a logo and a leaf texture:

  1. Clear Objective: The prompt states exactly what it wants from the start: "A 3D render of the logo."

  2. Material and Texture Definition: Instead of just saying "make it out of a leaf," it brings the material to life with physical details like "soft, organic leaf material, realistic veins, surface depth, and matte gloss."

  3. Artistic Direction: It sets the aesthetic quality and atmosphere with phrases like "Cinema 4D style" and "premium, editorial look." The "high-contrast lighting" command enhances the texture's details.

  4. Technical Rules: It specifies that the logo's original shape must be preserved and standardizes the output with technical parameters like "8K resolution, white background."

In short, this prompt answers the questions of what, why, how, and in what format, allowing the AI to use its creative potential in the most accurate way.

Custom Prompts for "The Infinity"

Here are two different concepts tailored to the themes of eternity and technology suggested by the name "The Infinity":

1. Cosmic Concept (Universal & Ethereal)

Create a 3D-rendered digital image of "The Infinity" logo. Render it as if forged from a living cosmic nebula. The material should feature deep blues and violets, with glowing energy filaments and minuscule, glittering stars embedded within. The surface must have a translucent, ethereal quality. Use dramatic, volumetric lighting to create a sense of awe. The background should be near-black deep space. The result must be ultra-realistic, evoking endless possibility.

Style: Hyper-realistic 3D, Cinematic Texture: Luminous cosmic nebula Lighting: Volumetric, dramatic Background: Deep space Format: Widescreen (16:9) Quality: 8K Render

2. Tech Concept (Minimalist & Premium)

Generate a hyper-realistic 3D image of "The Infinity" logo. Render it from polished, liquid chromium with a flawless, mirror-like finish. Subtle, cyan-colored energy conduits should pulse with a soft light just beneath the surface. The aesthetic should be minimalist and high-tech. Use soft studio lighting to emphasize the logo's sleek curves and reflections against a clean, dark gray gradient background. The final image must look like a sophisticated, futuristic product shot.

Style: Hyper-realistic 3D, Minimalist Tech Texture: Polished liquid chromium, internal light veins Lighting: Soft studio, focused on reflections Background: Dark gray gradient Format: Square (1:1) Quality: 8K Render