Vertex Intelligence

Data. Not Opinions.

Deep dives into the infrastructure that powers the modern web. No guest posts. No fluff. Just rigorous benchmarks.

Infrastructure

The Great Proxy Latency Report: Q1 2026

We tested 72M+ IPs. Here is who is actually lying about their speed.

Feb 4, 2026 8 min read
AI Economics

The Real Cost of Intelligence: DeepSeek vs. GPT-4o

Why switching your RAG pipeline to DeepSeek V3 could save you $4,200/mo.

Jan 28, 2026 12 min read
Market Trends

The "Per-Seat" Tax is Killing Startups

Our analysis of 500 pricing pages shows a 14% hike in per-user pricing.

Jan 15, 2026 6 min read
DevOps

The Vercel Markup: When to Eject

We calculated the exact bandwidth threshold where "Serverless" becomes "Bankrupt".

Feb 10, 2026 10 min read
Database

Postgres is All You Need (Usually)

Benchmarking pgvector vs. Pinecone. Do you really need a dedicated Vector DB?

Feb 12, 2026 15 min read
Dev Tools

Cursor vs. Copilot: The 1,000 Line Challenge

We built the same app twice. One AI was 40% faster. The winner surprised us.

Feb 14, 2026 9 min read
Investigation

We Bought 100 Fake G2 Reviews

An investigative look into the black market of SaaS reputation management.

Feb 18, 2026 20 min read
Marketing Tech

The Deliverability Black Box: SendGrid vs. Resend

We sent 5,000 cold emails to fresh inboxes. Here is who hit Spam.

Feb 20, 2026 7 min read
FinTech

The "Merchant of Record" Tax Explained

Is losing 5% to LemonSqueezy worth not handling Global VAT? The math says yes.

Feb 22, 2026 8 min read
Analytics

Why GA4 is Dead to Us

The rise of PostHog and Plausible: Why privacy-first analytics are winning.

Feb 25, 2026 6 min read