Vercel Labs is a developer tools initiative that releases experimental projects early, gathers user feedback, and invests in proven solutions. Projects are classified by stage: Labs products (maintained tools), active experiments (iterating projects), and past experiments (discontinued or evolved projects).
Vercel reduced CDN metadata lookup latency by 91% by grouping path metadata into shards instead of fetching individual paths. The optimization batches metadata fetches together while using indexed shards to avoid unnecessary parsing, balancing efficiency gains against data transfer costs.
Google introduces Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two new AI models designed for real-time voice conversations and complex reasoning tasks. The models deliver near real-time processing, multi-language support, and tool execution capabilities, with 3.8 Live Extended Thinking achieving top scores on Speech to Speech Quality benchmarks while maintaining competitive pricing.