Deal Brief 2026-09-21: AnySearch, Brain.fm, and USIMS
Three short-lived offers or access routes seen on September 20–21, 2026: a search API, a Brain.fm membership promotion, and a free USIMS eSIM.
Deals & Free Benefits
Student benefits, coupons, free quotas, and free tiers. Availability changes; verify the provider's current terms before using them.
Student Benefits Navigation: Don't Let Your Edu-Email Sit Idle
I'll start with GitHub, JetBrains, and Zed, then use YX Flow, GLaDOS, Aliyun, and Pages as needed.
Free AI API Entry Points: BaiPiao, innilove, and Several Navigation Sites
Compiling a few entry points where you can still find free AI APIs, along with navigation sites suitable for checking public-benefit sites and free quotas.
What can you buy with Alibaba Cloud's 300 RMB student voucher: A guide to using it before you waste it
A compilation of the most practical ways to use Alibaba Cloud's 300 RMB student voucher: ECS, Lightweight Application Server, Wuying Lingdou, Bailian Large Model API, and pitfalls to watch out for before ordering.
What Cloudflare's Free Tier Can Do for Developers: The Cyber Philanthropist's Free-for-All
A rundown of genuinely useful things in Cloudflare's free tier: Pages, Workers, R2, Tunnel, Email Routing, DNS, Web Analytics, and when it's a better fit than a VPS.
What Can a 2C2G Student Server Run: Don't Overload the Little Machine Yet
My real-world setup for a 2C2G Alibaba Cloud student server: Vaultwarden, ntfy, Gatus, Fast Note Sync, AstrBot, and a search gateway. Includes actual memory usage and a list of what not to run.
How College Students Use AnyRouter, SharedChat, and cc-switch to Manage AI Quotas
A guide for college students on AnyRouter registration, SharedChat GPT quota claiming, and cc-switch configuration, to be watched with my Bilibili video.