diff --git a/misc/gliner2_modal_demo.py b/misc/gliner2_modal_demo.py
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+# # GLiNER2 on Modal
+#
+# [GLiNER2](https://github.com/fastino-ai/GLiNER2) structured extraction (`extract_json`) and
+# classification (`classify_text`) on one string. From the repo root:
+# `modal run misc/gliner2_modal_demo.py`
+
+import json
+
+import modal
+
+APP_NAME = "example-gliner2-modal"
+MODEL_ID = "fastino/gliner2-base-v1"
+DEFAULT_TEXT = (
+    "Tim Cook unveiled iPhone 15 Pro for $999 in Cupertino; "
+    "reviewers praised the titanium design but criticized battery life."
+)
+SCHEMA = {
+    "announcement": [
+        "company::str",
+        "person::str",
+        "product::str",
+        "price::str",
+        "location::str",
+    ]
+}
+CLS = {"sentiment": ["positive", "negative", "neutral", "mixed"]}
+
+app = modal.App(APP_NAME)
+image = modal.Image.debian_slim(python_version="3.11").pip_install(
+    "gliner2",
+    "torch>=2.0.0",
+    "transformers>=4.51.3,<5.2.0",
+    "huggingface_hub>=0.21.4",
+    "tqdm",
+    "sentencepiece",
+    "onnxruntime",
+    "requests",
+    "urllib3",
+    "certifi",
+    "charset-normalizer",
+    "idna",
+    "safetensors",
+    "tokenizers",
+    "filelock",
+    "packaging",
+)
+
+
+@app.cls(image=image, cpu=2.0, memory=2048)
+class GLiNERService:
+    @modal.enter()
+    def load(self):
+        from gliner2 import GLiNER2
+
+        self.model = GLiNER2.from_pretrained(MODEL_ID)
+
+    @modal.method()
+    def analyze(self, text: str) -> dict:
+        m = self.model
+        return {
+            "structured": m.extract_json(text, SCHEMA),
+            "classification": m.classify_text(text, CLS, include_confidence=True),
+        }
+
+
+@app.local_entrypoint()
+def main(text: str = DEFAULT_TEXT):
+    print("Input:", text)
+    print(json.dumps(GLiNERService().analyze.remote(text), indent=2))
diff --git a/misc/kafka_microbatch_etl.py b/misc/kafka_microbatch_etl.py
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+# ---
+# cmd: ["python", "misc/kafka_microbatch_etl.py", "--batch=25", "--timeout-s=5", "--local=true"]
+# runtimes: ["runc", "gvisor"]
+# ---
+#
+# # Kafka micro-batch ETL (bounded)
+#
+# Polls up to N Kafka messages (or time limit), applies a tiny transform,
+# POSTs the batch to a REST sink, then exits.
+#
+# Intended for ETL/backfills/periodic jobs — NOT continuous stream processing
+# (e.g. Flink / Kafka Streams). This example is intentionally single-worker.
+
+import json
+import os
+import time
+
+import modal
+import requests
+from confluent_kafka import Consumer
+
+image = modal.Image.debian_slim().pip_install("confluent-kafka", "requests")
+app = modal.App(
+    "kafka-microbatch-etl",
+    image=image,
+    secrets=[modal.Secret.from_name("kafka-etl-remote-v2")],
+)
+
+
+@app.function()
+def etl(batch: int = 100, timeout_s: int = 5):
+    c = Consumer(
+        {
+            "bootstrap.servers": os.environ["KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP"],
+            "group.id": os.getenv("KAFKA_GROUP", "modal-microbatch"),
+            "auto.offset.reset": "earliest",
+            "enable.auto.commit": False,  # keep example safe/simple
+            # Confluent Cloud auth:
+            "security.protocol": "SASL_SSL",
+            "sasl.mechanism": "PLAIN",
+            "sasl.username": os.environ["KAFKA_API_KEY"],
+            "sasl.password": os.environ["KAFKA_API_SECRET"],
+        }
+    )
+    c.subscribe([os.environ["KAFKA_TOPIC"]])
+
+    rows, end = [], time.time() + timeout_s
+    while len(rows) < batch and time.time() < end:
+        m = c.poll(0.5)
+        if not m or m.error():
+            continue
+        rows.append(
+            {
+                "ts": m.timestamp()[1],
+                "payload": json.loads(m.value().decode("utf-8")),
+            }
+        )
+    c.close()
+
+    if rows:
+        url = os.getenv("SINK_URL", "https://httpbin.org/post")
+        requests.post(
+            url, json={"count": len(rows), "rows": rows}, timeout=10
+        ).raise_for_status()
+    return {"sent": len(rows)}
+
+
+@app.local_entrypoint()
+def main(batch: int = 100, timeout_s: int = 5, local: bool = False):
+    fn = etl.local if local else etl.remote
+    print(fn(batch=batch, timeout_s=timeout_s))
+