The AI Coding Loop: How to Guide AI With Rules and Tests
Building great software isn’t about perfect prompts, it’s about a disciplined process. In this guide, I’ll share my workflow for shipping secure code: defining clear goals,...
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Boozy chimps fail urine test, confirm hotly debated theory
The urine of chimpanzees contains high levels of alcohol byproduct, most likely because the chimps regularly gorge themselves on fermented fruit, according to a new paper...
Read moreAWS Drops Patent Infringement Protection for Video Encoding Services
AWS has removed its legal protections for customers using its video transcoding and streaming services, potentially exposing them to patent infringement claims from codec rights holders....
Read moreElongating a BMX For Drag Racing
BMX bikes are a unique frame geometry, essentially forgoing all travel efficiency for maneuverability and sturdiness. For how much abuse these bikes are designed to take,...
Read moreRefactoring isn’t just technical—it’s an economic hedge
Refactoring is not a technical clean-up activity. The choice to refactor is an economic decision about how you allocate human effort. Refactoring in this sense goes...
Read moreMCP security: The current situation
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol designed to standardize how large language models (LLMs) connect to external tools, APIs, and data sources. Rather...
Read moreApple’s touchscreen MacBooks might also have a Dynamic Island
Apple’s OLED touchscreen MacBook Pros set to launch this fall will get a Dynamic Island feature like what’s available on iPhones, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman....
Read moreTech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance
The Secretary of Defense has given an ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an attempt to bully them into making their technology available to...
Read moreHere’s What a Google Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the Epstein Files
The US Justice Department disclosures give fresh clues about how tech companies handle government inquiries about your data.
Read moreRestarting LibreOffice Online
LibreOffice online is a web-based version of the LibreOffice suite that can be hosted on anybody’s infrastructure. This project was put into stasis back in 2022,...
Read moreDynamic Music Pill puts a slick media controller in your GNOME panel
Dynamic Music Pill is a GNOME Shell extension that embeds a pill-shaped media controller into your desktop panel. It shows album art, artist name and track...
Read moreOpenAI defeats xAI’s trade secrets lawsuit
OpenAI won a victory Tuesday in one of its legal battles with xAI, which involved allegations of poaching and theft of trade secrets. The former company’s...
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