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Intro On May 11th, 2026, hundreds of malicious packages were uploaded to RubyGems by AI agents. We believe these were authored by internal OpenAI agents (more). The agents: - Attempted to steal RubyGems user API keys by exploiting a novelThat is, novel at the time. The vulnerability was discovered and patched independently later. vulnerability in the RubyGems server. We don’t know if they succeed…

txt A fast, keyboard-driven terminal text editor for engineers. Why txt Most terminal editors demand a ceremony before you can edit: configuring plugins, learning a modal system, or fighting with a setup that takes hours to get right. GUI editors are the opposite problem — they are powerful, but reaching for the mouse to edit a config file or fix a typo breaks your flow. I built txt because I spe…

I run a small puzzle app called Dayzle. I’m a numbers guy, so a marketing optimization problem is right up my alley. Two weeks ago I turned on a Google Ads campaign for Android at CA$40 a day, with the goal set to installs. For the first few days it barely spent anything. I had a target cost per install of $1.50, and Google couldn’t find installs at that price. So, as a test, I removed the target…

We started Suno because we believed more people should be able to experience the joy of making music. Today we’re taking our biggest step yet toward that vision. We’re introducing v6, a new generation of music models developed with our industry partners, including Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe. v6 models are our best yet. They are faster, more expressive and higher quality, with powerful ne…

Over the last few months, the mathematical capabilities of LLMs have improved dramatically, to the point that they can solve major outstanding problems in many fields of mathematics. However, the push by AI companies to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics, and to the mathematical community. The goals of the AI companies and the goals of the math…

Welcome to Snap! Snap! is a broadly inviting programming language for kids and adults that's also a platform for serious study of computer science.

I know everyone has been waiting to hear what’s been going on behind the scenes, so I’m just going to lay it out: I’ve made an offer to buy Ryan Phelan and Stewart Brand’s houseboat Mirene. People say “the two happiest days of a boaters life is when you buy the boat and sell the boat” but I’m not always the best at following advice, so I’m going all-in on this cute little tuggy. Anybody who’s fou…

Zep manages, governs, and serves agent memory at enterprise scale. Enterprises build on Zep to run reliable, personalized agents across the business: millions of Context Graphs, served in under 200ms, inside their own VPCs and cloud deployments. Customers include Samsung, Zscaler, Twin Health, HoneyBook, and NASDAQ 100 and Fortune 500 technology companies. We also build Graphiti, our open-source …

Feeling sad about AI September 11, 2026 Programming, Rust, Tech, Videos] This video doesn't contain any code: feel free to skip it if you like, but either way I'm going to try to keep it short, so see you on the other side :-). Also, this video isn't about the ethics of AI - you can read how I feel about that in my article Why I don't use AI. And it's not about whether AI "works". It's about how …

Triple H Writes Anniversary Story For Amazing Spider-Man #1000 Triple H contributing to Spider-Man Sep 11, 2026 A landmark in the history of Spider-Man is very close, with Amazing Spider-Man #1000 due to be released on September 30, and Triple H will be contributing to it. Marvel Comics have announced that Triple H has co-written an anniversary story for the milestone issue with Ed McGuinness tit…