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Visit website →OpenMythos: Open-Source Implementation Reverse-Engineering Claude Mythos Released
An open-source project that hypothesizes Claude Mythos and implements it as a recurrently-executed Transformer.
Vercel Discloses April 2026 Security Incident (Unauthorized Access to Internal Systems)
Vercel disclosed an unauthorized access incident on internal systems, affecting only some customers.
University lecturer uses typewriters to curb AI-written assignments
A Cornell German instructor is reducing students' reliance on AI assignments with manual typewriters.
Sharing a Korean Edition of Claude Code Harness Analysis for Studying AI Coding Agent Architecture
A Korean-language compilation of Claude Code Harness analysis material has been shared as a web document.
Thoughts and Feelings on Claude Design
Claude Design shakes up Figma's canonicity, highlighting a code-centric workflow.
Show GN: LunaTools - a Google Chrome Extension with 18 Features Including Mouse Gestures, Tab Management, Session Manager, and Currency Conversion
A Chrome extension bundling 18 features including tabs, sessions, PiP, and currency conversion.
NIST scientists develop an 'arbitrary wavelength' laser
It produces a laser of a desired wavelength on an integrated photonics chip.
"The Ruder You Are to AI, the Better the Performance?" A Recent Study Warns of a Communication Crisis for PMs
This piece examines the risks that rude prompts and sycophantic AI pose to collaboration and judgment.
The Electromechanical Angle Computer Inside the B-52 Bomber's Star Tracker
The B-52's Angle Computer for celestial navigation mechanically calculates the altitude and azimuth of stars.
A calculator that computes over disjoint interval sets
Introducing a browser-based interval calculator that handles unions of disjoint intervals.
State of Kdenlive
Kdenlive continues to advance stabilization, UX improvements, and roadmap expansion through 2025.
Token Cost Calculator for Opus 4.6 and Opus 4.7
A calculator comparing why the same prompt becomes more expensive on Opus 4.7.
Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner
Migrated 30 MySQL and 34 Nginx services to Hetzner with 0 minutes of downtime
RepoBar - See GitHub Repository Status at a Glance in the Menu Bar and Terminal
Shows GitHub repository and local Git status on macOS via the menu bar and CLI.
Newly Unsealed Records Expose Amazon's Price-Fixing Practices
Unsealed documents and seller testimony target Amazon's price-suppression practices.
Data Center Investment Surpasses America's All-Time Megaproject Spending in Just 6 Years
Data center capex has overtaken cumulative spending on America's megaprojects in just 6 years.
If you use iTerm2, even "cat readme.txt" isn't safe
iTerm2's SSH integration allowed command execution from malicious text alone.
For months, I've been coding by hand the old-fashioned way
A story of regaining LLM/Python instincts and codebase understanding through hand-coding
Show GN: oh-my-customcode — A tool that "compiles" Claude Code agents instead of "configuring" them
Introducing a runtime/router tool that compiles an agent stack for Claude Code.
Show GN: Contexty — A tool that lets developers directly see and control the context AI sees
A VSCode/OpenCode tool that visualizes and controls the context AI sees