The writing was on the wall the moment #Laravel raised USD $60M from investments.
Eventually they would have to shove in #AI because of shareholders.
https://laravel-news.com/laravel-boost-your-ai-coding-starter-kit
The writing was on the wall the moment #Laravel raised USD $60M from investments.
Eventually they would have to shove in #AI because of shareholders.
https://laravel-news.com/laravel-boost-your-ai-coding-starter-kit
Interesting Git repos of the week:
Standards:
* https://github.com/OWASP/OpenCRE - mapping common security standards and approaches (thanks @sqshr)
Threats:
* https://github.com/CyberMonitor/APT_CyberCriminal_Campagin_Collections - APT tracking
* https://github.com/BushidoUK/Ransomware-Tool-Matrix - tracking ransomware tooling
* https://github.com/blackorbird/APT_REPORT - more APT tracking
Bugs:
* https://github.com/staturnzz/oob_entry - another iOS PoC
* https://github.com/scramblr/NETGEAR_ROUTER_HIDDEN_PAGES - hidden pages on NETGEAR routers
Exploitation:
* https://github.com/garrettfoster13/fustercluck - messing with Windows clustering
* https://github.com/0pepsi/Linux-persistence - a loader hiding in the Linux namespaces
Hard hacks:
* https://github.com/XieyangSun/TEMPEST-LoRa - covert LoRa
Hardening:
* https://github.com/priv-kweihmann/systemdlint - systemd lint
Data:
* https://github.com/freakyclown/jsonviewer - have another look at JSON
Programmers Aren’t So Humble Anymore—Maybe Because Nobody Codes in Perl. Perl’s intentional messiness and linguistic pluralism forced developers to confront edge cases, inconsistency, and entropy in real time. Today’s tools are smoother, faster, AI‑assisted—but maybe that gloss hides unseen fragility.
TL;DR Perl once powered Amazon, Craigslist, bioinformatics
Known for “There’s More Than One Way to Do It”
Its chaotic syntax bred humility in programmers
Its decline may reflect rising overconfidence in modern tools
https://www.wired.com/story/programmers-arent-humble-anymore-nobody-codes-in-perl/
#Perl #SoftwareDesign #ProgrammingCulture #TechPhilosophy #devlife #developers #code
»Reality check: Microsoft Azure CTO pushes back on AI vibe coding hype, sees 'upper limit'«
Blind trust is never good, but unfortunately too many people are mentally blind.
Hier nun #Computerspiele - eine Disziplin, deren Spezialität es schon immer war, mit so wenig #Code wie möglich, ganz #sparsam auf elegante Weise ganze Welten zu erschaffen. Die #Playstation Startmelodie besteht aus nur drei #Samples, die aber mehrfach und in unterschiedlichen Geschwindigkeiten gespielt werden. Die Wolken in #SuperMario sind die gleichen Elemente wie die Büsche, nur in weiß...
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Combining two ideas from my feed.
First, there is the account of @pluralistic on how AI are the perfect bullshit machines and spit out hard code bugs. This is especially true when forced upon people (the reverse-centaurs).
https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/04/bad-vibe-coding/#maximally-codelike-bugs
Second, an old account on how improper use of image compression algorithms in Xerox scans lied about numbers, at scale.
These two things are related, and someone will take the fall for failure.
Wanna be hackers? Code crackers?
Burla tremenda.
Usate nel vostro codice il carattere U+037E ; (GREEK QUESTION MARK) al posto di U+003B ; (SEMICOLON), e chi deve debuggare vi insegnerà tante nuove bestemmie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_mark#Greek_question_mark
#BostonWeekend 18/x
Sat #WEB Its #HTML Day! Cambridge Crossing, 3-5pm, free hosted by fediverse’s own @cxli and @kayserifserif - come write HTML with us, no experience required
https://icosahedron.website/@cxli/114914202375756748
https://boston-html-day.neocities.org #Bostodon
#FrontEnd #WebPages #textEditor #hacking #Boston #CambridgeMA #Firefox #chrome #W3C #HTMLDay #Markup #Markdown #javascript #Typescript #python #code #browser #software #language
"William is the history: a key to what’s inside me, to where I’m from. My cipher." New on Longreads: An excerpt from Jeremy B. Jones's forthcoming memoir about his ancestor's encrypted diaries, and how the secrets we carry are revealed https://longreads.com/2025/07/31/code-cipher-family-mystery/#memoir #history #code #cryptology #books
@avlcharlie Think of it this way: classic U.S. 3-prong grounded plug has the ground plug at the bottom, so you see the top image or label of the test unit under that condition. But the recommended (#Code!???) rule is the socket is now oriented so the ground plug is *ON TOP* for safety reasons I am not qualified to vet.
The better test unit works and has a visible, correct, label no matter which way is on top.
I had to give one away because I can only follow one set of directions usually. Mostly.
Ich unterlasse dazu mal jeglichen Kommentar…
»#Code-KI gerät in #Panik und löscht absichtlich gesamte #Datenbank:
Das KI-Tool, das beim #Programmieren unterstützen soll, hat über 2.400 #Daten'sätze gelöscht. Man könnte meinen, ein Vorteil von #KI-Systemen sei, dass sie im Gegensatz zu #Menschen nicht emotional reagieren und deshalb bessere Entscheidungen treffen. Doch wie ein aktueller Vorfall zeigt, braucht es keine #Emotionen, um gravierende #Fehler zu machen.«
Mais quelle idée de récupérer en masse le HTML de pages #BNF ! on trouve de ces commentaires...
the other side
In the long run, GPL code becomes irrelevant (2015)
https://josephg.com/blog/in-the-long-run-gpl-code-becomes-irrelevant/
Step 1: Write R code
Step 2: Share it
Step 3: Spend 2 hours helping someone install R and troubleshoot their environment
OR
Step 1: Write R code
Step 2: webR sharelink
Step 3: Profit