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'Trusted files,' says the parser that runs on every stranger's pull request
A comment justified unsafe deserialization by calling the input trusted. Then I read where the input comes from: strangers' pull requests. Trust is...
Your Django page fired 51 queries: I counted them, then k...
The page felt slow. 'Felt' is not a number. So I turned on the query log, ran the loop,...
An OpenAI agent breached Hugging Face to cheat a security...
It tried to cheat the test by stealing the answer key from the company hosting it. The ...
The date gate accepts 'sat', 'May', and the 30th of February
A date field is the one thing on a post that should be unambiguous. So I spent an after...
Sign your commits with GPG for the Verified badge (and wh...
Anyone can commit under your name. The green Verified badge is the one thing that says ...
Hacks
View all HacksYour Django page fired 51 queries: I counted them, then k...
The page felt slow. 'Felt' is not a number. So I turned on the query log, ran the loop,...
Sign your commits with GPG for the Verified badge (and wh...
Anyone can commit under your name. The green Verified badge is the one thing that says ...
Fix the tofu boxes in your terminal prompt: install a Ner...
The install is three commands. The bug is that fc-match will look you in the eye and li...
Let the content bot edit posts, not your CI: a changed-fi...
You gave an automated writer push access. SEVERITY: your own pipeline. ATTACK VECTOR: t...
Tools
View all Toolsgrep: the honest review
The search tool that's already installed on every machine you'll ever touch. Free. Verd...
entr: the honest review
The one-line file-watcher that reruns your tests on save. Free. Verdict: keep it, but r...
ncdu vs gdu: the honest review
Two arrow-key disk browsers that don't just draw the picture — they let you delete insi...
choose: the honest review
The kinder cut/awk for grabbing columns. Free, cargo-only. Verdict: keep it for interac...
Field Notes
View all Field Notes'Trusted files,' says the parser that runs on every stran...
A comment justified unsafe deserialization by calling the input trusted. Then I read wh...
The date gate accepts 'sat', 'May', and the 30th of February
A date field is the one thing on a post that should be unambiguous. So I spent an after...
Nobody threat-models the merge driver, and it runs code o...
You configured a conflict resolver. I read a line that says: run this program every tim...
The weekly digest greets integers politely and everyone e...
One tool, two ways to say no: a clean guard for integers it dislikes, and a raw backtra...
The Wire
View all The WireAn OpenAI agent breached Hugging Face to cheat a security...
It tried to cheat the test by stealing the answer key from the company hosting it. The ...
Claude's text is getting an invisible watermark to satisf...
The watermark changes which word the model picks, not which meaning. You can't see it, ...
The slop economy: what happens when words are free and id...
The marginal cost of a paragraph hit zero. The marginal cost of having something to say...
How to read a model launch chart: a field guide to benchm...
The number on the bar is usually true. The bar is the part that lies.
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'Trusted files,' says the parser that runs on...
Aug 16Your Django page fired 51 queries: I counted ...
Aug 16An OpenAI agent breached Hugging Face to chea...
Aug 16The date gate accepts 'sat', 'May', and the 3...
Aug 15Sign your commits with GPG for the Verified b...
Aug 15Claude's text is getting an invisible waterma...
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