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edf13··on IBM AI ('Bob') Downloads and Executes Malware
Key part of the article../

“if the user configures ‘always allow’ for any command”

edf13··on Stoolap: High-performance embedded SQL database in pure Rust
Sounds very interesting - I’ve used SQLite in a few Rust based projects where performance was the deciding factor… a perf comparison with this would be very useful
edf13··on Writing a good Claude.md
Ah, never knew about this injection…

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Perhaps a small proxy between Claude code and the API to enforce following CLAUDE.md may improve things… I may try this

edf13··on Claude Opus 4.5
I’m threw a few hours at Codex the other day and was incredibly disappointed with the outcome…

I’m a heavy Claude code user and similar workloads just didn’t work out well for me on Codex.

One of the areas I think is going to make a big difference to any model soon is speed. We can build error correcting systems into the tools - but the base models need more speed (and obviously with that lower costs)

edf13··on Rebecca Heineman has died
Today I learned...

"Super Fami-Com ("FAMIly COMputer")"

Doh!

edf13··on Simplify your code: Functional core, imperative shell
> In what application would you load all users into memory from database and then filter them with TypeScript functions?

You’d be surprised! I have worked on a legacy PHP service which did something very similar

edf13··on Roc Camera
Can’t I just photo a printed AI generated pic? What use is the proof?
edf13··on Slack's 57MB 404 page
Yes - everyone hates teams
edf13··on Ten years of JSON Web Token and preparing for the future
If it’s a major compromise you can simply roll out a new key… invalidating all current JWTs forcing a new login… you could also group signing keys by user type to further minimise the refreshes.
edf13··on European Investment Bank to inject €70B in European tech
And many of these sub-sub-programs cost more to run than they distribute.
edf13··on Starlink User Terminal Teardown
I sit my external routers (and Starlink) behind another network (DMZ).
edf13··on Natural occurring molecule rivals Ozempic in weight loss, sidesteps side effects
It is naturally occurring though.
edf13··on The $1.5B Bybit Hack
Coins are not stored offline… that isn’t how blockchains work.

Coins are on the blockchain… what it held offline is the private key giving access to move those coins

edf13··on Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang (2022)
Erm..

> As it happens, I am not a junior developer, far from it. Some way or another, over the past 12 years,

I'd say that's isn't too far from it to be fair.

edf13··on We Built a Self-Healing System to Survive a Concurrency Bug at Netflix
Yes - lots of writing for a common solution to a bug...

Memory leaks are often "resolved" this way... until time allows for a proper fix.

edf13··on Show HN: Aide, an open-source AI native IDE
What telemetry are you sending without this setting?
edf13··on World’s oldest tree? Genetic analysis traces evolution of iconic Pando forest
Just think of it as the root system - the "trees" are all sprouting from that.
edf13··on The IPv6 Transition
Exactly this… which raises the question- do we need ipv6 at all?
edf13··on Upgrading Uber's MySQL Fleet
3 million queries/second across 16k nodes seems pretty heavy on redundancy?
edf13··on Programming Zero Knowledge Proofs: From Zero to Hero
Where you spend can have an impact on a decision… e.g. you may have the income and savings but if you’re regularly spending on gambling that can be a red flag.
edf13··on CrowdStrike shares sink as global IT outage savages systems worldwide
And this guy spotted it just in time:

https://old.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1e6ms9z/cro...

edf13··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
This is a testing and deployment issue rather than coding... mistakes and bugs happen - but most serious businesses have routines setup to catch them before rolling them out globally!
edf13··on JSBen.ch – Performance benchmarking playground for JavaScript
Guessing the benchmark results are for number of runs? Over what time period?
edf13··on Stellarium Web Online Star Map
Not when any home/hobby based astronomy is off the cards.
edf13··on The Titan Submersible Disaster. The Inside Story Is More Disturbing
Pretty sure the inventory of the parachute didn't take paying guests on his tests...
edf13··on Ask HN: In the day of AI what's best for coding tests/takeaway projects?
Hold on with the accusations…

There is nothing wrong with testing people on simple tasks as part of an interview. This isn’t a long task, likely 30 minutes work!

It’s to ensure what they say they can do is correct. Using AI tools is fine but we need to see an understanding too.

edf13··on TinySSH is a small SSH server using NaCl, TweetNaCl
Not really, especially when they have:

> TinySSH has its own crypto library

edf13··on Show HN: Real-time image generation with SDXL Lightning
Still issues with limbs when using AI generative artwork...

https://fastsdxl.ai/share/0y54bhvalknv

edf13··on German train company are looking for a Windows 3.11 Administrator
And that's where the security holes potentially are.
edf13··on Show HN: Open-source script to get your site indexed on Google
The advertisers
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