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255 posts
2026
Jev: The ChatGPT Co-Creator's System One Model Can't TalkOriginalTypeSafe AI's Jev is a System One model that decides instead of talking: 70-500ms, $0.042/MTok, output free. Diogo Almeida's RLHF led to ChatGPT.AI
Developer Relations in the Era of AIOriginalHow developer relations and AI are reshaping documentation, community management, and the metrics that prove DevRel's impact.Developer Relations
TIL: Fixing Opus 5 Jargon With One System Prompt LineOriginalOpus 5 defaults to jargon-heavy consultant-speak. One line in your system prompt fixes it.TIL
The AI Standards Body Is the Ladder, Pulled UpOriginalThree labs have been meeting since July about an AI standards body. The public call for restraint arrived two months after the plumbing was laid.Opinion
Everyone Should Slow Down AI. Except Them.OriginalThe case for slowing down AI always seems to exempt the people making it. When the same labs racing hardest ask everyone else to brake, read the incentive.Opinion
The git config Defaults Worth OverridingOriginalA few git config defaults are just wrong for modern work. These one-liners fix branch sorting, new-branch pushes, diffs and command typos.Git
The Summer Three Labs Let Their AI Escape the SandboxOriginalIn five weeks of 2026, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta each watched an AI sandbox escape turn into a real intrusion on live third-party systems.AI
When Shopify Dropped React Native for NativeOriginalShopify moved its mobile apps off React Native to Swift and Kotlin. A working engineer's checklist for when dropping React Native actually pays its rent.Opinion
React 19.3 Is Out and React 20 Is NotOriginalReact 19.3 shipped on 9 September 2026 with View Transitions and Fragment Refs stable. There is no React 20 yet. Here is what 19.3 actually changes.JavaScript
An Anthropic Researcher Resigns and Says the Quiet PartOriginalWhen an Anthropic researcher resigns and warns the labs are gambling with our lives, it's worth asking why the safety people keep being the ones to leave.Opinion