A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/a-recent-experience-with-chatgpt-5-5-pro/
Gowers's Weblog
A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro
We are all having to keep revising upwards our assessments of the mathematical capabilities of large language models. I have just made a fairly large revision as a result of ChatGPT 5.5 Pro, to whi…
Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML https://twitter.com/trq212/status/2052809885763747935
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Thariq (@trq212) on X
Using Claude Code: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTML
EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/
CyberInsider
EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push
The European Parliamentary Research Service has warned that VPNs are increasingly being used to bypass online age-verification systems.
Internet Archive Switzerland https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/06/internet-archive-switzerland-expanding-a-global-mission-to-preserve-knowledge/
LLMs corrupt your documents when you delegate https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15597
arXiv.org
LLMs Corrupt Your Documents When You Delegate
Large Language Models (LLMs) are poised to disrupt knowledge work, with the emergence of delegated work as a new interaction paradigm (e.g., vibe coding). Delegation requires trust - the...
The hypocrisy of cyberlibertarianism https://matduggan.com/the-intolerable-hypocrisy-of-cyberlibertarianism/
matduggan.com
The Intolerable Hypocrisy of Cyberlibertarianism
I like the Internet. I am old enough to remember the pre-Internet era and despite the younger generations pining for those simpler days, I was there. Paper maps were absolutely horrible, just you and a compass in your car on the side of the road in the middle…
I’ve banned query strings https://chrismorgan.info/no-query-strings
chrismorgan.info
I’ve banned query strings — Chris Morgan
Distributing Mac software is increasing my cortisol levels https://blog.kronis.dev/blog/apple-is-increasing-my-cortisol-levels
blog.kronis.dev
Apple is increasing my cortisol levels | blog.kronis.dev
My blog, where I attempt to collect my thoughts and share the occasional interesting topic with others
CPanel's Black Week: 3 New Vulnerabilities Patched After Attack on 44k Servers https://www.copahost.com/blog/cpanels-black-week-three-new-vulnerabilities-patched-after-ransomware-attack-on-44000-servers/
Copahost
cPanel's Black Week: Three New Vulnerabilities Patched After Ransomware Attack on 44,000 Servers - Copahost
If you run a server with cPanel or WHM, you need to read this carefully. On May 8, 2026 — just ten days after the cPanel CVE-2026-41940 authentication bypass was used to compromise 44,000 web hosting servers and deploy ransomware — cPanel quietly released…
Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibility on Linux x64 glibc https://twitter.com/jarredsumner/status/2053047748191232310
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99.8% of bun’s pre-existing test suite passes on Linux x64 glibc in the rust rewrite
Zed Editor Theme-Builder https://zed.dev/theme-builder
Zed
Theme Builder
Build and customize themes for Zed.
Local privilege escalation via execve() https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:13.exec.asc
Production engineering when trading billions of dollars a day [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR9PpXWsKFQ
YouTube
Production Engineering When Trading Billions of Dollars a Day
What's it like to monitor and operate software that trades billions of dollars a day on stock markets around the world?
When your software has near-unlimited access to your bank account, every single message counts. Speedy alerting and incident response…
When your software has near-unlimited access to your bank account, every single message counts. Speedy alerting and incident response…
Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms https://github.com/nooga/let-go
GitHub
GitHub - nooga/let-go: Almost Clojure written in Go.
Almost Clojure written in Go. Contribute to nooga/let-go development by creating an account on GitHub.
Making your own programming language is easier than you think (but also harder) https://lisyarus.github.io/blog/posts/making-your-own-programming-language.html
lisyarus blog
Making your own programming language is easier than you think (but also harder)
Show HN: Building a web server in assembly to give my life (a lack of) meaning https://github.com/imtomt/ymawky
GitHub
GitHub - imtomt/ymawky: MacOS Web Server written entirely in ARM64 assembly
MacOS Web Server written entirely in ARM64 assembly - imtomt/ymawky
I'm writing a history of Visual Basic, Chapter 1 is up https://evilgeniuslabs.ca/blog/visual-basic-history-chapter-1-launch
EvilGeniusLabs.ca
I'm writing a history of Visual Basic, Chapter 1 is up
Starting a long-form history of Visual Basic on EvilGeniusLabs.ca. Chapter 1 covers the BASIC dynasty Microsoft had been running since 1975, the California developer Microsoft bought to put a face on it, and the launch pitch Bill Gates seeded in BYTE Magazine…