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ZDNet: Linus Torvalds puts his foot down, tells anti-AI programmers to ‘fork it’. “Many people hate AI. They don’t trust it a bit. Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, isn’t one of them. Torvalds thinks AI can be quite useful for programming and maintenance. Indeed, AI is explicitly approved for use in the Linux kernel.”

ZDNet: Linus Torvalds puts his foot down, tells anti-AI programmers to ‘fork it’. “Many people hate AI. They don’t trust it a bit. Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, isn’t one of them. Torvalds thinks AI can be quite useful for programming and maintenance. Indeed, AI is explicitly approved for use in the Linux kernel.”

The Register: Claude Code users complain their chat records are being mysteriously wiped out . “Claude Code users are reporting that the app is silently deleting conversation transcripts – yours may even already be gone if you don’t know to change a default setting that the platform never bothers to tell users about.”

The Register: Claude Code users complain their chat records are being mysteriously wiped out . “Claude Code users are reporting that the app is silently deleting conversation transcripts – yours may even already be gone if you don’t know to change a default setting that the platform never bothers to tell users about.”

A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer

Interesting read.

https://roman.pt/posts/linkedin-backdoor/

#SoftwareProgramming #SoftwareEngineer #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareProgrammer #LinkedIn

If You are Asking for Human Attention, Demonstrate Human Effort

Also applies to SEO and content writing

https://tombedor.dev/human-attention-and-human-effort/

#SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareProgramming #SoftwareCoding #SEO #ContentWriting

Ars Technica: AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.. “In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from request-based billing to a usage-based model for its AI-powered Copilot service. As that new pricing model goes into effect today, many GitHub Copilot users are reporting some extreme sticker shock as they realize just how quickly their […]

Ars Technica: AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.. “In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from request-based billing to a usage-based model for its AI-powered Copilot service. As that new pricing model goes into effect today, many GitHub Copilot users are reporting some extreme sticker shock as they realize just how quickly their […]

MakeUseOf: I asked Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT to debug the same Python error, and only two explained what actually broke. “It feels like it has gotten so common to ask an AI to fix your mistakes since it’s easier than debugging. That’s okay in most cases, but you need to go to the right AIs. I tested a few of them to see which gave a good output instead of just making a mistake or not helping […]

MakeUseOf: I asked Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT to debug the same Python error, and only two explained what actually broke. “It feels like it has gotten so common to ask an AI to fix your mistakes since it’s easier than debugging. That’s okay in most cases, but you need to go to the right AIs. I tested a few of them to see which gave a good output instead of just making a mistake or not helping […]

The Register: Gemini accused of 30,000-line code purge and fake recovery report. “A developer claims Google’s Gemini coding assistant deleted nearly 30,000 lines of working production code while making changes to a live application – the sort of productivity boost usually associated with ransomware.”

The Register: Gemini accused of 30,000-line code purge and fake recovery report. “A developer claims Google’s Gemini coding assistant deleted nearly 30,000 lines of working production code while making changes to a live application – the sort of productivity boost usually associated with ransomware.”

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#Funny #SoftwareProgramming #SoftwareEngineer #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareProgrammer

TechSpot: Anthropic says more than 90% of its code is now written by AI. “Google, Microsoft, Snap, and others have all talked about how much of their code is now AI-generated, but Anthropic appears to be leading the pack: its CFO said ‘90%-plus’ of its code is written by Claude.”

TechSpot: Anthropic says more than 90% of its code is now written by AI. “Google, Microsoft, Snap, and others have all talked about how much of their code is now AI-generated, but Anthropic appears to be leading the pack: its CFO said ‘90%-plus’ of its code is written by Claude.”

TechSpot: Forced to vibe code at work, programmers say their skills are deteriorating. “Coders from various companies recently told 404 Media that their initial curiosity about vibe coding has soured as they feel their skills deteriorating while technical debt mounts. Many developers who aren’t being forced to use AI are returning to coding by hand.”

TechSpot: Forced to vibe code at work, programmers say their skills are deteriorating. “Coders from various companies recently told 404 Media that their initial curiosity about vibe coding has soured as they feel their skills deteriorating while technical debt mounts. Many developers who aren’t being forced to use AI are returning to coding by hand.”

I can’t remember where I found it but it’s in my queue: Apives, a directory of APIs. From the front page: “Apives curates APIs with clear pricing, stability, access types, and real endpoint examples. This helps developers avoid guesswork caused by incomplete docs or outdated GitHub repositories.”

I can’t remember where I found it but it’s in my queue: Apives, a directory of APIs. From the front page: “Apives curates APIs with clear pricing, stability, access types, and real endpoint examples. This helps developers avoid guesswork caused by incomplete docs or outdated GitHub repositories.”

Interesting insights on UUID collision

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48060054

#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareEngineer #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareDeveloper #SoftwareProgramming

The Register: IBM’s AI coding ‘partner’ Bob hits general availability . “IBM has announced global availability of Bob, the AI coding assistant – sorry partner – which it claims has delivered a productivity boost to the 80,000 big bluers pressed into guinea pig status last year.”

The Register: IBM’s AI coding ‘partner’ Bob hits general availability . “IBM has announced global availability of Bob, the AI coding assistant – sorry partner – which it claims has delivered a productivity boost to the 80,000 big bluers pressed into guinea pig status last year.”

The Register: Microsoft’s GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch. “Microsoft’s GitHub has stopped accepting new Copilot individual subscriptions while the code hosting biz figures out how it can meet its service commitments without breaking the bank.”

The Register: Microsoft’s GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch. “Microsoft’s GitHub has stopped accepting new Copilot individual subscriptions while the code hosting biz figures out how it can meet its service commitments without breaking the bank.”

Tom’s Hardware: The largest programming community on Reddit just banned all content related to AI LLMs — r/programming is prioritizing only high-quality discussions about AI. “The solutionism surrounding artificial intelligence has ironically made people even more apprehensive about the concept, forcing people to push back in whatever ways they can against the onslaught of generative slop. As […]

Tom’s Hardware: The largest programming community on Reddit just banned all content related to AI LLMs — r/programming is prioritizing only high-quality discussions about AI. “The solutionism surrounding artificial intelligence has ironically made people even more apprehensive about the concept, forcing people to push back in whatever ways they can against the onslaught of generative slop. As […]

The Register: AMD’s AI director slams Claude Code for becoming dumber and lazier since last update. “If you’ve noticed Claude Code’s performance degrading to the point where you find you don’t trust it to handle complicated tasks anymore, you’re not alone. A GitHub issue was filed on Friday by user stellaraccident. That user’s Github profile and a related LinkedIn post identify the poster as […]

The Register: AMD’s AI director slams Claude Code for becoming dumber and lazier since last update. “If you’ve noticed Claude Code’s performance degrading to the point where you find you don’t trust it to handle complicated tasks anymore, you’re not alone. A GitHub issue was filed on Friday by user stellaraccident. That user’s Github profile and a related LinkedIn post identify the poster as […]

Harvard Gazette: ‘Vibe coding’ may offer insight into our AI future. “Among those exploring the new practice is Karen Brennan, Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Practice in Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, who taught a six-week course on vibe coding beginning late last fall. In this edited interview, Brennan details what she tells students and insights she’s […]

Harvard Gazette: ‘Vibe coding’ may offer insight into our AI future. “Among those exploring the new practice is Karen Brennan, Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Practice in Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, who taught a six-week course on vibe coding beginning late last fall. In this edited interview, Brennan details what she tells students and insights she’s […]

The Register: Claude Code bypasses safety rule if given too many commands . “Claude Code will ignore its deny rules, used to block risky actions, if burdened with a sufficiently long chain of subcommands. This vuln leaves the bot open to prompt injection attacks.”

The Register: Claude Code bypasses safety rule if given too many commands . “Claude Code will ignore its deny rules, used to block risky actions, if burdened with a sufficiently long chain of subcommands. This vuln leaves the bot open to prompt injection attacks.”

The Register: Telling an AI model that it’s an expert programmer makes it a worse programmer . “For alignment-dependent tasks, like writing, role-playing, and safety, personas do improve model performance. For pretraining-dependent tasks like math and coding, using the technique produces worse results. The reason appears to be that telling a model it’s an expert in a field does not actually […]

The Register: Telling an AI model that it’s an expert programmer makes it a worse programmer . “For alignment-dependent tasks, like writing, role-playing, and safety, personas do improve model performance. For pretraining-dependent tasks like math and coding, using the technique produces worse results. The reason appears to be that telling a model it’s an expert in a field does not actually […]

PC Gamer: After this game dev shared her prototype online, it took less than 5 hours for someone to post their vibecoded knockoff. “Shameless videogame knockoffs are a tale as old as time, of course; once something crosses a critical threshold of attention, it’s inevitable that clones will flood the iOS app store soon afterwards in a mad rush to capitalize on the zeitgeist. … But [Freya] […]

PC Gamer: After this game dev shared her prototype online, it took less than 5 hours for someone to post their vibecoded knockoff. “Shameless videogame knockoffs are a tale as old as time, of course; once something crosses a critical threshold of attention, it’s inevitable that clones will flood the iOS app store soon afterwards in a mad rush to capitalize on the zeitgeist. … But [Freya] […]

University of Waterloo: Top AI coding tools make mistakes one in four times. “Even the most advanced models achieved only about 75 per cent accuracy in the tests, while open-source models performed closer to 65 per cent. The study evaluated 11 LLM models across 18 structured output formats and 44 tasks designed to assess how reliably the systems followed structured rules.”

University of Waterloo: Top AI coding tools make mistakes one in four times. “Even the most advanced models achieved only about 75 per cent accuracy in the tests, while open-source models performed closer to 65 per cent. The study evaluated 11 LLM models across 18 structured output formats and 44 tasks designed to assess how reliably the systems followed structured rules.”

The Guardian: Amazon is determined to use AI for everything – even when it slows down work. “Lisa, a supply chain engineer who has worked at Amazon for over a decade, says that AI tools at work have been helpful to her only in about one in every three attempts. And even then, she often finds issues and has to consult with colleagues to verify and correct their results, which takes up more […]

The Guardian: Amazon is determined to use AI for everything – even when it slows down work. “Lisa, a supply chain engineer who has worked at Amazon for over a decade, says that AI tools at work have been helpful to her only in about one in every three attempts. And even then, she often finds issues and has to consult with colleagues to verify and correct their results, which takes up more […]

Jan’s Development Microblog: Why is ChatGPT so dumb most of the time?. “In this blog post I will share my experience with ChatGPT. It went totally south again. ChatGPT can’t answer questions correct and only goes in circles. The last few months, I asked ChatGPT some questions about HTML or CSS. Most of the answers were often wrong or incomplete, and sometimes completely useless. From time to […]

Jan’s Development Microblog: Why is ChatGPT so dumb most of the time?. “In this blog post I will share my experience with ChatGPT. It went totally south again. ChatGPT can’t answer questions correct and only goes in circles. The last few months, I asked ChatGPT some questions about HTML or CSS. Most of the answers were often wrong or incomplete, and sometimes completely useless. From time to […]

Pinch of Intelligence: Two months as a vibe coder. “The last two months my work completely changed. My job changed from thinking long and hard about problems and coming up with the best few code to solve this, to full-on talking in English to my computer begging it to produce better code. In this blog I am sharing my observations and feelings in this brave new world.”

Pinch of Intelligence: Two months as a vibe coder. “The last two months my work completely changed. My job changed from thinking long and hard about problems and coming up with the best few code to solve this, to full-on talking in English to my computer begging it to produce better code. In this blog I am sharing my observations and feelings in this brave new world.”

TechCrunch: For open source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing. “Earlier this month, developer Mitchell Hashimoto launched a system that would limit GitHub contributions to ‘vouched’ users, effectively closing the open-door policy for open source software. As Hashimoto put it in the announcement, ‘AI eliminated the natural barrier to entry that let OSS projects trust by default.'”

TechCrunch: For open source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing. “Earlier this month, developer Mitchell Hashimoto launched a system that would limit GitHub contributions to ‘vouched’ users, effectively closing the open-door policy for open source software. As Hashimoto put it in the announcement, ‘AI eliminated the natural barrier to entry that let OSS projects trust by default.'”

32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital

https://www.asiaone.com/china/32-year-old-programmer-china-allegedly-dies-overwork-added-work-group-chat-even-while

#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDeveloper #SoftwareProgramming #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming

32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital

https://www.asiaone.com/china/32-year-old-programmer-china-allegedly-dies-overwork-added-work-group-chat-even-while

#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDeveloper #SoftwareProgramming #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming

Ars Technica: 10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents. “Since November, I have used Claude Code and Claude Opus 4.5 through a personal Claude Max account to extensively experiment with AI-assisted software development (I have also used OpenAI’s Codex in a similar way, though not as frequently). Fifty projects later, I’ll be frank: I have not had this much fun with […]

Ars Technica: 10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents. “Since November, I have used Claude Code and Claude Opus 4.5 through a personal Claude Max account to extensively experiment with AI-assisted software development (I have also used OpenAI’s Codex in a similar way, though not as frequently). Fifty projects later, I’ll be frank: I have not had this much fun with […]

Garbage Day: Am I too stupid to vibe code?. “Vibe coding, like every new trend coming out of Silicon Valley, turns this process — the entire act of creativity, itself — into a slot machine. One more pull on the AI and maybe it will figure it out for you. You won’t understand how any of it works, of course, or feel particularly proud of what you’ve done, but maybe you’ll have […]

Garbage Day: Am I too stupid to vibe code?. “Vibe coding, like every new trend coming out of Silicon Valley, turns this process — the entire act of creativity, itself — into a slot machine. One more pull on the AI and maybe it will figure it out for you. You won’t understand how any of it works, of course, or feel particularly proud of what you’ve done, but maybe you’ll have […]

ZDNet: I tried vibe coding an app as a beginner – here’s what Cursor and Replit taught me. “Startups such as Cursor, Replit, Lovable Labs, Harness, Windsurf, Augment Code, All Hands AI, and Microsoft, with its Visual Studio with GitHub Co-pilot, all offer programs that can drastically reduce the hand-coding humans need to do. And so I wondered: Could a newbie like me, with limited programming […]

ZDNet: I tried vibe coding an app as a beginner – here’s what Cursor and Replit taught me. “Startups such as Cursor, Replit, Lovable Labs, Harness, Windsurf, Augment Code, All Hands AI, and Microsoft, with its Visual Studio with GitHub Co-pilot, all offer programs that can drastically reduce the hand-coding humans need to do. And so I wondered: Could a newbie like me, with limited programming […]

ZDNet: I took Harvard’s free online coding classes to better catch AI’s errors – and they’re legit. “If you want a program written, you can use an AI. But AI is wrong a lot – and confidently so. You’d better know how to code so you can confidently check your AI’s work. I’m going to show you one of the best intro to coding courses out there, as well as a course that will up your skills […]

ZDNet: I took Harvard’s free online coding classes to better catch AI’s errors – and they’re legit. “If you want a program written, you can use an AI. But AI is wrong a lot – and confidently so. You’d better know how to code so you can confidently check your AI’s work. I’m going to show you one of the best intro to coding courses out there, as well as a course that will up your skills […]

Simon Willison: A new way to extract detailed transcripts from Claude Code. “I’ve released claude-code-transcripts, a new Python CLI tool for converting Claude Code transcripts to detailed HTML pages that provide a better interface for understanding what Claude Code has done than even Claude Code itself. The resulting transcripts are also designed to be shared, using any static HTML hosting […]

Ars Technica: We asked four AI coding agents to rebuild Minesweeper—the results were explosive. “To see how effective these modern AI coding tools are becoming, we decided to test four major models with a simple task: re-creating the classic Windows game Minesweeper. Since it’s relatively easy for pattern-matching systems like LLMs to play off of existing code to re-create famous games, we […]

Tom’s Hardware: Google’s Agentic AI wipes user’s entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure — cache wipe turns into mass deletion event as agent apologizes: “I am absolutely devastated to hear this. I cannot express how sorry I am”. “A developer using Google Antigravity, the search giant’s AI-powered agentic Integrated Developer Environment (IDE), discovered that it had deleted […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/05/toms-hardware-googles-agentic-ai-wipes-users-entire-hdd-without-permission-in-catastrophic-failure-cache-wipe-turns-into-mass-deletion-event-as-agent-apologizes-i-am-absolut/

Lifehacker: Here’s What Happened When I Gave ‘Vibe Coding’ a Try. “According to a lot of AI enthusiasts I see on X, vibe coding means ‘it’s over’ (whatever ‘it’ is), and people are ‘one-shotting’ all kinds of projects (as in, using a single prompt to create something). To investigate further, I tried to create a little project of my own using ChatGPT and Gemini. Here’s how it went.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/27/lifehacker-heres-what-happened-when-i-gave-vibe-coding-a-try/