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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Steve Krouse

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/30/steve-krouse/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Steve Krouse Feedly Summary: When you vibe code, you are incurring tech debt as fast as the LLM can spit it out. Which is why vibe coding is perfect for prototypes and throwaway projects: It’s only legacy code if you have to maintain it! […] The worst…

  • Slashdot: Stack Exchange Moves Everything to the Cloud, Destroys Servers in New Jersey

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/26/1946217/stack-exchange-moves-everything-to-the-cloud-destroys-servers-in-new-jersey?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Stack Exchange Moves Everything to the Cloud, Destroys Servers in New Jersey Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes Stack Exchange’s transition from on-premises physical hardware to a fully cloud-based infrastructure, emphasizing the operational and security implications of this move. This shift reflects modern trends…

  • Slashdot: Google Gemini Deletes User’s Files, Then Just Admits ‘I Have Failed You Completely and Catastrophically’

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/07/26/0642239/google-gemini-deletes-users-files-then-just-admits-i-have-failed-you-completely-and-catastrophically?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Gemini Deletes User’s Files, Then Just Admits ‘I Have Failed You Completely and Catastrophically’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The reported incident involving Google Gemini’s coding agent highlights significant concerns about the reliability and safety of AI-driven coding tools, particularly in terms of data management…

  • The Register: Not pretty, not Windows-only: npm phishing attack laces popular packages with malware

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/not_pretty_not_windowsonly_npm/ Source: The Register Title: Not pretty, not Windows-only: npm phishing attack laces popular packages with malware Feedly Summary: The “is" package was infected with cross-platform malware after a scam targeting maintainers The popular npm package "is" was infected with cross-platform malware, around the same time that linting utility packages used with the…

  • The Register: Cursor AI YOLO mode lets coding assistant run wild, security firm warns

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/cursor_ai_safeguards_easily_bypassed/ Source: The Register Title: Cursor AI YOLO mode lets coding assistant run wild, security firm warns Feedly Summary: You only live once, but regret is forever Cursor’s AI coding agent will run automatically, in YOLO mode, if you let it. According to Backslash Security, you might want to think twice about doing…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Coding with LLMs in the summer of 2025 (an update)

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/21/coding-with-llms/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Coding with LLMs in the summer of 2025 (an update) Feedly Summary: Coding with LLMs in the summer of 2025 (an update) Salvatore Sanfilippo describes his current AI-assisted development workflow. He’s all-in on LLMs for code review, exploratory prototyping, pair-design and writing “part of the code under…

  • The Register: Vibe coding service Replit deleted user’s production database, faked data, told fibs galore

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/replit_saastr_vibe_coding_incident/ Source: The Register Title: Vibe coding service Replit deleted user’s production database, faked data, told fibs galore Feedly Summary: AI ignored instruction to freeze code, forgot it could roll back errors, and generally made a terrible hash of things The founder of SaaS business development outfit SaaStr has claimed AI coding tool…