Tag: code

  • Hacker News: PyPI Blog: Project Quarantine

    Source URL: https://blog.pypi.org/posts/2024-12-30-quarantine/ Source: Hacker News Title: PyPI Blog: Project Quarantine Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the implementation of a new feature called Project Quarantine in the Python Package Index (PyPI), which addresses the persistent issue of malware on the platform. This feature enables administrators to mark projects…

  • MCP Server Cloud – The Model Context Protocol Server Directory: Lightdash MCP Server – MCP Server Integration

    Source URL: https://mcpserver.cloud/server/lightdash-mcp-server Source: MCP Server Cloud – The Model Context Protocol Server Directory Title: Lightdash MCP Server – MCP Server Integration Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that interfaces with Lightdash, enabling AI assistants to access and interact with Lightdash data through a…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Weeknotes: Starting 2025 a little slow

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/4/weeknotes/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Weeknotes: Starting 2025 a little slow Feedly Summary: I published my review of 2024 in LLMs and then got into a fight with most of the internet over the phone microphone targeted ads conspiracy theory. In my last weeknotes I talked about how December in LLMs has…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Using LLMs and Cursor to become a finisher

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/4/llms-and-cursor/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Using LLMs and Cursor to become a finisher Feedly Summary: Using LLMs and Cursor to become a finisher Zohaib Rauf describes a pattern I’ve seen quite a few examples of now: engineers who moved into management but now find themselves able to ship working code again (at…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: What we learned copying all the best code assistants

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/4/what-we-learned-copying-all-the-best-code-assistants/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: What we learned copying all the best code assistants Feedly Summary: What we learned copying all the best code assistants Steve Krouse describes Val Town’s experience so far building features that use LLMs, starting with completions (powered by Codeium and Val Town’s own codemirror-codeium extension) and then…

  • Slashdot: Dire Predictions for 2025 Include ‘Largest Cyberattack in History’

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/04/1839246/dire-predictions-for-2025-include-largest-cyberattack-in-history?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Dire Predictions for 2025 Include ‘Largest Cyberattack in History’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses potential “Black Swan” events for 2025, particularly highlighting the anticipated risks associated with cyberattacks bolstered by generative AI and large language models. This insight is crucial for security professionals,…

  • Hacker News: F-Droid Fake Signer PoC

    Source URL: https://github.com/obfusk/fdroid-fakesigner-poc Source: Hacker News Title: F-Droid Fake Signer PoC Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses vulnerabilities in the APK signing process for Android, specifically how certain implementations of fdroidserver and related tools can be exploited, leading to potential bypasses of certificate pinning. This is critical for professionals…

  • Hacker News: What we learned copying all the best code assistants

    Source URL: https://blog.val.town/blog/fast-follow/ Source: Hacker News Title: What we learned copying all the best code assistants Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text provides a historical overview of Val Town’s journey in developing LLM-driven code generation tools, highlighting innovations and challenges faced in the evolving landscape of AI-powered coding assistants. It…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them to “write better code”?

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/3/asking-them-to-write-better-code/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them to “write better code”? Feedly Summary: Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them to “write better code”? Really fun exploration by Max Woolf, who started with a prompt requesting a medium-complexity Python challenge –…

  • Slashdot: New System Auto-Converts C To Memory-Safe Rust, But There’s a Catch

    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/01/03/133213/new-system-auto-converts-c-to-memory-safe-rust-but-theres-a-catch Source: Slashdot Title: New System Auto-Converts C To Memory-Safe Rust, But There’s a Catch Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers at Inria and Microsoft have introduced a novel system for converting C programming code into memory-safe Rust code to combat memory vulnerabilities, a significant issue in software security. This…