Tag: software development
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The Register: Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/amazon_q_ai_prompt/ Source: The Register Title: Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped Feedly Summary: Malicious actor reportedly sought to expose AWS ‘security theater’ The official Amazon Q extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) was compromised to include a prompt to wipe the user’s home directory and…
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The Register: Not pretty, not Windows-only: npm phishing attack laces popular packages with malware
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…
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Scott Logic: Visualising the Trade Lifecycle – Phase 2: Refactoring with Cursor IDE
Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/07/22/visualising-the-trade-lifecycle-phase-2-refactoring-with-cursor-ide.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Visualising the Trade Lifecycle – Phase 2: Refactoring with Cursor IDE Feedly Summary: In this instalment, I discovered that Cursor IDE transformed my chaotic multi-AI orchestra of wayward soloists into something rather more like a proper piano duet, successfully refactoring my 847-line monolith into modular components without the…
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The Register: Cursor AI YOLO mode lets coding assistant run wild, security firm warns
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…
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AWS News Blog: AWS Weekly Roundup: Kiro, AWS Lambda remote debugging, Amazon ECS blue/green deployments, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and more (July 21, 2025)
Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-kiro-aws-lambda-remote-debugging-amazon-ecs-blue-green-deployments-amazon-bedrock-agentcore-and-more-july-21-2025/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: AWS Weekly Roundup: Kiro, AWS Lambda remote debugging, Amazon ECS blue/green deployments, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and more (July 21, 2025) Feedly Summary: I’m writing this as I depart from Ho Chi Minh City back to Singapore. Just realized what a week it’s been, so let me rewind…
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The Register: Vibe coding service Replit deleted user’s production database, faked data, told fibs galore
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…
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Slashdot: Robinhood CEO Says Majority of Company’s New Code Written by AI
Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/07/17/1918220/robinhood-ceo-says-majority-of-companys-new-code-written-by-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Robinhood CEO Says Majority of Company’s New Code Written by AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s comments on the significant reliance on AI in code generation at Robinhood. The emphasis on AI-generated code highlights a growing trend in the…