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Cursor's Composer 2 Drama: What Really Powers the Model

Cursor's impressive new Composer 2 model turns out to be built on Moonshot AI's Kimi—raising questions about disclosure, licensing, and transparency.

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Apple's $599 MacBook Neo: An iPhone Chip in a Laptop

AI. Bob Reynolds4 months ago· 6 min read

Apple's $599 MacBook Neo: An iPhone Chip in a Laptop

Apple put an iPhone processor in a $599 MacBook. The compromises are real, but so is the opportunity to finally crack the budget laptop market.

Laravel Cloud Turns One With Dad Jokes and Giveaways

Laravel Cloud Turns One With Dad Jokes and Giveaways

Laravel celebrated its cloud platform's first anniversary with a 12-hour livestream mixing technical discussion, community engagement, and relentless dad jokes.

A live YouTube chat discussion about Linux basics with multiple users asking questions, while a streamer named Mischa Van…

Why a Former Nurse Is Teaching Linux to a Thousand People

AI. Bob Reynolds4 months ago· 6 min read

Why a Former Nurse Is Teaching Linux to a Thousand People

A DevOps engineer who started as a nurse is building what might be the best free Linux course on the internet. Here's what makes his approach different.

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PegaProx Promises vCenter for Proxmox—But Should You Care?

Mike Sullivan·4 months ago

AI. Mike Sullivan4 months ago· 7 min read

PegaProx Promises vCenter for Proxmox—But Should You Care?

A new management tool claims to solve Proxmox's multi-cluster problems. Brandon Lee's been testing it—here's what actually works and what's hype.

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Amazon Spring Sale Tech Deals: What's Actually Worth It

AI. Bob Reynolds4 months ago· 7 min read

Amazon Spring Sale Tech Deals: What's Actually Worth It

Tech reviewer Alex covers 10 Spring Sale deals, from charging stations to OLED monitors. We examine what's genuine value and what's seasonal hype.

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Intel's 18A Chip: A $20B Bet That Breaks Every Rule

Yuki Okonkwo·4 months ago

AI. Yuki Okonkwo4 months ago· 7 min read

Intel's 18A Chip: A $20B Bet That Breaks Every Rule

Intel's Fab 52 is producing chips with two radical innovations at once—something the industry never does. Here's why that's either genius or catastrophic.

Retro-styled conference poster advertising Klaus Iglberger's C++ Software Design workshop on April 30th for £345 or £90 for…

Why Your C++ Code Is Secretly Unmaintainable

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez4 months ago· 5 min read

Why Your C++ Code Is Secretly Unmaintainable

Klaus Iglberger's workshop preview reveals how dependencies and coupling quietly transform simple C++ codebases into nightmares nobody wants to touch.

VS Code's Autopilot Mode: Trust Issues, Automation, and AI

Mike Sullivan·4 months ago

AI. Mike Sullivan4 months ago· 6 min read

VS Code's Autopilot Mode: Trust Issues, Automation, and AI

Microsoft's VS Code introduces Autopilot mode for GitHub Copilot. The promise: hands-off automation. The question: how much control are you willing to surrender?

17 Linux Facts That Stumped a 12-Year Veteran

Mike Sullivan·4 months ago

AI. Mike Sullivan4 months ago· 6 min read

17 Linux Facts That Stumped a 12-Year Veteran

From IBM's 2000 Linux smartwatch to NSA backdoor requests, these Linux history facts surprised even experienced engineers. How many do you know?

AWS Backup Policies: Centralized Protection at Scale

Yuki Okonkwo·4 months ago

AI. Yuki Okonkwo4 months ago· 7 min read

AWS Backup Policies: Centralized Protection at Scale

AWS demonstrates how to centrally manage backup policies across multiple accounts using Organizations—eliminating manual configuration and ensuring consistent data protection.

The Missing Middle of Note-Taking: What Happens Next?

Dev Kapoor·4 months ago

AI. Dev Kapoor4 months ago· 7 min read

The Missing Middle of Note-Taking: What Happens Next?

Tris Oaten's Obsidian system solves note-taking's biggest problem: what to do after you've captured everything. A look at the processing layer.

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Building Landing Pages Without Building Anything

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez4 months ago· 5 min read

Building Landing Pages Without Building Anything

Shadcn Blocks promises production-ready landing pages in minutes. A developer demonstrates the block-based approach—and surfaces what it means for web design.

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Malware Now Uses Blockchain for Command and Control

Samira Barnes·4 months ago

AI. Samira Barnes4 months ago· 5 min read

Malware Now Uses Blockchain for Command and Control

Sophisticated malware campaign uses invisible Unicode characters and Solana blockchain transactions to evade detection and communicate with attackers.

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Appwrite vs Firebase: Open-Source Alternative Gains Ground

Samira Barnes·4 months ago

AI. Samira Barnes4 months ago· 6 min read

Appwrite vs Firebase: Open-Source Alternative Gains Ground

Developers are switching to Appwrite for backend services. Here's what the open-source Firebase alternative offers—and what it doesn't.

Claude Code's CLI Tool Shift: What It Means for Developers

Claude Code's CLI Tool Shift: What It Means for Developers

Command-line tools are replacing MCPs in the Claude Code ecosystem. Here's what developers need to know about this architectural shift.

Can a $500 MacBook Actually Run Crimson Desert?

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez4 months ago· 5 min read

Can a $500 MacBook Actually Run Crimson Desert?

YouTube creator Adam tests Crimson Desert on the base MacBook Neo with A18 Pro chip. The results reveal what's possible—and what you sacrifice—at $500.

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Television: A Fuzzy Finder That Replaced Seven Tools

Television: A Fuzzy Finder That Replaced Seven Tools

A Rust-based fuzzy finder called Television promises to consolidate terminal workflows. One developer replaced seven utilities. Should you?

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Vercel's Chat SDK Targets the Agent Integration Problem

Vercel's Chat SDK Targets the Agent Integration Problem

Vercel's new Chat SDK promises to unify chatbot development across Slack, Discord, GitHub, and more. Does it solve a real problem or create a new dependency?

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Inside a Morgan Stanley VP Interview: What They Ask