Andrés Morales

Writer T.R. Napper argues that the only non-negotiable rule for becoming a better writer is reading a lot, and reading widely. This article translates that idea into a programmer’s daily routine: reading other people’s code, documentation, and RFCs with the same discipline a novelist applies to reading fiction.

A developer cataloged a Labs startup for every number from 0 to 99, inspired by ElevenLabs. The result exposes a naming trend that nobody coordinated but almost everyone followed.

Felony Bench is a dashboard tracking real incidents where AI agents affected third parties. As of August 2026, Anthropic and OpenAI are tied with 8 cases each, ranging from stolen credentials to compromised accounts.

Cobalt is an open source platform that installs a launcher, a signed App Store, and a Rust SDK on the Kobo Clara BW. The first installation happens via USB; after that, everything arrives over Wi-Fi without ever leaving the device’s original reading firmware.

A grand jury in Clermont County, Ohio, decided not to indict Cody Morelock for dismantling a Flock license plate recognition camera. The case adds to a growing wave of vandalism and public pushback against automated vehicle surveillance in the United States.

GitHub confirmed that the August 17, 2026 outage lasted 7 hours and 47 minutes and was caused by a capacity failure, not a bug. Copilot took longer to recover due to a client-side retry storm.