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A single Makefile replaces scattered shell scripts, reads .env to switch environments, and gives every project a consistent command interface.
HP's All-In Plan charges a monthly fee for your printer, ink, and paper. Cancel after 30 days and you pay a fee. Here's what you're actually signing up for.
Google Chrome silently downloads a 4GB Gemini Nano AI model onto your Mac or PC without consent. Here's how to find it, delete it, and stop it coming back.
How to set up Windows 11 with a local account using start ms-cxh:localonly — faster than bypassnro, works on 24H2 and 25H2, and takes about 30 seconds.
CVE-2026-31431 "Copy Fail" is a Linux kernel LPE affecting every major distro since 2017. A 732-byte Python script gets root with no race conditions. Patch now.
A Cursor agent wiped a company's production database in 9 seconds. The AI didn't go rogue — the owner handed it root access and stored backups on the same volume.
HIPPO is a proposed storeless password manager — no vault, no stored passwords, just cryptographic computation on demand. Interesting tradeoffs.
A company has been crawling Zoom for meeting links, sending fake attendees in to record, then turning it all into AI podcasts. Full writeup on the main blog.
Claude's chat responses got noticeably worse — turns out it's a default effort setting change. Custom instructions fixed it.
Portless replaces localhost ports with stable name.localhost URLs, adds optional HTTPS, supports subdomains and git worktrees, and auto-assigns ports.