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VIT: Very Important Taglib. Vulnerability and malware checks in uv. Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5. What it feels like to work with Mythos. 7 More Common Mistakes in Architecture Diagrams. Automating Myself Out of Development. The EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework Sets a New Benchmark - for Everyone. Cache Stampede Prevention. fakecloud. A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer.

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VIT: Very Important Taglib
  1. Who is old enough to have used this Java taglib?
  2. Who is old enough to know what a Java taglib is?
Vulnerability and malware checks in uv
  • uv audit
  • UV_MALWARE_CHECK=1 uv add
Gleam and the value of small
Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5

Fable 5 and Mythos 5 can work autonomously for longer than any previous Claude models. Below we discuss how these skills apply to software engineering, and cover the model’s improved capabilities in knowledge work, vision, memory, and life sciences research.

What it feels like to work with Mythos

Last year I called this working with a wizard: you chant the spell and something happens. With Fable the spell has gotten powerful enough that I am no longer sure I am the wizard. I am closer to a patron. I describe what I want, I pay for it, and I judge the result. The conjuring happens somewhere I cannot watch, in hundreds of small choices I never get a vote on. The work has shifted from process to outcome. I no longer steer; I commission.

Software engineers are becoming product owners.

7 More Common Mistakes in Architecture Diagrams
  • Not including resource names
  • Unconnected resources
  • Making a "master" diagram
  • Conveyor belt syndrome
  • Meaningless animations
  • Fan traps
  • Assuming AI can create quality diagrams from source code
Automating Myself Out of Development
  1. Tabs of Terminals
  2. Let’s Get Out of Local Machine
  3. Let’s Make it Work Stand-alone
  4. GitHub as the Board
  5. Daemon First Version
  6. Actually Using it
  7. Pre-context-gathering (enrichment)
  8. What if I let it auto-brainstorm too?
  9. The Current State
The EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework Sets a New Benchmark - for Everyone

In the light of the recent "unfriendly" moves by the US, the EU must reclaim its sovereignty. This framework, how imperfect it is, is the step in the right direction.

Cache Stampede Prevention
  • Distributed Locking
  • Pub/Sub
  • Request Coalescing
fakecloud

Local AWS cloud emulator for integration tests. Run your app with normal AWS clients, stay fully local, and use fakecloud SDKs when your tests need deeper visibility.

I noticed that LocalStack archived its GitHub repo to go leave Open Source after having leveraged it.

For more information, read Why I’m building a free, open-source AWS emulator.

A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer

Hackers get more and more creative. The story is a testament to how you must be extra vigilant when cloning and executing code on your machine.