1. Security & Risk

    Whether we call it a hack or not

    An AI model found a published way into Georgia's vote-count data and used it. Whether we call it a hack or not, a way in that hasn't been properly plugged can lead to more.

    4 min read Interactive

  2. Agents & Tooling

    Steam saved a 60 fps cap for 112 games. The Performance panel still showed 144

    An AI agent changed a setting on my Legion Go, and Steam's config file showed it saved. A screenshot of the settings panel showed it hadn't taken effect. Anything new or recently adjusted needs oversight.

    2 min read

  3. Working with AI

    Ask your AI to save its work as files

    I've kept a daily log in a file since the early days of using models, so I can switch models or start a new chat and pick up where I was. Ask for your work as files, and keep them in named folders.

    3 min read

  4. Agents & Tooling

    Plan big, do small

    A big model should plan the work and find the tools, libraries and free databases that already exist. Smaller models, or programs on your own computer, do what I like to call the donkey work.

    5 min read

  5. Agents & Tooling

    When Gemini Runs Claude, What Are You Buying?

    Google’s workplace agent can use models from more than one provider. I want to know what happens to my instructions, files and work history when I switch.

    3 min read

  6. Agents & Tooling

    The 3,848-Message Sieve

    What It Takes to Let an Agent Clean Your Inbox

    3 min read

  7. Security & Risk

    SoN 2.29: Agents reading your passwords? Would you let them?

    My AI's been getting into my password manager for months. The setup that makes that safe — and what this week's headlines get wrong.

    8 min read

  8. Working with AI

    Tell AI What You Want and Who You Are

    Two takes on the same idea — the ASD-STE100 controlled-English standard and the i-have-adhd Claude Code skill — on giving your AI a writing system.

    3 min read

  9. Working with AI

    What I Automate with AI

    What I Automate with AI I went looking today for a list of everything I’ve got automated since I started this AI journey back in 2024. Every tool I’ve wired Claude into, every…

    4 min read

  10. Security & Risk

    The most powerful Claude yet — and the part you can't have

    Claude Fable 5 Anthropic dropped a new model yesterday, and I’ve spent the time since doing what I always do with a new one — reading past the headline to find the catch. With…

    4 min read

  11. Working with AI

    SoN 2.15: Ask your AI to Ask You Questions (Free Edition)

    Ask Your AI To Ask You Questions (Free) Ask your AI to ask you questions Last Saturday morning I sat down to write the weekly digest for my build-log site — seven posts from the…

    4 min read

  12. Agents & Tooling

    Claude Code Channels: When Your Agent Gets a Phone Number

    Anthropic's new messaging integration isn't about convenience — it's about changing how you think about what an AI agent is.

    1 min read

  13. Agents & Tooling

    Codex Plugins Are a Confession About Who's Winning

    OpenAI launched 20 plugins to push Codex beyond coding. The move tells you everything about where the developer ecosystem actually lives.

    1 min read

  14. Agents & Tooling

    Your AI Just Learned to Approve Its Own Actions

    Claude Code's new auto mode sits between handholding and chaos. It's the first honest attempt at solving the autonomy problem in developer tools.

    1 min read

  15. Working with AI

    4.4 Million People Just Watched the Sycophancy Problem in Action

    Senator Bernie Sanders interviewed Claude on camera about AI privacy. Claude agreed with everything he said. That's not a revelation — it's the problem.

    1 min read

  16. Agents & Tooling

    Perplexity Is Learning What I Learned Six Months Ago

    The Perplexity CTO says MCP eats 40-50% of your context window. Practitioners already knew this.

    1 min read

  17. Agents & Tooling

    When Knuth Writes a Paper About You

    Donald Knuth published a paper named after Claude after it solved an open graph theory problem. That's a different kind of validation than a benchmark score.

    1 min read

  18. Security & Risk

    The Attack Surface Is the Feature

    Three chained vulnerabilities in Claude.ai show that when your AI reads the web, the web can give it orders.

    1 min read

  19. Agents & Tooling

    The Wrench Is Now on Your Phone

    Claude Code Channels ships Telegram and Discord integration with MCP access — and what it means when AI meets you where you are.

    1 min read

  20. Security & Risk

    The Vuln That Hits Before You Add Any Integrations

    Three chained flaws in vanilla Claude.ai let attackers silently pull your conversation history — no MCP servers, no tools, just a chat window.

    1 min read