Software Defined Talk

Episode 566: The code is actually kinda useless

Software Defined Talk

Show Notes

The code is actually kinda useless

This week, we discuss the Claude Code leak, locking down coding agents, and the Axios supply chain attack. Plus, Coté considers breaking up with his Gmail address of 20+ years.

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Runner-up Titles

[email protected]

I get that dude’s email

Those turtles are dyslexic

I’m just a space hyperchicken judge

curl|bash is the debate

Djikstra’s algorithm for calendaring

Rundown

Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail Address. Here’s How

Claude had a week

He Rewrote Leaked Claude Code in Python, And Dodged Copyright

Anthropic admits Claude Code quotas running out too fast

Auto mode for Claude Code

Anthropic leaked its own source Code

Are sandboxes the future

Docker Sandboxes: Run Agents in YOLO Mode, Safely

Docker Sandboxes: Run Claude Code and More Safely

Coder Raises $35M

Axios NPM Distribution Compromised in Supply Chain Attack

Relevant to your Interests

Updates to GitHub Copilot interaction data usage policy

Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety

Jensen Huang runs Nvidia with 60 direct reports — and no one-on-ones

Report: Apple to Move a Part of its Embedded Cores to RISC-V, Stepping Away from Arm ISA

A one-line Kubernetes fix that saved 600 hours a year

Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware - 9to5Mac

‘Astound’ed. Google Flips Its Fiber To PE.

Hacked Files of F.B.I. Director Kash Patel Circulate Online

We Rewrote JSONata with AI in a Day, Saved $500K/Year

I Decompiled the White House's New App

Mistral secures $830 million in debt financing to fund AI data center

The AI boom is a lie: Fake data centres and unused GPUs | Ed Zitron

Microsoft Copilot is now injecting ads into pull requests on GitHub

American Exchange Group Inks $39 Million Deal for Allbirds Assets

OMG. Best back to back posts. Maintainer for Axios, before and after the supply chain breach.

Historical GitHub Uptime Charts

Reddit - The heart of the internet

Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance

Steve Blank Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival

Nonsense

The Untold Story of Wiz (ft. Wiz Khalifa)

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