🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20, a national pot-smokers hour.
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AI-powered software development is shifting from code-editing tools to terminal-based interfaces. Significant players like Anthropic and OpenAI have released terminal coding tools. This change enables broader problem-solving, integrating coding with tasks like DevOps, enhancing agentic AI's potential.
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Researchers are embedding hidden prompts in preprint academic papers to instruct AI peer reviewers to give positive reviews. This practice raises ethical concerns about manipulating review outcomes as reliance on AI grows in scholarly publishing.
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A METR study found that experienced open source developers were 19% slower when using AI tools for coding tasks. Time saved on coding was offset by time spent prompting, reviewing, and waiting for AI outputs. AI tools face limitations in complex, real-world scenarios.
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Open source Postgres, nearly 40 years old, is gaining traction for AI applications but lacks advanced search and analytics. ParadeDB, a new Postgres extension, aims to address these limitations by integrating full-text search directly into Postgres, eliminating data transfer issues. Recently, ParadeDB raised $12 million led by Craft Ventures to expand its team and capabilities.
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Meta fixed a security flaw in its AI chatbot that allowed users to view others' prompts and responses. Security researcher Sandeep Hodkasia discovered the bug and earned a $10,000 bounty. Meta confirmed no abuse occurred and issued a fix.
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🌱 Good First GitHub Issue
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Language:
Repository: Julia Language: Good first issue
("Move like Python, Run like C" - A fresh approach to technical computing!)
Why: Improving error messages is a great way to learn code structure and gain insight into error handling.
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⭐ 2042, 🖖 114
NestJS Helper + AI Chatbot Development
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⭐ 2733, 🖖 323
Clara — Privacy-first, fully local AI workspace with Ollama LLM chat, tool calling, agent builder, Stable Diffusion, and embedded n8n-style automation. No backend. No API keys. Just your stack, your machine.
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⭐ 3548, 🖖 761
Craft AI-driven interface effortlessly🤖
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⭐ 962, 🖖 59
Hazel: A live functional programming environment with typed holes
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⭐ 4890, 🖖 265
Kimi K2 is the large language model series developed by Moonshot AI team
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