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AI-assisted engineers are burning out, is this fine? (20 minute read)
It turns out that constantly reviewing AI-generated code leads to a new kind of burnout, creating cognitive overload while also removing the satisfaction of creative problem-solving. To keep things sustainable long-term, devs should set clear limits on automation and prioritize our human-centric skills like manual coding and communication.
Apr 29 | Blog
The Trust Problem With AI Agents
Why developers should not entirely rely on agents, and what you can do about it.
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May 27 | Tech
A few interesting modern pixel fonts (4 minute read)
Analog Mono was designed to fix the crimes of the classic pixel font that was ubiquitous in the 1990s. Coral Pixels is a color font with 1990s and 2000s colorful fringing baked in. Two Slice is a font that's only 2 pixels tall while remaining somewhat readable. Geist Pixel is a font that maintains the visual texture that teams want while reserving the typographic rigor that products require.
May 27 | AI
Anthropic to introduce AI Fluency scorecard in Claude (5 minute read)
Anthropic plans to introduce an AI Fluency scorecard in Claude that evaluates user interaction skills across 11 behavioral indicators.
May 27 | Infosec
Charter Confirms Data Breach After ShinyHunters Extortion Threat (2 minute read)
Charter Communications has confirmed that it suffered a data breach after the ShinyHunters ransomware gang posted an extortion threat. ShinyHunters claimed that it obtained access to the company's Salesforce instance by compromising an employee's Microsoft Entra account via vishing. Charter claims that no customer information was stolen. However, ShinyHunters claim to have stolen customer names, phone numbers, phone types, plan information, and some customer proprietary network information (CPNI).
