🐝 Hive Five 223 - Career Dreamer

Hi friends,

Greetings from the hive!

I just returned from a whirlwind weekend trip to New York with my family, and let me tell you, it was an experience worth sharing.

First off, I finally checked driving in downtown Manhattan off my bucket list. There's something exhilarating about navigating the bustling streets and feeling the energy of the city.

One of the highlights was visiting the American Museum of Natural History for the first time. Wow! The exhibits were mind-blowing, and I felt like a kid again, wandering through the halls filled with dinosaurs and space displays. It’s a must-see if you’re in the area.

To wrap up our adventure, we strolled through the nearby parks, including the iconic Central Park. Not only was it a beautiful way to unwind, but it also turned into a free workout as we have small kids.

All in all, it was a successful trip filled with family, unforgettable moments, and a little extra exercise! How was your weekend?

Let's take this week by swarm!

🐝 The Bee's Knees

• Sharon built automation to scan public GitHub repos for leaked secrets and made $64k. For each repository he restored deleted files, found dangling blobs and unpacked .pack files to search in them for exposed API keys, tokens, and credentials. MORE

• MalwareTech was an anonymous security researcher who accidentally stopped WannaCry, a large ransomware attack. This act of heroism shattered his anonymity and pulled him into a world he never expected. MORE

• Dario Amodei (Anthropic Co-founder & CEO) stresses the importance of understanding how AI systems work, as they are becoming more powerful and influential. He suggests investing in interpretability research and using light-touch rules to encourage its development. MORE

• How To Think Like Rick Rubin: a 20-minute crash course in creativity. MORE

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📰 Updates

✅ Changelog

• Cursor's latest update brings simpler pricing, faster file edits, and background agents that can work on tasks in the background. Plus, you can now include your entire codebase in context using @folders! MORE

💼 Work

💰 Career

• The Future Favors the Curious. AI is changing design, but don't panic. Embrace the change by learning AI tools and showing initiative, your curiosity will set you apart. MORE

• Grow with Google's Career Dreamer helps you explore different career paths. It provides resources and guidance to help you achieve your goals in tech and beyond. MORE

• Working from home can be hard, but setting boundaries with yourself is key. Cate suggests setting clear goals, taking breaks, and having a schedule for both work and life to stay balanced and avoid burnout. MORE

• AI-powered weekend SaaS development: Using tools like Gemini, the video reveals how to quickly create a targeted app (book discovery for Gen Z) by focusing on solving a specific problem with efficient design and coding. MORE

• Julie Wainwright was the CEO of pets.com at the height of the dot-com bubble; on the day she had to shut the company down, her husband asked for a divorce. At 53, she started over, founding luxury online consignment retailer The RealReal. The company went public in 2019, and is now worth more than $1 billion. MORE

🚀 Productivity

• Master 85% of Google Gemini in 12 Minutes. MORE

• Joseph reverse-engineered the Granola.ai API to sync notes to Obsidian. By proxying the API, finding the auth token, and using a Python script, he automated the process and now you can too! MORE

• zsh-utils is a set of simple ZSH plugins that smooth out the rough edges of ZSH. It helps you enable features like history without getting bogged down in the details. MORE

• AI at work is here to stay. Learn how to stand out by refining problems with AI, not just seeking quick answers. Use assumptions, the 5 W's, and alternatives to get better insights. MORE

• Top performers prioritize action, embrace emotions, and enjoy the process to achieve efficiency. Stop "should-ing" yourself and cultivate a long-term perspective to unlock sustainable success and fulfillment. MORE

🌎 Community

⚡️ Zeitgeist

• Blake Watson celebrates 10 years of employment after overcoming obstacles related to spinal muscular atrophy. He reflects on his journey into web design and the challenges faced while working with a disability. MORE

• Hacker News users discuss high-information density UIs, citing examples like McMaster-Carr and Bloomberg Terminal. The debate centers on efficiency for experts versus user-friendliness. Some users share related projects and preferences. MORE

🍄 Level up

📰 Read

• Fire In The Hole, We’re Breaching The Vault - Commvault Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-34028). MORE

• How ChatGPT Remembers You: A Deep Dive into Its Memory and Chat History Features. MORE

• I'd rather read the prompt. Students using AI to write papers? This teacher says, don't do it! Your own ideas are way more interesting than what a computer spits out. MORE

• The Ladybird browser had a weakness in its JavaScript engine (LibJS). It allowed a function to be used even after it was no longer valid. MORE

• HTML to PDF Renderer: A tale of local file access and shellcode execution. MORE

💡 Tips

• AI can be tricked into revealing secrets or breaking rules through "prompt injection," where attackers manipulate its language. This is like rewriting the AI's rule book, letting hackers control it without touching the code. MORE

• Simple, underrated rituals that genuinely changed people's life. MORE

• Google's new "Web" filter shows search results without AI overviews and ads. You can set it as your default by adding a custom search engine with the URL parameter "udm=14". MORE

• Stop malicious bots from attacking your server by using zip bombs, which are small compressed files that expand into huge files, overwhelming and crashing the bots' systems. The author creates a 10MB zip bomb that decompresses to 10GB, effectively stopping unwanted scripts. MORE

• Feeling stuck on what to blog about? The "Three Strikes Rule" says if you mention an idea in conversation three times, it's time to blog about it! It's a simple way to share valuable insights and create content more freely. MORE

🧠 Wisdom

• Jeff Swearingen, worth $120M, stopped chasing money after buying a jet and still feeling unfulfilled. He now focuses on enjoying life and helping others find purpose beyond wealth. MORE

• Want to learn super fast? The trick is to find the best learning resources for you, extract everything you can, and relate it to what you already know. This way you'll quickly level up your knowledge. MORE

• The author reflects on the demise of Twitter and the tech industry's broken promises. However, attending All Day Hey! 2025 sparked optimism, and a desire to build a better, more equitable internet. MORE

• Want to shrink your community's focus on endless growth? Learn how to start reading groups, throw events, and create art to promote a more sustainable way of life. MORE

📚 Resources

• How to use Model Context Protocol (MCP) to make LLMs even better at finding threats in computer logs. Eito creates an MCP server that helps Claude analyze logs from tools like Sysmon and Elasticsearch to spot suspicious activity. MORE

• Strudel is a free, beginner-friendly, open-source platform for live coding dynamic music in the browser. Create music by playing, changing, and updating, and join the Tidalcycles Discord to connect with other users. MORE

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