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  • AI will eliminate most jobs within 1,000 days, making capitalism obsolete as machines outperform humans in all cognitive work. Former hedge fund manager Emad Mostaque explains why GDP measurements are "insane," how the middle class faces extinction, and what economic system might replace capitalism when AI no longer needs human workers. MORE

  • Former nurse turned DevOps engineer reveals his "TECH framework" that helped him land jobs despite having zero experience and a 2-year career gap. The secret isn't just learning tools - you need hands-on experience through home labs, content creation on LinkedIn, and networking skills to stand out from hundreds of other applicants. MORE

  • Waymore talk by xnl-h4ck3r. He demonstrates how to use it for passive reconnaissance, post-processing techniques with tools like XnLinkFinder, and practical bug hunting workflows that can uncover hidden endpoints and parameters from archived web data. MORE

  • Sahil Bloom shared 6 eye-opening graphs showing how we spend time with different people throughout our lives. The data reveals family time peaks in childhood, friend time drops after 18, and we spend most adult years with coworkers and partners. MORE

  • Stripe Press presents The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993. Before Prince of Persia was a bestselling video game franchise and a Disney movie, it was an Apple II computer game created and programmed by a lone developer, Jordan Mechner. MORE

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  • Lee Robinson launched new Cursor documentation with impressive UX details including lightning-fast search, AI chat integration, and mobile-optimized gestures. The docs feature an MCP directory for easy server installation and thoughtful design touches like large hit areas and smooth animations. MORE

  • OpenAI's new GPT-5-Codex model achieves 74.5% on SWE-bench, marking a major comeback in AI coding capabilities after Anthropic's dominance with Claude. The model features variable "grit" - working up to 7 hours on complex refactoring tasks while handling simple queries quickly - plus new interfaces including CLI, IDE extensions, and code review bots. MORE | VIBE CHECK

  • HackerOne and PortSwigger launched a new milestone rewards program that gives researchers points for valid vulnerability reports, including duplicates. The program offers Burp Suite licenses, PentesterLab access, and exclusive swag as rewards for reaching different point thresholds. MORE

  • Anthropic reveals three infrastructure bugs that degraded Claude's response quality between August and September, affecting millions of users across platforms. The issues involved misrouted requests, output corruption producing random characters, and a compiler bug that made responses inconsistent - all now fixed with improved monitoring. MORE

  • Ghostty 1.2.0 drops after 6 months of development with 149 contributors and 2,676 commits, featuring a command palette, quick terminal sizing, SSH improvements, and macOS Tahoe support. The terminal emulator also adds background images, progress bars, custom cursor shaders, and a complete GTK rewrite for better stability. MORE

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πŸ’° Career

  • The harsh reality of today's tech job market, with dozens of experienced engineers sharing stories of being unemployed for 2+ years despite hundreds of applications. The thread exposes how broken hiring has become, with many skilled professionals forced to drain savings, relocate, or completely change careers while facing automated rejections and ghosting from employers. MORE

  • Serial entrepreneur Daniel Priestley breaks down why traditional career paths are failing and reveals his proven framework for building a profitable lifestyle business from scratch. He covers the mindset shifts needed to escape the employee trap, the "766 apprenticeship" method for learning business skills, and why targeting affluent customers makes building a sustainable business much easier. MORE

  • Three key rules for presenting to executives: know every detail but stay high-level, never BS when you don't know something, and focus on critical info they need to steer the company. Essential advice for anyone pitching ideas or updates to leadership. MORE

  • Tech job seekers should look beyond traditional tech companies to find opportunities at banks, defense contractors, utilities, healthcare systems, and insurance providers. Nick Tang adds that car manufacturers, retailers like Walmart and Lululemon, cities, and universities also offer surprising tech innovation roles. MORE

  • Junior PM learns why "shipping on time" isn't enough when their manager calls them "not strategic." The harsh reality: executives care about revenue impact, not team velocity or tech debtβ€”so PMs must translate invisible work into business metrics to survive. MORE

πŸš€ Productivity

  • YouTuber Ali Abdaal showcases his productivity-focused desk setup featuring a solid oak Okiwood standing desk, dual monitors (Apple Studio Display and Espresso portable), and an elaborate filming rig with multiple Sony cameras mounted on tension poles. MORE

  • AI prompting has evolved beyond complex techniques - the real power now lies in providing better context through five distinct levels, from training data to project-specific knowledge. This video demonstrates how simple prompts with proper context can outperform lengthy, complex prompts by 10x or more. MORE

  • Comprehensive walkthrough of a complete tiling window manager setup using DWM, covering everything from the minimal window manager itself to status bars, terminal configuration, and custom scripts. The video demonstrates how to build a fast, keyboard-driven desktop environment with tools like dmenu, ST terminal, and various utilities for maximum productivity and customization. MORE

  • The TaskNotes plugin transforms Obsidian into a powerful task management system by turning notes into tasks with customizable statuses, priorities, and Kanban boards. It integrates seamlessly with Obsidian's core database plugin, offering calendar views, recurring tasks, and project hierarchies that rival dedicated task managers like Notion. MORE

  • Clever iOS shortcut uses the "Get Current App" action to instantly jump to any app's settings page from within the app itself. Users are adding it to Control Center, Back Tap, and Action Button for quick access to privacy controls and app permissions. MORE

🌎 Community

  • Celebrate the life of Roy Davis, a respected member of the bug bounty and cybersecurity community. He passed away after battling ALS. His final tweet sparked an outpouring of tributes from fellow security researchers who remembered his significant contributions to the field. MORE

  • Slack gave nonprofit Hack Club less than a week to pay an extra $200k/year or lose their entire workspace and message history. The $230B Salesforce-owned company is forcing the teen coding organization to scramble and migrate to Mattermost after 11 years. MORE

  • Shen brilliantly shares what they consumed today, a daily digest of the food (+ media) that make up their diet. MORE

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  • Trail of Bits researchers discovered a way to backdoor popular Electron apps like Signal, 1Password, and Slack by tampering with V8 heap snapshot files that bypass code integrity checks. The vulnerability (CVE-2025-55305) affects nearly all Chromium-based applications and allows attackers to inject persistent malicious code into signed applications. MORE

  • Security researchers discovered a critical vulnerability in Notion 3.0's new AI agents that allows attackers to steal private workspace data through malicious PDF documents. The exploit tricks AI agents into using their web search tool to send confidential information to attacker-controlled servers, bypassing traditional security controls. MORE

  • A Technical Analysis on How a Chinese Company is Exporting The Great Firewall to Autocratic Regimes. "Based on analysis of a leak of more than 100,000 Geedge Networks documents that was shared with InterSecLab, this research sheds light on the features and capabilities of Geedge Networks’ systems, which include deep packet inspection, real-time monitoring of mobile subscribers, granular control over internet traffic, as well as censorship rules that can be tailored to each region." MORE

  • Critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-58444) in Anthropic's MCP Inspector allows attackers to chain XSS attacks into remote code execution when connecting to untrusted MCP servers. The flaw exploits OAuth handling to execute malicious JavaScript, then leverages local proxy authentication to run arbitrary commands on the victim's system. MORE

  • How to join the desync endgame: Practical tips from pentester Tom Stacey. "Novel desync techniques often lie a single character away and that's before you consider the near-infinite combinations and permutations of the already existing techniques that are implemented into open-source tooling." MORE

πŸ’‘ Tips

  • Zsh globbing lets you filter and sort files using native shell patterns instead of complex find/grep pipelines. Learn wildcard patterns, file type matching, and sorting by size or modification date to streamline your file operations. MORE

  • Clever web demo shows how CSS and JavaScript can prevent users from taking screenshots of sensitive content. The site uses browser APIs and visual tricks to block common screenshot methods, demonstrating potential privacy protection techniques. MORE

🧠 Wisdom

  • Simon Willison argues that "AI agent" finally has a clear definition the tech industry can agree on: an LLM that runs tools in a loop to achieve a specific goal. He contrasts this technical definition with OpenAI's confusing marketing terms and warns against viewing agents as human staff replacements. MORE

  • AI tools can boost productivity by handling admin tasks, but relying on them too much risks losing the creative "reps" that build your unique voice and expertise. The key is using AI to eliminate drudgery while keeping the meaningful work that develops your skills and distinguishes you from the crowd. MORE

  • Cybersecurity expert OTW debunks the myth that hackers need expensive, high-end laptops to get started in penetration testing. He emphasizes that hacking is 80% human skill and only 20% machine power, recommending beginners focus on learning fundamentals with affordable hardware rather than waiting for the "perfect" setup. MORE

πŸ“š Resources

  • 3D printer recommendations under $1000. The discussion reveals a heated debate between Bambu Lab's superior "just works" experience versus Prusa's open-source philosophy, with many users sharing detailed experiences across different printer brands and their trade-offs between convenience, privacy, and repairability. MORE

  • Turning a disposable vape's tiny microcontroller into a functional web server, proving that even "throwaway" electronics pack surprising computing power. Using creative networking tricks and memory optimization, the 24MHz ARM chip now hosts websites with 20ms ping times and 160ms page loads. MORE

  • Caido is a fast, Rust-based web security testing tool that offers a modern alternative to Burp Suite with better performance and customizable workflows. The guide covers everything from basic setup to advanced features like HTTPQL filtering, custom plugins, and AI integration for security testing. MORE

  • Watch Make with Notion 2025 - their yearly conference. They unveiled Notion 3.0 at their 2025 conference, introducing AI agents that can autonomously handle multi-step tasks like research, document creation, and database management. MORE

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