Hi friends,

Greetings from the hive!

My daughter asked me to see Chainsaw Man last week. I said yes.

It was my first movie in years. I fell asleep for five minutesβ€”the late showing got me. But it was worth it.

Let's take this week by swarm!

🐝 The Bee's Knees

  • Two seasoned bug bounty hunters share game-changing workflow tips that could dramatically speed up your hacking efficiency. From FFUF's hidden interactive features to Caido automation tricks, these insider secrets will transform how you approach security testing. MORE

  • Vibecoding Promise and Peril. Explore how AI has revolutionized software engineering, empowering millions of new coders while unleashing new risks for security and society alike. MORE

  • Jason Fried of 37signals shares 26 years of product-building wisdom, emphasizing how great products feel like complete, unified ideas rather than assembled parts. He discusses staying true to your vision, the role of luck in success, and why running a business should serve making great products, not the other way around. MORE

  • This deep dive into Cursor's company culture reveals how the AI coding assistant startup built an exceptional team of 250+ people in just one year through unconventional recruiting tactics and a mission-driven work environment. Brie temporarily embedded with the company, sharing surprising insights about their unpretentious San Francisco office, rigorous hiring process that treats people over job specs, and a culture where employees work intensely because they genuinely love what they're building. MORE

  • Shopify CEO Toby LΓΌtke reveals how he uses Raycast's hyper key shortcuts and custom scripts to boost productivity, plus why he requires all 8,000 employees to use AI tools. The toolmaker shares his window management tricks and explains how non-engineers built powerful AI systems using no-code solutions. MORE

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πŸ“° Updates

βœ… Changelog

  • Datasette 1.0a20 introduces a major breaking change that replaces function-based permission checks with SQL queries, allowing efficient filtering of thousands of resources instead of running individual permission checks. The new system uses SQLite's powerful filtering capabilities to handle complex permission hierarchies, vetoes, and restrictions while providing better debugging tools for security-critical deployments. MORE

  • ProjectDiscovery launches free credential monitoring that scans malware logs to alert organizations when employee passwords are exposed online. The service helps prevent breaches like Colonial Pipeline by detecting stolen credentials before attackers can use them. MORE

  • Google Maps gets a major Gemini AI upgrade with hands-free conversational navigation, landmark-based directions, and proactive traffic alerts. The new features let you ask questions about restaurants, report traffic issues by voice, and get directions using real-world landmarks instead of just distances. MORE

πŸ’Ό Work

πŸ’° Career

  • The 2025 tech job market remains brutally competitive with 5-6x more applicants per job than in 2021, but junior engineer hiring is finally rebounding at companies like OpenAI and Netflix. Employers have become extremely picky, prioritizing referrals over applications while AI engineers and those with Big Tech experience remain in highest demand. MORE

  • Patrick Laverty shares his unconventional journey from sports medicine to cybersecurity, starting with a crappy Harvard job just to access $25 classes. He emphasizes that successful penetration testers must "learn to build before you can break" and highlights the growing importance of social engineering in modern cyber attacks. MORE

πŸš€ Productivity

  • Eight AI-powered research strategies that help developers plan features like senior engineers before writing any code. The author shows how to use specialized AI agents to analyze codebases, study best practices, and synthesize multiple solution approaches - turning planning from guesswork into systematic research that compounds over time. MORE

  • Most small businesses fail at execution despite having SOPs and project management tools. The solution isn't hiring more peopleβ€”it's implementing three core systems: clear task definition, accountability tracking, and proper prioritization to break free from the "pressure without direction" trap. MORE

  • This video introduces Obsidian Bases, a powerful plugin that lets users create dynamic tables to organize and filter their notes without coding. The tutorial walks through building your first base from scratch, including filtering systems and a free "system base" template for vault cleanup and management. MORE

  • Jeff reveals four powerful ChatGPT techniques that can dramatically reduce your workload, including "prompt reversal" that lets you skip the usual back-and-forth refinement process. Learn how to amplify existing content, use AI to critique your own work, and force better reasoning through structured prompts. MORE

  • Breakdown of the 5 stages businesses go through to become AI-powered, from heroic founder burnout to fully automated operations. The hosts explain how AI can help at each stage, from documenting processes to replacing entire departments with smart systems. MORE

🌎 Community

  • Tech parent shares their experience setting up Linux computers for their kids, sparking debate about whether children should start with user-friendly systems or learn through hands-on building. The discussion reveals strong opinions on balancing technical education with social compatibility and age-appropriate learning approaches. MORE

  • Google's ESCAL8 2025 cybersecurity conference in Mexico City brought together 200 researchers, students, and experts for four days of bug hunting, CTF competitions, and knowledge sharing. The event generated 107 bug reports worth $458k in rewards while fostering collaboration between Google and the global security community. MORE

  • A family wholesale business has been running the same text-based interface (TUI) system since 1993, with employees who can "fly around in it" once they master the keyboard shortcuts and muscle memory. The Hacker News discussion reveals that many major retailers like Costco, Lowe's, and banks still use these lightning-fast TUI systems because experienced users can navigate them orders of magnitude faster than modern GUI applications. MORE

πŸ’› Follow
Awesome accounts to follow. Randomly selected from my curated Twitter lists.

Name

Profile

Bio

Stijn Jans

CEO of @intigriti - Get hacked before you get hacked

Jacopo Tediosi

Software Security Consultant @ IMQ Minded Security ~ IT and cybersecurity enthusiast ~ N00b CTF player ~ Tweets are my own

smaury

Co-Founder @ShielderSec ~ CTF Player @JBZTeam ~ Cliff Jumping Lover (23mt max so far)

Ryan Naraine

I talk and write about hackers and the business of cybersecurity. Podcast + newsletter. Columns @securityweek. Organizer @labscon_io

"Alex"

australia's π‘œπ‘›π‘™π‘¦ hacker β€’ tryign my bset β€’ hacking stories β€’ @purpleconnz vibe technician β€’ they/themβ€’ DMs open

πŸ„ Level up

πŸ“° Read

  • This satirical piece hilariously chronicles the descent into jazz obsession, from innocent foot-tapping to cutting finger webbing for better piano reach. A brilliant comedy about musical fanaticism that tech folks will relate to (substitute any obsessive hobby). "Get excited when, in the noise of the mall, you hear the perfect high-hat rhythm. Only to find that it’s coming from a coffee machine." MORE

  • Tim Kellogg proposes "MCP Colors" - a simple red/blue labeling system for AI agent tools to prevent prompt injection attacks by ensuring agents never mix untrusted content with critical actions. This systematic approach could finally make secure, general-purpose AI agents possible by forcing developers to think clearly about their threat models. MORE

  • Intelligence failures aren't caused by missing data - they happen when analysts stop questioning their own assumptions and get addicted to familiar patterns. The author argues that "Black Swan" events hide in plain sight as anomalies we dismiss, and warns that AI tools are making analysts even more blind to the impossible by automating away critical thinking. MORE

  • "AI-Native SAST" breakdown, Parsia argues they're essentially traditional static analysis enhanced with AI rather than revolutionary replacements. They provide a practical blueprint for building effective SAST+AI systems while warning that current LLMs need serious hand-holding from static analysis to go beyond surface-level bug detection. MORE

πŸ’‘ Tips

  • Mitchell Hashimoto shares his recovery strategy from tech work-related physical issues, recommending ergonomic consultants, targeted weight training, and better typing habits. He invested $1,500 in professional help while earning $70K and says the long-term benefits were worth it. MORE

  • Apple's new Vehicle Motion Cues feature displays animated dots on iPhone screens to help reduce motion sickness while riding as a passenger in cars. The accessibility feature can be set to automatic detection or manually controlled through Settings or Control Center. MORE

  • Three practical shell scripts line-by-line, emphasizing that logical thinking is more crucial than syntax when writing automation tools. The video covers a guitar recording toggle script, an interactive file renamer, and an image clipboard manager, showing how to structure scripts around clear decision-making logic. MORE

  • Simon's process for upgrading Datasette plugins with uv and OpenAI Codex CLI. MORE

🧠 Wisdom

  • You Should Write An Agent. Thomas argues that building an LLM agent is surprisingly simple - just an HTTP API with basic tool integration - and demonstrates this with working code examples that ping network hosts. Whether you love or hate AI agents, actually coding one yourself is the only way to truly understand how they work and form informed opinions about their capabilities and limitations. MORE

  • Don’t Die of Heart Disease. A tech entrepreneur discovered he had early heart disease despite "normal" blood work from his primary care doctor, leading him to compile a comprehensive guide on preventing the world's #1 killer. The guide reveals how anyone can access the same heart health tests and treatments that billionaires use for under $300 annually, potentially eliminating heart disease as a leading cause of death. MORE

  • Simple 5-minute practice of sitting alone with zero distractions and just writing your thoughts can help you regain focus and find your life's purpose. The key is training yourself to be comfortable with boredom so your mind can process information and discover what truly matters to you. MORE

  • Kevin Kelly shares essential mobile apps for independent travel in China, including Alipay for cashless payments, Didi for rideshares, and VPN solutions to bypass the Great Firewall. He recommends downloading these apps before arrival since most Western services are blocked, and highlights China's new 10-day visa-free transit option. MORE

  • Indie developer Takuya shares his burnout recovery plan after pushing too hard on his SaaS app development. His new approach includes 10,000 daily steps, four-day work weeks, and flexible routines that work around family life with two kids. MORE

πŸ“š Resources

  • The Computer History Museum's online collections let you explore archival materials, objects, and oral histories that showcase the visionaries and innovations behind our digital world. Browse curated artifact sets, in-depth pioneer stories, rare highlights, and the dynamic Discovery Wall chosen by visitors. MORE

  • Bypassing WiFi Client Isolation. Researchers demonstrate how attackers can bypass WiFi client isolation by crafting packets with monitor mode adapters, even on WPA2-PSK networks. The technique creates direct client-to-client communication that sidesteps access point protections entirely. MORE

  • Vibecoding to discover a critical dependency confusion vulnerability in GitHub's Ruby gems, achieving remote code execution across multiple GitHub services including build systems and codespaces. The bug earned a $20k bounty after affecting over 2,000 callbacks from various GitHub infrastructure components within 24 hours of exploitation. MORE

  • Path traversal vulnerability in Signal Desktop that allowed attackers to save malicious files anywhere on a victim's computer by crafting special attachment filenames. The bug could enable remote code execution by dropping files into Windows startup folders, but Signal quickly patched it after disclosure. MORE

  • AI pentest scoping playbook. Organizations are wasting money on inadequate AI security testing that misses 80% of the actual attack surface, including RAG poisoning, agent hijacking, and multi-turn jailbreaks. This comprehensive guide breaks down how to properly scope AI pentests across models, data pipelines, plugins, and infrastructure to catch vulnerabilities before attackers do. MORE

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