Hi friends,
Greetings from the hive!
I'm a bit scatterbrained lately because I've fallen off the journaling path.
There's a lot happening for us as a family. We even had to travel across states over the weekend.
If you're struggling right now, know this: you're not alone.
Let's take this week by swarm!
🐝 The Bee's Knees
How One Programmer's Pet Project Changed Software. This is the story of how one programmer's obsession with simplicity quietly reshaped how the software world thinks about time, immutability, and what it means to write code that lasts. MORE
Cybersecurity Looks Like Proof of Work Now. AISI confirms Anthropic's Mythos is real, but the takeaway is stark: hardening a system now means outspending attackers in tokens, not outsmarting them. MORE
Headless everything for personal AI. Services are racing to build "headless" command-line tools for AI agents to use instead of clicking through websites like humans do. This shift promises better user experiences but creates massive security risks as AI gets scary good at finding vulnerabilities. MORE
The Impact of AI on Software Engineers in 2026. Survey of 900+ engineers finds AI costs are mounting, 30% hit usage limits, and AI tools create three distinct engineer archetypes: builders, shippers, and coasters. MORE
The Blueprint to Reset Your Life. Ryder Carroll, creator of the Bullet Journal, explains how to transform mistakes into tools for growth rather than sources of self-punishment. He argues that true accountability comes from studying the systems that failed us rather than beating ourselves up. MORE
STANDARD EDITION
🐝 From Bee
Five help channels. Customers still get stuck and file a ticket.
I coined Shadow CX to describe why your knowledge base, community, chatbot, docs, and support team don't talk to each other. I also fix it. 226% deflection growth. $192K saved. 7 teams aligned.
If that sounds like your company (or someone you know), here's where to start → beegagliardi.com
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🔍 Discover
🗞️ News
How to Kill the Code Review. Teams with high AI adoption merge 98% more PRs but review time jumps 91%. The argument: move human checkpoints upstream to specs, not diffs. MORE
Millions of WordPress Sites Just Got Hacked. Another wave of WordPress exploits hits millions of sites, reinforcing why managed updates and security audits aren't optional anymore. MORE
Why Every AI Team Needs Pirates and Architects. It's 2026 and you can vibe code anything, but that doesn't mean you should. Why AI teams need both bold builders and careful system thinkers. MORE
What's New in Biology: Spring 2026. A breakthrough drug for pancreatic cancer, organ recovery advances, weight loss drugs that preserve muscle, and a whole-cell simulation. MORE
🌎 Community
Zero Days, Zero Truth. An AI-written essay fact-checks Anthropic's Mythos claims against primary sources. The capabilities are real, but the narrative around them is manufactured. MORE
How Hobbies Change Lives. Startup mentor Alla Adam shares how cultivating meaningful hobbies can dramatically transform your career, relationships, and sense of purpose. MORE
Kayla Makes James' Windows Terminal Awesome. A fun collaborative session where Kayla walks James through customizing Windows Terminal with themes, fonts, and productivity shortcuts. MORE
/r/YouShouldKnow. This Reddit community shares useful tips about technology and everyday life that most people don't know. MORE
💛 Follow
Awesome accounts to follow. Randomly selected from my curated Twitter lists.
@threepointone - Building AI agents at Cloudflare
@smiegles - Co-Founder and Head of Hacking at Hadrian Security
@zeldman - OG blogger and web designer, creator of A List Apart
@JemYoung - EM Platform Engineering at Netflix, co-host of Front End Happy Hour
@tom_hirst - Builder, programmer, author of Pricing Freelance Projects
👀 Explore
US National Park Finder. An interactive tool that lets you select a month and explore which national parks are best to visit. Perfect for planning your next trip. MORE
Inside George Nakashima's Japanese-Style Home & Workshop. AD steps inside the legendary furniture designer's compound where nature, craft, and architecture merge beautifully. MORE
How NYC's Best Pancakes Are Made. Chef Jake Leiber of Chez Ma Tante shows how to make his iconic crispy-on-the-outside pancakes from scratch. MORE
How I Actually Use Seedance 2.0. A start-to-finish walkthrough of creating AI-generated video with one of the most creative AI minds working today. MORE
Why Technical Excellence Isn't Enough for AI Products. Google's Gen AI Lead breaks down why the best AI products win on design, user experience, and go-to-market — not just model performance. MORE
🛠️ Build
🧰 Try
boringBar. A macOS taskbar that keeps windows organized by desktop. Shows only current desktop windows, has a desktop switcher, app launcher, and thumbnail previews. MORE
smolvm. Build and run portable, lightweight, self-contained virtual machines from the CLI. Ship and run software with isolation by default. MORE
ReKindle. A tool for Kindle users that breathes new life into your reading device with custom features and firmware improvements. MORE
Tab Out. A Chrome extension that replaces your new tab page with a mission control dashboard so you can actually manage and close your tabs. MORE
Neural Networks: Zero to Hero. Andrej Karpathy's free course on building neural networks from scratch in code, from backpropagation basics to modern GPT-style transformers. MORE
🚀 Ship
Build Your Own Go Commands in Neovim. One of the most useful things you can learn in Neovim is how to shape your own editing experience with custom Go commands. MORE
Building Pi in a World of Slop. Mario Zechner wanted a coding agent that's truly his own. This talk covers why building your own tools matters more than ever. MORE
Access Your Dev Environment from Any Device. A walkthrough of the new /remote feature in GitHub Copilot CLI that lets you connect to your dev environment from anywhere. MORE
State of the Claw. Peter Steinberger gives the 5-month update on OpenClaw, the fastest growing open source project in its category. MORE
A Love Letter to Pi. Lucas Meijer on how agents are reshaping software development so fast that it's hard to keep up, and why he built his own. MORE
💰 Advance
How Fundraising Actually Works. Stop cold emailing investors. The trick is backchanneling: get allies to mention you so VCs reach out first, avoiding the adverse selection trap. MORE
The Road from $4M to $5M ARR. Tally crossed $5M ARR fully bootstrapped with a team of 11. Their secret: focusing entirely on product quality over revenue targets. MORE
How to Run Your Small Business Like a CEO. Practical advice that goes beyond the usual platitudes about running a small business with real executive-level thinking. MORE
A Playbook for Shaping What the Internet Says About You. Before someone clicks your website, they've already formed an opinion. Here's how to control that narrative. MORE
Live Demo: The AI-Powered VP Growth. Sanjay Saxena and Niharika Srivastav walk through how to use AI to level up growth strategy with live demos and frameworks. MORE
💭 Quote
"In an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow. And in an age of distraction, nothing is so luxurious as paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is so urgent as sitting still."
MEMBER EDITION
Here is a sneak peek at what’s inside this week’s member edition:
• The "Unpromptable" Edge: How an anonymous, viral band is proving that the best way to thrive in the AI era is by being impossible to replicate.
• Engineering Influence: A deep dive into how a former immigrant built one of the most successful media brands in tech history.
• Infrastructure Secrets: Why a world-class railway system succeeds through smart policy rather than just culture—and how it can be exported.
• Security Red Alert: A major freelance marketplace exposed sensitive user tax records and PII to public search engines for over a month.
• Expert vs. Algorithm: Why the "friction" you feel when coding with AI is actually a signal of your own high-level expertise.
• Future of Product Management: Why half of the current workforce in this role is facing a professional crisis and how to stay relevant.
• Vulnerability Landscapes: Is AI making traditional bug hunting obsolete, or is it simply shifting the battlefield?
• The AI Thinking Partner: Frameworks for building a "second brain" that helps you process knowledge deeply rather than just moving faster.
• Extreme Resilience: Lessons on suffering and recovery from an elite ultrarunner who conquered addiction to win one of the world's toughest races.
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