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Submit your ideas for Interop 2027

It’s that exciting time of year again when we start considering Interop proposals for next year!

GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Run several agents at once

Learn how to run parallel agents in the GitHub Copilot app, and experience the moment it stops feeling scary and starts feeling powerful. The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Run several agents at once appeared…

[$] Recent work in memory tiering

Tiered-memory systems are built with multiple types of memory, each of which has different performance characteristics. In addition to the usual DRAM, a tiered system might also provide faster high-bandwidth memory or…

Audacity 4.0 released

Version 4.0 of the Audacity audio editor has been released. Notable changes in this release include a rewritten interface using Qt, ability to save user-interface layouts as "Workspaces", improvements in working with…

Security updates for Thursday

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (freerdp, go-fdo-server, golang-github-openprinting-ipp-usb, kernel, kernel-rt, nodejs:24, perl-DBI, and php), Debian (firefox-esr, libapache2-mod-auth-openidc, and…

Rubber Duck Thursday - September Updates!

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WebDev intro course: what small changes towards progressive enhancement?

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 3, 2026

Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Python JIT; rnull block driver; steal time; GNOME governance; 7.3 merge window; LUKS. Briefs: Kernel infrastructure; Debian AI; Dolphin 26.08; Firefox 155; Incus 7.4;…

Astro 7.3

Astro 7.3 adds an --ignore-lock flag for astro preview, passes Astro's runtime logger into custom image services and cache providers, and ships a finalize() helper for Cloudflare custom worker entrypoints.

How an AI harness guides model execution

Think of an LLM like a horse: to direct where it goes, you need to give it a harness. Learn how harness engineering provides the runtime, tools, and guardrails necessary for AI agents to interact with your codebase.…

GitLab + OpenAI Codex: Fix Rust Bugs with SDLC Context

Supercharge OpenAI Codex with full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) context by connecting it directly to GitLab using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). In this practical walkthrough, Developer Advocate Michael…

GitLab Orbit Overview: Giving AI Agents Full Software Development Context

Supercharge your AI agents with complete, high-resolution context across your entire software development lifecycle. GitLab Orbit connects source code, CI/CD pipelines, deployments, security findings, and production…

How Cboard uses open source to give people a voice | GitHub Accessibility Spotlight

In this GitHub Accessibility Spotlight, learn how Cboard grew from a single repository into a global Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) platform. Built on GitHub for people with speech disabilities,…

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