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11 Aug 2026 edition

177 articles · 50 sources · 1 paper ·

Top topics: General · Python · AWS

Python AI Django

Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs

Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs A vanity domain name (stolen-thoughts.com) for a neat paper: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google return encrypted chain-of-thought blocks to clients that can be replayed…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

datasette-upload-dbs 0.5a0

Release: datasette-upload-dbs 0.5a0 This plugin has been around for a while - it lets users upload a brand new SQLite database to a hosted Datasette instance, at which point that database will start being served by that…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Open Source

From coder to orchestrator: How agents shift the role of a developer

Developers are owning more of the delivery system around code, not just code itself. Join us during GitHub Universe to meet other devs, learn something new, and explore what's next. The post From coder to orchestrator:…

Source: GitHub Blog Natalie Guevara
MongoDB

Let's Not Waste Time on Excessive Benchmarking

There's an arms race in database research. Every year, papers have more and more benchmarks. Researchers are spending more effort, writing more words, and making more charts about benchmarking. This has gone far past…

Source: MongoDB Blog
DevSec AWS

AWS successfully completed its 2025-26 NHS DSPT assessment

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce its successful completion of the 2025-26 NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (NHS DSPT) assessment audit and achieving a status of Standards Exceeded. The NHS DSPT…

Source: AWS Security Blog Tariro Dongo
Python

PEP 844: `public` and `private` builtins

The second proposal of the Public API Trilogy has been publish, albeit out of order. You’ll have to go back and read the second novel when it comes out. Here then is PEP 844 proposing to add public and private builtins.…

Source: Python PEPs Barry Warsaw
Java

BCE: Who May Call Whom

The most asked BCE question is not what the layers mean, but which dependencies are allowed. Inside a business component the dependencies point downwards. boundary to control, control to entity. The boundary offers…

Source: Adam Bien Blog

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