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13 Oct 2026 edition

106 articles · 22 sources · 6 papers ·

Top topics: Python · JavaScript · AI

Python AI Django

Redesigning source control at Anthropic

Redesigning source control at Anthropic Interesting piece from Anthropic describing why and how they built their own custom alternative to Git, based on the dramatic increase in rate of changes to their code after the…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

llm-gemini 0.35

Release: llm-gemini 0.35 I added support to llm-gemini for the new Gemini 4 Argon model, made available today via the Gemini API and for customers of their $100/month subscription plan. Here are the low, medium and high…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Rust

Non dyn usable assoc type

hi folks! why does an assoc type with a Self: Sized bound non dyn usable? (I just crammed this fact and I don't know why exactly does it work this way....) trait Trait { type Foo where Self: Sized; fn foo(&self) ->…

Source: Rust Users Forum zugzwanged
Java

incidental architecture-airhacks.fm podcast

Subscribe to airhacks.fm podcast via: spotify| iTunes The #418 airhacks.fm episode with Tomasz Ptak (tomasz-ptak) about: Incidental architecture slows down developers and coding agents alike, consistency is a strategic…

Source: Adam Bien Blog
Python

Ektu Bangla, to help kids to read Bengali

Py (daughter) is still struggling to read Bengali text, as she was not reading it everyday. And on top of that Bengali script has many complex Bangla (Bengali) conjuncts (ক্ষ, জ্ঞ, ষ্ণ, ঙ্ক), and Py could not remember…

Source: Kushal Das
Python AI Django

Quoting Geoffrey Huntley

If the agent isn't using my diagnostics library, I could introspect and update AGENTS.md, but there's still a delta, and it'll drift. Instead, I write a pre-commit hook that checks the git diff for direct calls to…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

web-edit 0.1a1

Release: web-edit 0.1a1 Includes performance optimizations written by Claude Opus 5.5 after I fed it this Python 3.15 profiling report generated by GPT-6 Astra. Tags: profiling, projects

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Rust

How to slice a 3-dimensional array

I have a three-dimensional array like this: const XDIM = 60; const YDIM = 60; const ZDIM = 2; let mut world = [[[0.0; ZDIM] ; YDIM]; XDIM]; How would I extract all the X and Y contents for a single Z-value, giving me…

Source: Rust Users Forum NA-ori
Rust

1.99.1 pre-release testing

The 1.99.1 pre-release is ready for testing. The release is scheduled for October 15. Release notes can be found here. You can try it out locally by running: RUSTUP_DIST_SERVER=https://dev-static.rust-lang.org rustup…

Source: Inside Rust Blog Release automation
Java

This Week in Spring - October 13th, 2026

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another rip-roarin' installment of This Week in Spring! This one I am writing from beautiful Carmel-by-the-Sea in sunny California's Bay Area, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. As I sit here,…

Source: Spring Blog joshlong

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