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18 Oct 2026 edition

234 articles · 30 sources · 2 papers ·

Top topics: General · Python · JavaScript

Python AI Django

llm-tools-datasette 0.1.1

Release: llm-tools-datasette 0.1.1 When I switched LLM over to httpx2 in LLM 0.33 I forget that this would break any plugins which used httpx without directly depending on it. llm-tools-datasette was one of those…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

llm-echo 0.5

Release: llm-echo 0.5 I'm working towards a new LLM release, and testing PRs caused me to revisit the llm-echo debug plugin. This plugin provides a "model" which doesn't involve an LLM at all - it just repeats back the…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
AI Labs AI

Investing in the public benefit

We’re committing a portion of Anthropic’s shares to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity with a structure that increases the stake as the company grows.

Source: Anthropic News
Rust

Should CommandExt::exec be safe?

Currently CommandExt::exec is safe although successful exec does not release resources by either calling destructors or terminating program (so kernel can release resources by its own). Therefore my suggestion is to…

Source: Rust Internals Forum mgalczynski
Java

Agents Have No Runtime Insight-airhacks.fm podcast

Subscribe to airhacks.fm podcast via: spotify| iTunes The #419 airhacks.fm episode with Ingo Kegel (@IngoKegel) about: The JProfiler MCP server gives coding agents runtime insight into a JVM, which changes how tool…

Source: Adam Bien Blog
PostgreSQL

pgBackRest 2.60.0 Released

October 18, 2026: The pgBackRest community is pleased to announce the release of pgBackRest 2.60.0, the latest version of the reliable, easy-to-use backup and restore solution that can seamlessly scale up to the largest…

Source: PostgreSQL News
PostgreSQL

pg_hint_plan v1.9.0 Released

The pg_hint_plan development team is pleased to announce pg_hint_plan 1.9.0. This release of pg_hint_plan adds compatibility with PostgreSQL 19, and includes various improvements and bug fixes. For more details, see the…

Source: PostgreSQL News
PostgreSQL

crecheck v6.0 has been released

Antananrivo, Madagascar - October 14, 2026 PostgreSQL credcheck extension The credcheck PostgreSQL extension provides few general credential checks, which will be evaluated during the user creation, during the password…

Source: PostgreSQL News
PostgreSQL

pg_utl_smtp v2.0 released

Antananarivo, Madagascar - October 06, 2026 PostgreSQL UTL_SMTP compatibility extension pg_utl_smtp is a PostgreSQL extension to create, manage and use Oracle-style UTL_SMTP package. The use and behavior is just like…

Source: PostgreSQL News
Java

Maps without a tile server

If you have built an application with an interactive map, you know what you are in for. You pick a tile provider such as Google or Mapbox, or a self-hosted stack like GeoServer or Martin, and your frontend requests…

Source: A Java geek
Python

Love Is Patient

> Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. (1 Corinthians 13) I've been learning that love isn't the feeling at the top of the mountain. It's what you do on the way back down.…

Source: Kenneth Reitz
Open Source

The 7.3 kernel has been released

Linus Torvalds has released the 7.3 kernel, as expected. It's Sunday afternoon, and this week I somehow kept my wits together long enough to keep track of the day of the week, so the release isn't randomly delayed. Will…

Source: LWN.net corbet
JavaScript

XState v4 code on v5: no error, just NaN

XState v5 shipped in December 2023, and its migration guide lists a breaking change that is easy to miss: implementation functions now take a single object argument with context, event and other properties. Code written…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed ProvenPin

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