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## The Silent Revolution: AI-Driven Network Decisions in Real-Time
By @darshanbmehta [ 5 Min read ]
The telecommunications industry is experiencing an extraordinary shift: infrastructure that operates with independent judgment. Read More.
The Illusion of Scale: Why LLMs Are Vulnerable to Data Poisoning, Regardless of Size 
By @hacker-Antho [ 4 Min read ]
New research shatters AI security assumptions, showing that poisoning large models is easier than believed and requires a very small number of documents. Read More.
React 19: New Tools To Work With Forms 
By @socialdiscoverygroup [ 6 Min read ]
Discover how React 19’s new hooks—useActionState, useFormStatus, and useOptimistic—simplify form handling with less boilerplate and cleaner code. Read More.
AWS Outage 2025: What Really Happened on October 20 and What It Teaches Us About the Cloud 
By @mayukhsuri [ 3 Min read ]
AWS outage on Oct 20, 2025, disrupted major apps worldwide. Learn what caused it, how it spread, and key lessons to build stronger cloud systems. Read More.
How to Fix Profile Image Upload Headaches with Filestack Workflows 
By @filestack [ 6 Min read ]
Stop babysitting profile pictures. Learn how Filestack Workflows turn image uploads into scalable, async, and lightning-fast experiences. Read More.
Blast API Shutdown: The Best Alternatives for Developers 
By @nownodes [ 4 Min read ]
Blast API ends operations in Oct 2025. Explore the best developer alternatives like NOWNodes and Alchemy for secure, scalable RPC migration. Read More.
Why Traditional Testing Breaks Down with AI 
By @mend [ 4 Min read ]
Traditional testing breaks with AI. Learn how red teaming and AI-powered fuzzing uncover hidden weaknesses in large language models. Read More.
Python Script to Read and Judge 1,500 Legal Cases 
By @knightbat2040 [ 5 Min read ]
What started as a simple script evolved into a full-fledged data engineering and NLP pipeline that can process a decade’s worth of legal decisions in minutes. Read More.
The Future of Web3 Marketing: Education, Trust, and Sustainability 
By @hackmarketing [ 7 Min read ]
Learn how Web3 projects can grow sustainably through education, trust, and human-centered marketing that builds real users and community. Read More.
The Hidden Economics of Reliability: Balancing Uptime, Cost, and Innovation in DevOps 
By @oreoluwaomoike [ 9 Min read ]
The tension between uptime, cost, and velocity has never been sharper. Read More.
Who’s Used One Trillion Plus OpenAI Tokens? Salesforce, Shopify, Canva, Hubspot, & 26 More Companies 
By @botbeat [ 8 Min read ]
A deep dive into the 30 companies that burned over one trillion OpenAI tokens—featuring Duolingo, OpenRouter, and Indeed as top power users of GPT tech. Read More.
The Road to Hell is Paved with Good DRY Intentions 
By @melvin-manni [ 5 Min read ]
Learn how good intentions can lead to spaghetti dry code, over abstraction and over engineered systems. Read More.
The Physics of AI 
By @giovannicoletta [ 11 Min read ]
An interrogation of how physics concepts like black holes, entropy, and quantum theory mirror the rise and limits of artificial intelligence. Read More.
Context Engineering for Coding Agents 
By @ichebykin [ 5 Min read ]
Context engineering for coding agents is the best way to improve the model performance for code generation. Read More.
Code Smell 07 – Avoid Boolean Variables 
By @mcsee [ 3 Min read ]
Avoid Boolean variables, they lead to conditional logic and force you to write Ifs. Create polymorphic states instead Read More.
From Cloud to Desk: 3 Signs the AI Revolution is Going Local 
By @hacker-Antho [ 4 Min read ]
when it comes to AI smaller is better Read More.
Ransomware Goes Cloud-Native 
By @sanjaybarot [ 23 Min read ]
Ransomware has gone cloud-native: no payloads, just API abuse. Learn the tactics—IAM takeovers, KMS locks, backup sabotage—and how to build resilience. Read More.
GitHub’s Copilot Adds Cloud Agent to Draft Pull Requests Autonomously 
By @ainativedev [ 4 Min read ]
GitHub Copilot evolves: cloud-based agents now handle PRs, iterate from feedback, and fit seamlessly into dev workflows. Read More.
Weekly AI Startup Funding: October 20-25, 2025 
By @aifundingtracker [ 13 Min read ]
AI startups raised over $3.6 billion this week across infrastructure, wearable AI, enterprise automation, and fintech innovation. Read More.
Windsurf Expands Free Plan to Woo Developers Amid AI IDE Competition 
By @ainativedev [ 4 Min read ]
In April 2025, Windsurf (formerly Codeium) rolled out significant pricing updates that made waves in the developer community. Read More.
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