The Curious Technologist

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder

by | March 1, 2026 | Tech | 0 Comments

The Paradox of AI CodingAI coding assistants have made writing code easier than ever. With tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT, developers can generate functions, debug errors, and scaffold entire projects with a few prompts. The mechanical act of...
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OpenAI Defends Anthropic Against Supply Chain Risk Label

by | March 1, 2026 | Tech | 0 Comments

The StatementOpenAI has publicly pushed back against the designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk. In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), the company argued that Anthropic should not be classified as a security concern, defending a key competitor in the AI...
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MCP Server Cuts Claude Code Context Costs by 98%

by | March 1, 2026 | Tech | 0 Comments

The Context Window ProblemAI coding assistants like Claude Code are powerful but expensive. Every file you open, every reference you make, consumes tokens from your context window and your budget. For large codebases, these costs add up fast, making AI-assisted...
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Decision Trees: Simple Rules, Surprising Power

by | March 1, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

From If-Else to IntelligenceMachine learning can seem intimidating—neural networks, gradient descent, backpropagation. But one of the most effective ML techniques is surprisingly simple: decision trees. These models use nothing more than nested if-else statements to...
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Cardboard: YC’s Agentic AI Video Editor Is Here

by | February 26, 2026 | Tech | 0 Comments

The Promise of Agentic EditingVideo editing remains one of the most time-intensive creative tasks. Hours of raw footage must be trimmed, arranged, color-corrected, and polished into coherent stories. What if an AI agent could handle this work?Cardboard, a Y Combinator...
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just-bash: Vercel Labs Gives AI Agents Safe Shell Access

by | February 26, 2026 | Tech | 0 Comments

The Agent Shell ProblemAI agents that can write and execute code need shell access to be truly useful. But giving an autonomous agent unrestricted bash access is a security nightmare. Vercel Labs has tackled this with just-bash, an open-source tool that provides AI...
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Will Vibe Coding Fade Like the Maker Movement Did?

by | February 26, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

The Rise of Vibe CodingA new term has entered the developer lexicon: vibe coding. It describes a style of software development where programmers describe what they want in natural language, and AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude, or ChatGPT generate the actual code....
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US Cities Have Too Many Bus Stops—and It’s Slowing Everyone Down

by | February 26, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

The Problem with Frequent StopsBuses in American cities crawl along at average speeds of just 8 miles per hour—barely faster than walking. One major culprit is stop frequency: US buses typically stop every 700-800 feet, while European systems use 1,300-foot...
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Google API Keys Weren’t Secrets—Until Gemini Changed the Rules

by | February 26, 2026 | Tech | 0 Comments

The DiscoveryIn November 2025, Truffle Security researchers made an alarming discovery: Google AI Studio API keys—commonly embedded in public code for services like Google Maps—could also access the powerful Gemini AI API without developers' knowledge or explicit...
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Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer in Disguise

by | February 26, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

Beyond the MythJimi Hendrix is remembered as a guitar god, a psychedelic icon who redefined rock music in the 1960s. But beneath the cultural legend lies something more technical: Hendrix was essentially a systems engineer working with analog circuits instead of...
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May 18, 2014 |

futurist-foresight: Waterbears - so tough they can survive in space.Truly amazing creatures. the-winchester-initiative: 4gifs: Waterbears can go without food or water for more than a decade. They can survive temperatures from zero to above the boiling point...

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May 17, 2014 |

fight4future: New FCC rules could let internet providers (think: Comcast) end net neutrality and slow down sites like Netflix and Tumblr. The vote on proposed rules is today! Use Tumblr to take a stand. Share this image, and add this code to your Tumblr...

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May 3, 2014 |

fastcompany: These 3-D Printed Houses From China Appear In Just A Few Hours They won’t win any beauty contest, but a Chinese company has figured out how to print practical homes from waste materials—all for half the cost of conventional construction. Read...

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May 2, 2014 |

engineeringhistory: CalComp’s Vistagraphic 4200 series, introduced in 1984, was the 640x520 resolution member of the Vistagraphic 4000 family of intellegent raster displays. The line of upward compatible members includes the 1024x768 4300 series and 1024x1024 4400...

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May 1, 2014 |

engineeringhistory: Breadboard test generator for driving print hammer thyratrons

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thetechgets: Here’s how you can build your own Raspberry Pi phone for $160 PiPhone proves that one can build a working Raspberry Pi-based cell phone with ease. Developer David Hunt turned a Raspberry Pi Model B computer that retails for $40 into a handset by...

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