The Curious Technologist

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

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...

OpenAI Defends Anthropic Against Supply Chain Risk Label

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...

MCP Server Cuts Claude Code Context Costs by 98%

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...

Decision Trees: Simple Rules, Surprising Power

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...

Cardboard: YC’s Agentic AI Video Editor Is Here

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...

just-bash: Vercel Labs Gives AI Agents Safe Shell Access

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...
Person working at computer with AI coding assistant interface visible

Will Vibe Coding Fade Like the Maker Movement Did?

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....
City bus stopped at a modern bus shelter on an urban street

US Cities Have Too Many Bus Stops—and It’s Slowing Everyone Down

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...
Abstract visualization of API authentication and security measures

Google API Keys Weren’t Secrets—Until Gemini Changed the Rules

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...
Jimi Hendrix playing electric guitar on stage with amplifiers behind him

Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer in Disguise

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...

robinwdavey: Print versions of two recent Wired Italia pieces. Thought I’d post these as the gif versions lose some of the detail. Are these available as prints?

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murphyandrew: Modern All-In-One Record Console This modern piece is a flagship of the 1950’s, a time when similar sound systems may be the centrepiece of many houses and whose time, we believe, may have come around again. Each cabinet is individually crafted...

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txchnologist: Mechanical Sidekicks Show Softer Side Of Robotics by Txchnologist staff By now, you’ve probably seen Boston Dynamics’ ATLAS, the six-foot, 330-pound humanoid robot that is part of DARPA’s robotics challenge. While this machine is one of the...

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smarterplanet: GLASS ACT Background: Nature recently published a paper on a new technology for windows. In a nutshell: glass has been prepared that selectively absorbs visible and near-infrared light when an electrochemical voltage is applied. This opens the...

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subtilitas: Luís Rebelo de Andrade & Tiago Rebelo de Andrade - Tree snake houses,  Bornes de Aguiar 2012. Via, photos © Ricardo Oliveira Alves.

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TELLING YOUR STORIES WITH VIDEO “IDEO’s Toy Lab releases Spark Camera, its first iPhone app for grown-ups Fast uploading. Easy access to filters. The ability to add your own soundtrack. The Spark Camera app makes it simple and fun to shoot, edit, and share...

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