Posted on r/politics |
Score: 24436 |
Comments: 1874
The article argues that Donald Trump's planned White House ballroom is unlikely to be completed due to his disorganization, constant changes to the project, and inability to manage complex construction. It serves as a symbol of his administration's tendency to destroy things but not create anything of lasting value.
Key Points:
The ballroom project is plagued by delays, lack of a final design, and ballooning costs.
Trump's micromanagement and impulsiveness, including firing the architect and constantly changing the scope, hinder progress.
Legal and regulatory hurdles, like required planning commission meetings, are not being addressed.
The project is presented as a symbol of Trump's second term: adept at destruction but incapable of creation.
Trump's reputation as a builder is overstated, as he has not overseen major construction in decades.
"The whole thing is a too-perfect symbol of Trump’s second administration: They are very good at breaking things, but they don’t know how to create anything of value."
Pam Bondi Gets Jail Time Warning Over Epstein Files Cover-Up
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 12165 |
Comments: 466
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna has threatened Attorney General Pam Bondi with jail time if the Justice Department fails to fully release the Jeffrey Epstein files by a court-imposed deadline. Khanna warned that anyone concealing documents or using excessive redactions could face obstruction of justice charges, emphasizing a demand for full transparency. The threat comes amid bipartisan pressure and new revelations about former President Trump's close ties to Epstein.
Key Points:
Rep. Ro Khanna threatened Attorney General Pam Bondi with prosecution and jail time if the full Epstein files are not released by the deadline.
Khanna stated that anyone tampering with, concealing, or excessively redacting documents could be charged with obstruction of justice, regardless of position.
The warning follows a rare bipartisan bill, signed by President Trump, ordering the DOJ to release the files within 30 days.
The law expressly prohibits redactions for reasons of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity.
Newly released photos and a New York Times investigation have intensified scrutiny on Trump's close, long-term relationship with Epstein.
""Let me be very clear, we need a full release. Anyone who tampers [with] documents, or conceals documents, or engages in excessive redaction will be prosecuted because of obstruction of justice.""
Kash Patel Under Fire After Reddit Post Finds Brown Shooting Suspect | The case bungled by the FBI director was only solved thanks to a Reddit user.
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 7593 |
Comments: 304
The article criticizes FBI Director Kash Patel's leadership after a Reddit user, not the FBI, provided the key lead that identified the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings. The suspect was later found dead, preventing further investigation. This failure is presented as part of a pattern of incompetence under Patel's tenure.
Key Points:
A Reddit user provided crucial witness information that identified the shooting suspect, Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, after the FBI failed to do so.
The suspect was later found deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, eliminating any chance for interrogation.
FBI Director Kash Patel faces significant criticism for this investigative failure, which is contrasted with his public 'strongman' persona.
The incident is compared to another recent failed manhunt where a suspect was only apprehended after being turned in by a family member.
The article portrays Patel as preoccupied with media appearances and antagonistic toward Congress while failing at core investigative duties.
"So Kash Patel’s mighty FBI couldn’t find someone who walked onto one of the country’s most prestigious universities in the middle of the day, and the primary reason local police were even able to find him was because of a witness who happened to post about it on Reddit."
GitHub walks back plan to charge for self-hosted runners
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 1701 |
Comments: 192
GitHub reversed its decision to charge for self-hosted runners after significant user backlash. The company had announced a $0.002 per minute fee for private repositories, which would have substantially increased costs for some enterprise users. GitHub is now postponing the change to re-evaluate its approach but has not ruled out future charges.
Key Points:
GitHub postponed a plan to charge $0.002 per minute for self-hosted runners on private repos after user complaints.
The company admitted it 'missed the mark' by not including user feedback in its initial planning.
The original justification was to offset the 'real costs' of infrastructure supporting self-hosted runners.
The change would have led to significant cost increases for some enterprise-scale developers.
GitHub noted the vast majority (96%) of users would see no bill change under the original plan.
"“We’ve read your posts and heard your feedback,” GitHub said. “We’re postponing the announced billing change for self-hosted GitHub Actions to take time to re-evaluate our approach.”"
Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 332 |
Comments: 162
The article argues that a software developer's core responsibility is to deliver code they have personally proven to work, not just to generate it. It criticizes the practice of submitting untested code for others to debug, emphasizing that proof requires both manual and automated testing. It also discusses how AI coding agents should be directed to provide this proof, but ultimate accountability remains with the human engineer.
Key Points:
A developer's duty is to deliver code proven to work, not to offload testing and verification onto reviewers.
Proving code works requires two non-optional steps: skilled manual testing and the creation of automated tests.
AI coding agents must be prompted to execute and prove their changes, mimicking the manual and automated testing process.
While AI can generate code and tests, the human developer provides the essential accountability for the final deliverable.
Developing testing skills and good taste in test code is a key marker of a senior engineer.
"Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work. As software engineers we don’t just crank out code—in fact these days you could argue that’s what the LLMs are for. We need to deliver code that works—and we need to include proof that it works as well."
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 222 |
Comments: 140
The article introduces 'Vibe Coding' as a new paradigm in software development where developers use AI tools to generate code from natural language prompts, shifting their role from writing syntax to focusing on intent and design. It explains the iterative 'Vibe Loop' process and outlines its benefits for speed and focus, while also warning of potential pitfalls like over-reliance and code bloat. The guide emphasizes that developers must still understand logic and verify outputs to use AI effectively.
Key Points:
Vibe Coding uses AI to translate developer intent from natural language into code, allowing focus on design over syntax.
The core process is the 'Vibe Loop': Prompt, Generate, Run, Vibe Check, and Iterate to maintain a flow state.
Developers remain essential for their logic, taste, and ability to verify AI-generated code, not just for memorizing syntax.
Potential dangers include losing understanding of how code works ('The Trap') and accepting bloated, inefficient code ('Code Bloat').
Successful vibe coding requires mastering natural language prompting, a rapid review rhythm, and rigorous verification of AI outputs.
"It changes your role from a 'bricklayer' (who places every semicolon by hand) to an 'architect' (who designs the vision)."
AI’s Unpaid Debt: How LLM Scrapers Destroy the Social Contract of Open Source
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 116 |
Comments: 29
The article argues that large AI companies, by scraping vast amounts of publicly available data to train their LLMs, are violating the core social contract of open source and free culture communities. It contends that this exploitation disproportionately damages these communities by breaking the 'share-alike' covenant that ensures freely given work remains free and benefits the commons.
Key Points:
Open source and copyleft licenses operate on a social contract where freely shared work must remain free and be improved upon by the community ('share-alike').
Big Tech AI companies train their LLMs by scraping virtually all online data, including open-source code and free culture contributions, without upholding this covenant.
This data scraping acts as a form of piracy that extracts value from the commons without contributing back, thereby destroying the incentive structure for open collaboration.
The author views this as a particular betrayal of communities like Wikipedia and open-source software, which rely on the reciprocal promise of copyleft.
The economic and innovative power of open source, valued in trillions, is undermined when its outputs are taken without upholding the licensing principles that created them.
"The key covenant that differentiates copyleft licenses from permissive ones is that they are shared alike. That is the bargain that open source and free culture communities have made."
A former Claude user who had switched to a different AI model returns to test Claude Opus 4.5 and is extremely impressed with its coding capabilities. The author finds it effectively handles complex coding tasks, asks clarifying questions, and confidently states it has solved web development for them.
Key Points:
The author, a long-time Claude user, had canceled their subscription due to issues with a previous version (4.0).
They returned to test the new Opus 4.5 model and were highly impressed.
The model successfully executes end-to-end coding tasks, particularly in JavaScript for web development.
It proactively asks for clarifications the user hadn't considered.
The author inquires about its performance with backend languages like Rust or Go.
"It truly takes in any coding tasks I gave it, and it just works. And it asks for clarifications that I didn't think of. So far I've given it mostly JS code and it runs end to end. Webdev is now solved by this, I can say this confidently"
Microsoft to move away from C/C++ to Rust using AI assisted coding
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 94 |
Comments: 48
Galen Hunt, a Microsoft manager, is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to help eliminate all C and C++ code from Microsoft by 2030 by translating it to Rust. The team uses a combined AI and algorithmic infrastructure to rewrite massive codebases at scale, with an ambitious goal of '1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.' The role requires significant Rust experience and is based in Redmond.
Key Points:
Microsoft has a goal to eliminate all C and C++ code by 2030 by translating it to Rust.
The team uses a hybrid AI and algorithmic infrastructure to rewrite code at massive scale.
The ambitious productivity target is '1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.'
The open Principal Software Engineer role requires deep Rust systems programming experience.
The team's mission is to eliminate technical debt at scale across Microsoft and the industry.
"My goal is to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030. Our strategy is to combine AI *and* Algorithms to rewrite Microsoft’s largest codebases. Our North Star is '1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.'"
The Gaiwan team has released Oak 1.0, an independent, open-source identity provider that supports OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect for single sign-on. It is designed to be simple and easy to self-host, featuring a headless, scriptable architecture managed via command line. The project, built in Clojure, aims to provide a low-tech, European-rooted alternative to existing IAM solutions.
Key Points:
Oak 1.0 is an open-source, self-hosted Identity Provider supporting OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
It is 'headless' with no management UI, making it scriptable and configured via command line.
The project differentiates itself through ease of use, simplicity, and independence from major enterprises.
Built in Clojure, it can be deployed as a container or embedded as a library in Clojure applications.
It includes features like 2FA via authenticator apps and aims to unify logins for self-hosted services.
"We also believe there's room for an independent, relatively low-tech IAM/IdP, that's not controlled by a major enterprise, with European roots, based on high-fidelity implementations of published standards."
Official: Anthropic released Claude code 2.0.73 with 9 CLI changes,details below
Posted on r/ClaudeAI |
Score: 65 |
Comments: 41
The provided content is not an article but appears to be the GitHub webpage interface for the 'claude-code' repository, showing navigation elements, repository stats, and a standard GitHub footer. The actual article content, presumably a changelog file, was not loaded or transmitted in the text.
Key Points:
The text describes the GitHub.com interface for the anthropics/claude-code repository.
It shows repository statistics like 47.1k stars and 3.3k forks.
It includes standard GitHub navigation menus and links.
It contains a footer with legal and policy links.
The intended article content (the CHANGELOG.md file) is not present in the provided text.
"Uh oh! There was an error while loading. Please reload this page."
Enacting Land Value Return in your hometown: A how-to guide for local activists
Posted on r/georgism |
Score: 32 |
Comments: 1
The article is a guide for local activists on how to advocate for Land Value Return policies in their hometowns. It frames the effort as a heroic adventure and emphasizes starting with pragmatic, local wins by finding a political champion and doing the necessary groundwork to support the policy.
Key Points:
Frame Land Value Return as a pragmatic, common-sense solution to local problems like unaffordable housing and economic decline.
Start by finding or becoming a local political champion, leveraging your status as a constituent with skin in the game.
The theory of change relies on accumulating small, local victories to build momentum and social proof for the broader movement.
Initial pitches should be voluntary and revenue-neutral to preempt common political attacks.
Success requires doing the homework for busy politicians, including coalition building, legal analysis, and data modeling.
"Our theory of change it that a steady stream of small, pragmatic, local wins throughout the country will provide the broader movement with momentum, social proof, and fresh empirical case studies."
The article argues that while the core Georgist principle of taxing land rent remains valid, its application must be updated for the 21st century's economic realities. It identifies new forms of rent and enclosure beyond physical land, such as digital platforms, financial instruments, and intellectual property, which challenge traditional Georgist analysis.
Key Points:
Georgism's core idea is sound: economic land is distinct and its private ownership leads to rent-seeking and speculation.
Modern 'enclosures' extend beyond physical land to include digital platforms ('cloud rents'), financial mechanisms ('chrono-rents'), and problematic patents.
Trends like remote work and advanced infrastructure needs significantly alter the dynamics of land value and rent.
The article poses open questions on how to update Georgist theory to account for these new factors of production and economic realities.
"We now live in a world radically different from George's... To wit: - An even greater importance on infrastructure... - Digital enclosures, or what Varoufakis calls 'cloud rents'... - Time enclosure / 'chrono-rents'... - Patents..."