GPT-4o/GPT-5 complaints megathread - A Developer's Story
Something strange is happening in the AI community. Developers who once evangelized GPT-4 are now flooding Reddit, Twitter, and Discord with complaints that OpenAI's newer models feel *dumber*. The r/...
Updates for ChatGPT - A Developer's Story
Remember when ChatGPT first dropped and everyone lost their minds over a chatbot that could actually hold a conversation? That feels like ancient history now. OpenAI just rolled out a series of update...
Amazon cuts 16k jobs - A Developer's Story
When Amazon announced its latest round of 16,000 job cuts, the tech industry collectively held its breath. This wasn't just another corporate restructuring—it was the continuation of a seismic shift t...
Bilbo asks chatgpt - A Developer's Story
What happens when you give Bilbo Baggins access to ChatGPT? This seemingly absurd question has captivated thousands of users on r/ChatGPT, sparking a cultural moment that reveals something profound ab...
A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks - A Developer's Story
Something fundamental shifted when developers started spending entire workdays with Claude as their coding companion. Not the promised revolution of "AI replacing programmers"—that tired narrative mis...
TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues - A Developer's Story
What happens when one of the world's most influential social platforms suddenly prevents users from posting content critical of immigration enforcement? Over the past 48 hours, TikTok creators have di...
Someone told me to post this here - A Developer's Story
What happens when an AI community becomes so self-aware that its users start posting deliberately vague, recursive content that somehow generates thousands of upvotes? The answer is unfolding right no...
BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp - A Developer's Story
For the first time in messaging history, users can now send messages from a third-party European app directly to WhatsApp users without anyone needing to switch platforms. BirdyChat, a relatively unkn...
GPT-4o/GPT-5 complaints megathread - A Developer's Story
Something strange is happening in the AI community. Developers who once evangelized GPT-4's capabilities are now flooding forums with complaints about its supposed successor. The r/ChatGPT megathread ...
Updates for ChatGPT - A Developer's Story
ChatGPT isn't just getting updates anymore—it's becoming something fundamentally different from what we launched two years ago. While most users celebrate new features and capabilities, there's a deep...
BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp - A Developer's Story
While Silicon Valley giants have spent decades building moats around their messaging empires, a small European chat app just did something that would have been unthinkable even two years ago: it succe...
Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health" - A Developer's Story
What happens when the very systems designed to make software more secure become vectors for noise, frustration, and burnout? The cURL project just gave us a stark answer: you shut them down entirely. ...
cURL Gets Rid of Its Bug Bounty Program Over AI Slop Overrun - A Developer's Story
What happens when a security feature designed to protect millions of users becomes a vector for attack—not against the software, but against the maintainers themselves? This week, Daniel Stenberg, the...
Logging Mastery: Debug Like Your Life Depends On It
He was staring at an error message at 2 AM. Production was down. Customers were angry. And the error log was completely useless: "Something went wrong."
Beyond Keep-Alive: Building Systems That Work While You Sleep
Sure, you can keep your machine awake with a PowerShell script or a jiggling mouse. But that's thinking too small.
Beyond Keep-Alive: Building Systems That Work While You Sleep
Sure, you can keep your machine awake with a PowerShell script or a jiggling mouse. But that's thinking too small.
A Developer's Portfolio: 18 Projects That Changed Everything
18 Projects That Transformed Ideas Into Impact
Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports - A Developer's Story
Here's a scenario that should make every security-conscious developer pause: You've implemented full-disk encryption across your organization's fleet of Windows machines using BitLocker, Microsoft's b...