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February 2 2026 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed.

A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed. (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/technology/moltbook-ai-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFA.kBCd.hUw-s4vvfswK&smid=url-share) I

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February 2 2026 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

Introducing the Codex app

Introducing the Codex app (https://openai.com/index/introducing-the-codex-app/) OpenAI just released a new macOS app for their Codex coding agent. I've had a few days of preview access - it's a

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February 3 2026 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

Quoting Brandon Sanderson

This is the difference between Data and a large language model, at least the ones operating right now. Data created art because he wanted to grow. He wanted to become something. He wanted to

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February 3 2026 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

January sponsors-only newsletter is out

I just sent the January edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter (https://github.com/sponsors/simonw/). If you are a sponsor (or if you start a sponsorship now) you can access it here

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February 3 2026 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

Introducing Deno Sandbox

Introducing Deno Sandbox (https://deno.com/blog/introducing-deno-sandbox) Here's a new hosted sandbox product from the Deno team. It's actually unrelated to Deno itself - this is part of their Deno

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February 4 2026 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

Distributing Go binaries like sqlite-scanner through PyPI using go-to-wheel

I've been exploring Go for building small, fast and self-contained binary applications recently. I'm enjoying how there's generally one obvious way to do things and the resulting code is boring and

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February 4 2026 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

Voxtral transcribes at the speed of sound

Voxtral transcribes at the speed of sound (https://mistral.ai/news/voxtral-transcribe-2) Mistral just released Voxtral Transcribe 2 - a family of two new models, one open weights, for transcribing

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February 5 2026 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell

Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell (https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/spotlighting-the-world-factbook-as-we-bid-a-fond-farewell/) Somewhat devastating news today from CIA: