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Vercel Labs' scriptc compiles TypeScript straight to native binaries ▶ D2

GitHub Opens Public Preview of Stacked Pull Requests ▶ D2

VS Code 1.131 Adds Built-In Dictation and Deeper Subagent Insights ▶ D2

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TypeScript 7 Ships With Go-Based Compiler and Big Build Gains

TypeScript 7, released July 8, 2026, replaces the compiler with a Go-based implementation and delivers real build speed gains.

MEDIUM · SOFTWARE ENGINEERING — The piece warns that the upgrade path comes with three common breaking issues most teams will encounter during migration.

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Judgment Was Always the Bottleneck. AI Just Made It Visible

Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and the newly open-sourced Grok Build all write software fast now. A July preprint testing 86 Python developers found we're bad at catching the… ▶ D4

Security: Decade-Old Linux Kernel Code Turns Into Instant Root Exploit

Security: CrowdStrike Finds Self-Hiding Worm Targeting AI Coding Toolchains

Reads: The Case Against Storing Secrets in Environment Variables

Reads: SQLite's Confusing Defaults Spark Debate Over Rust-Style 'Editions'

Reads: Reddit Reacts to Unpatched Cursor IDE 0-Day That Runs Any Renamed Executable as Git

Reads: Engineering Deep Dive: Scaling a Notification System to Millions of Fanouts

Reads: Building encrypted secret sharing in the browser with the Web Crypto API

Reads: Cloudflare Identifies Race Condition in hyper's HTTP/1 Implementation

Reads: GhostLock: A 15-Year-Old Stack Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Linux

Reads: Here are all my chairs

News: CNIL Mandates Consent for Email Tracking Pixels

Reads: Announcing TypeScript 7.0

Reads: Postgres Is Enough for More Than We Admit

Reads: How to Achieve Pruning When Querying by Non-Partitioned Columns in PostgreSQL

News: China recovers its first reusable rocket using a sea-based net

Reads: Self-hosting Umami analytics on Cloudflare, Fly, and Supabase

News: Won’t fix! – Teil 4: Warum sich Codequalität nicht in eine Zahl pressen lässt

News: Flock License Plate Readers Escalate Over Data-Entry Typo

News: Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft

Tooling: Vite+ reaches beta with 180+ fixes

Security: Ransomware Negotiator Sentenced for Colluding with BlackCat Attackers

News: Microsoft formalizes heavy use of AI for vulnerability discovery

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