A new open-source project called Algo-Trading-Skills packages 501 reference implementations covering algorithmic trading engineering, spanning 16 technical domains and five regulatory/exchange frameworks. Each skill is backed by unit tests (over 20,000 total) and follows the agentskills.io SKILL.md standard, making it usable by Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex CLI, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and similar tools. It's released under Apache 2.0 and explicitly framed as engineering guidance, not financial or compliance advice.
github.com
· 2026-09-11
An anonymous security researcher has reconstructed and released a reverse-engineered version of Stuxnet's source code on GitHub, complete with build instructions. Stuxnet was the malware that sabotaged centrifuges at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility by targeting Siemens industrial controllers while masking the damage from plant operators.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-09
Developer Ayghri released i-have-adhd, an open-source skill/plugin for coding assistants like Claude Code that rewrites how the AI communicates: it leads with the next action, numbers steps, gives time estimates, caps lists, and cuts preambles, tangents and closing pleasantries. It installs via a CLI prompt pointing to the project's GitHub repo and can be customized by forking and editing its SKILL.md rules file.
github.com
· 2026-09-08
A software developer recounts that their business partner used an AI coding assistant to build an entire payments backend module in a single day, then submitted a 5,236-line pull request without testing it. The developer found the endpoints didn't actually work and that documentation was riddled with obvious AI-generated filler, while missing critical details like where to obtain API keys.
ycj.bearblog.dev
· 2026-09-08
A longtime version control industry veteran, who competed against Git with Plastic SCM and now works on Git performance at Origin, argues the field is undergoing its most significant transformation in two decades. He points to two converging pressures: AI coding agents generating commits at unprecedented volume, and growing developer interest in alternatives to GitHub's dominance.
psantosl.github.io
· 2026-09-07
Developers of the Android PS3 emulator ARMSX3 released version 0.9.7, addressing wasted CPU cycles that caused phones to overheat during use. The update also resolves a freezing bug that occurred when users tried to close the emulator, previously leaving audio playing with no way to exit the game.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-07
Microsoft is expanding GitHub Copilot's coding agent to manage more of the software development pipeline, including setting up Windows development environments, running linters and tests, and opening pull requests for human review. GitHub also added agent support for Windows Subsystem for Linux, helping teams that build on Windows but test or deploy on Linux. Microsoft Distinguished Engineer David Fowler said on X that 'typing code is absolutely over,' pointing to a shift in what developers actually spend time doing.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-07
A software engineering essay, part of a series called 'Conquering Entropy,' examines how AI-generated code changes the trust relationships within engineering organizations—from trusting the ticket author and reviewing engineer to trusting test suites, CI/CD pipelines, and even AI-driven site reliability tools. The author argues that as AI agents make code generation faster and cheaper, teams need explicit accountability: whoever ships a PR should be responsible for fixing it if it breaks in production.
kaeruct.github.io
· 2026-09-06
Microsoft has launched Project Zenith, a stripped-down version of Windows 11 aimed at AI developers, requiring at least 64GB of unified memory and 250GB/s memory bandwidth. It will debut on AMD's Ryzen AI Halo hardware, a rival to Nvidia's DGX Spark, before expanding to other OEM devices, and ships preloaded with tools like VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Python, WSL, and .NET 10 already configured for coding.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-05
A developer suggests flipping the typical .gitignore convention: instead of listing files to ignore, developers should block everything with a wildcard and explicitly allow only the file types they want tracked, such as source files, README, and module files. This approach aims to prevent common mistakes like committing .DS_Store files, node_modules, IDE configs, or sensitive environment variables. The post also recommends using 'git check-ignore -v' to debug tracking issues and mentions lazygit as a useful Git terminal tool.
packagemain.tech
· 2026-09-05
Dutch developer Peter Ullrich is building Pushin.eu, a Git hosting platform designed to keep code and data entirely within Europe. The service is currently in invite-only beta, with general availability planned for early 2027, and will eventually charge subscription fees comparable to GitHub and GitLab.
pushin.eu
· 2026-09-05
Security firm Rietta rolled out an emergency hotfix across its client base on July 29, 2026, after a Ruby on Rails ActiveStorage vulnerability—later named KindaRails2Shell and tracked as CVE-2026-66066—jumped from an unrated update to a 9.5/10 CVSS severity score within hours. The flaw, discovered by researchers at Ethiack, allows arbitrary file read and remote code execution through variant processing in Active Storage, a core Rails component used in Rails 8 and newer.
rietta.com
· 2026-09-04
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