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Context is the whole bill
Claude CodeLLM engineering

Context is the whole bill

Portal by Spotify cut Claude Code token usage ~90% by serving scoped code slices instead of whole files, and why that matters for production AI systems.

9 min read
Same task, different bets
LLM engineeringAI agents

Same task, different bets

Claude, Codex and Cursor pick different tools across 17k runs - here is how to measure that revealed policy and wrap it in controls before it hits production.

10 min read
The best terminal assistant has no AI
deterministic automationLLM engineering

The best terminal assistant has no AI

TERMy runs without an LLM to show where deterministic retrieval beats AI-assisted terminal work: bounded inputs, known answers, instant offline lookups.

9 min read
The next commit captures the file you never named
git securitysecrets management

The next commit captures the file you never named

A .gitignore is a name-based deny-list on a capture-by-default store, so it cannot stop the unnamed secret that lands permanently in git history.

7 min read
The session that never expired
identity verificationKYC breach

The session that never expired

How attackers held a year-long live feed inside an ID verification vendor via exposed credentials and session persistence, and why telemetry missed it.

7 min read
The system ran one veteran 100 times
flock surveillanceaccess control

The system ran one veteran 100 times

One person was queried 100+ times in a Flock tracking system. When identity is the only enforced gate, abuse completes exactly like legitimate use.

6 min read
The torrent protocol shares your address by design
privacycybersecurity

The torrent protocol shares your address by design

How an adult studio unmasked a Meta exec's John Doe torrent handle, and what the IP-to-identity pipeline means for your privacy.

7 min read
Cerebras runs Qwen 27B at 1,500 tokens a second
ai-safetycybersecurity

Cerebras runs Qwen 27B at 1,500 tokens a second

Qwen 3.8 27B on Cerebras at 1,500 tokens/s adds no new capability - it changes the economics of attack and defense. What the raw speed means for security.

6 min read
Make the binary say yes
reverse engineeringred teaming

Make the binary say yes

Why a stripped binary is not a security control, how reverse engineering recovers its logic, and where access decisions must actually execute.

7 min read
The sand was never boxed
sandbox escapetrust model

The sand was never boxed

A sandbox is a set of filters on named dimensions, not a boundary of execution. It matches references and never revalidates the capability they compose.

8 min read
Verification became the leak
MFA bypassidentity verification

Verification became the leak

An unauthorized live feed of every ID verification let attackers bypass MFA for over a year. Why readable verification output stops being proof.

6 min read
Gemini 3.8 Flash captures your evaluation inputs
AI model securitydata exfiltration

Gemini 3.8 Flash captures your evaluation inputs

Evaluating Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash Cyber transfers your input to infrastructure you cannot inspect. What failed, the pattern, and what must now be true.

7 min read