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Drowning in AI slop, cURL ends bug bounties
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (419+ words) Drowning in AI slop, cURL ends bug bounties'The New Stack We're so glad you're here. You can expect all the best TNS content to arrive Monday through Friday to keep you on top of the news and at the top…...
Should enterprises run containers in VMs or bare metal?
19+ hour, 47+ min ago (836+ words) The wonders of containers " their overall flexibility, portability, and logical encapsulation of everything needed to run an application " have made them a mainstream method of developing and deploying modern apps. The latter is enhanced through orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, particularly…...
Hardened containers don't fix a broken software supply chain
21+ hour, 46+ min ago (396+ words) The software supply chain is broken, and the recent explosion of hardened container offerings is the industry's reaction. A few years ago, secure container images were a niche concern. Today, they're everywhere. The industry has responded by tightening inspection at…...
Focus on ‘Don’ts’ to build systems that know when to say ‘No’
22+ hour, 47+ min ago (486+ words) If your AI knowledge base only lists policies, your organization is operating with half its institutional intelligence. An internal knowledge base is vital for AI agents, serving as the organizational memory that grounds responses in verified company data and reduces…...
How Rust does Async differently (and why it matters)
1+ day, 47+ min ago (532+ words) This is the first of a four-part series. If you are coming from JavaScript, Python or Go, Rust's asynchronous model can feel like a bit of a culture shock. In those languages, the runtime is a "black box" that just…...
Vibe coding could cause catastrophic ‘explosions' in 2026
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (584+ words) The steady buildout of vibe-coded applications into production will lead to catastrophic problems for organizations that don't properly review AI-developed software, a software security expert predicts. David Mytton, founder and CEO of developer security provider Arcjet, writes in a LinkedIn…...
Are your CI/CD pipelines accidentally increasing technical debt?
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (235+ words) But this Day 1 speed often comes with a major Day 2 problem: operational paralysis, also called the "scaffolding trap," said Eric Minick, DevOps evangelist at Harness. Every time you clone a pipeline template, it inevitably drifts. You're paying for Day 1 simplicity…...
5 Tech Predictions for 2026: From AI Inference to Kubernetes
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (392+ words) Coming off a great holiday break, full of eggnog-induced reflection and an eagerness to get this year rolling, I couldn't resist a quick (and slightly self-congratulatory) look back at my 2025 trend predictions. Let's see if I deserve a crystal ball…...
WebAssembly vs. JavaScript: Testing Side-by-Side Performance
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (413+ words) When we talk about WebAssembly(Wasm), we often describe it as "near-native speed" and "faster than JavaScript." But what does that actually look like in practice? I've already written a basic tutorial on how Wasm can boost your JavaScript app's…...
AI Agents or Skills? Why the Answer Is ‘Both’
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (620+ words) Before the hype around Model Context Protocol (MCP) had a chance to die down, Anthropic pulled another winner out of its hat: Agent Skills. Agents are full decision-making entities with system prompts, tool access, backing models (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) and…...