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Editors, CLIs, and IDE integrations that change how developers write and ship code.

Dev ToolsAug 25, 20263 min read

AI agents pick your deps: 412 packages carry critical flaws

A scan of 95,338 npm, PyPI, crates.io and RubyGems packages found 412 with known critical findings - and agents now install deps no human reviewed.

Dev ToolsAug 23, 20264 min read

Claude Code vs eve: Same Models, eve Takes 7% Fewer Steps

Ora benchmarked Claude Code against Vercel's eve on live sites using the same models: 7% fewer steps, 2x native success, 9% more valid endpoints.

Dev ToolsAug 22, 20263 min read

Fourteen Code Hosts Scanned: Zero MCP Server Cards Found

An independent scan of 14 code hosts on August 22 found zero MCP server cards, zero API catalogs and a top score of Level 1 of 5 across the sample.

Dev ToolsAug 21, 20265 min read

Build a Tool-Calling AI Agent in Node.js, No Framework

A walkthrough of the OpenAI Responses API tool-calling loop in plain Node.js, plus the risk tiers and authorization rules that keep it safe in production.

Dev ToolsAug 19, 20263 min read

Claude Code Sandbox Escape Rated CVSS 7.7 on macOS

A glob-parsing flaw let a folder name widen Claude Code's macOS sandbox write rules, reaching hook config and running commands before authentication.

Dev ToolsAug 16, 20263 min read

EasyDMG Finally Automates the Mac App Install Dance

A free macOS utility, EasyDMG, fully automates the mount-drag-unmount-delete DMG ritual thats gone almost unchanged since Mac OS X launched 25 years ago.

Dev ToolsAug 15, 20263 min read

PyTorch 2.13.0: FlexAttention Comes to Apple Silicon

PyTorch 2.13.0 adds FlexAttention on Apple Silicon via MPS, a deterministic CUDA backward pass, and an updated FSDP2 layer — what to test before upgrading.

Dev ToolsAug 12, 20264 min read

OpenRouter vs Direct API: What Breaks in Production

At 130K completions/month, direct OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini calls cost less in tokens than in three separate rate-limit regimes and retry paths you own alone.

Dev ToolsAug 10, 20262 min read

Vercel Sandbox Runtimes Are Dead, Managed Images Take Over

Vercel replaced Sandbox runtimes with versioned Managed Images. Sandbox SDK v3 defaults to a Ubuntu image bundling claude-code, codex, and opencode.

Dev ToolsAug 09, 20265 min read

Claude Code vs Cursor for EU Teams: Pricing and GDPR Compared

Cursor costs $40/seat monthly; Claude Code bills per token, 400-2,000 EUR/month for a team of 15. Here is the GDPR, EU AI Act, and real-world tradeoff.

Dev ToolsAug 08, 20263 min read

Proxy vs SDK Wrapper for LLM Cost Tracking: Which Wins

A new open-source tool skips the proxy tradeoff by wrapping the OpenAI/Anthropic SDKs directly. Here is when that beats a proxy, and when it does not.

Dev ToolsAug 07, 20263 min read

Cloudflare Ships Kitesurf, a Browser Built for AI Agents

Cloudflare built Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser for AI agents, in just 12 weeks. It's free in beta and claims to beat Chromium on efficiency.