Software Development: Articles & Analysis

2026-09-23 10:468 min read

Opus 5.5 Is Here, and Your Free Limit Reset Expires Oct 22

Claude Opus 5.5 matches Fable 5.1 at 20% lower per-token prices, stretching subscription limits 25% further, plus a one-time usage reset that expires Oct 22.

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Software Development
AI Trends

2026-09-22 21:407 min read

Jev: An AI Model That Returns Types, Not Text

TypeSafe AI exits stealth with a $40M seed and a model that never writes a sentence — state in, typed decisions with probabilities and confidence out.

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Software Development
AI Trends

2026-09-11 14:309 min read

One Dangling grid-area Shrank a Sidebar to 48px

A grid-area pointing at a named area that doesn't exist isn't ignored — it grows implicit tracks that quietly break your layout. Measured in three engines.

Software Development
Frontend

2026-09-01 14:115 min read

Claude Code's 'Permanent +25%' Limit Is Actually a 17% Cut

Claude Code's Sept 14 'permanent +25%' weekly limit sounds like a boost, but Anthropic admitted on X it's actually a 17% cut versus today's promotional level.

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Software Development

2026-08-28 14:044 min read

Claude Code's 50% Usage Boost Really Ends Aug 31 This Time

Claude Code's 50% weekly usage boost has been extended three times since May. Anthropic says tight capacity is the reason, and it ends for real on August 31.

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Software Development

2026-08-21 16:554 min read

This Open-Source Newsletter Has Run Every Month for a Decade

HelloGitHub has published a monthly roundup of interesting, entry-level GitHub projects on the 28th every month since 2016 — its repo now has 172,100 stars.

Software Development
Productivity
Open Source

2026-08-19 14:0913 min read

MySQL Database Partitioning: A Complete Guide

A deep dive into MySQL partitioning types, how partition pruning works, real-world restrictions, and how it compares to PostgreSQL's approach.

Software Development

2026-08-18 21:1010 min read

Zero API Cost: A Local AI Animation Workflow

A full breakdown of hardware, ComfyUI node setup, and a four-stage local AI animation pipeline — entirely open-source, with no cloud API bills.

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Software Development

2026-08-17 19:404 min read

SpaceX Closes $60B Cursor Deal, Its Biggest Ever

SpaceX completed its all-stock $60B acquisition of Cursor maker Anysphere on Aug 14, folding it into its new SpaceXAI division.

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Software Development

2026-08-15 23:065 min read

Gemini 3.7 Flash Drops at Half Price for Coding

Google surprise-launched Gemini 3.7 Flash at half the cost of 3.6 Flash, aimed at code generation and agentic workflows.

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Software Development

2026-08-13 16:128 min read

Codex Quietly Passed 15M Users, Got a Surprise Reset

OpenAI Codex lead Thibault Sottiaux teased 'a little surprise tomorrow' on August 12, then revealed the next day that Codex had already blown past 15 million users.