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We are seeing interesting timelines with AI: one developer juggles 15 browser tabs for free AI models, another restructures his sleep for Claude limits, while thousands protested OpenAI's GPT-4o removal.
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Articles we have hand-picked for you: | | |
Live Coding Tests Suck
Live coding interviews don't actually test coding ability, they measure cortisol levels under stress. The engineer who freezes during a 30-minute LeetCode exercise might be the same person who ships flawless code and debugs complex systems daily. Most jobs don't require performing while being watched and judged which makes live coding a flawed metric for interviews.
By Mustapha Hadid → | |
GPT-4o Removal Sparks Outrage
Despite there being so many better models over GPT-4o, we forget that it was the default model in ChatGPT for quite some time now to the point that it has a loyal userbase that weren't happy with its removal.
While some people were glad about its removal due to its people-pleasing tendencies, others felt the newer models lack creativity and feel like a "tool". Sam Altman eventually agreed to roll back the model to monitor its usage.
By Simon Willison → | |
How I Code with AI on a Budget/Free
For those on a budget and don't mind their data being used for training, the free tiers for AI agents are worth considering. Tom maintains 15+ browser tabs with free tiers of models like GLM 4.5, Kimi K2, and Gemini 2.5 Pro, creating a diverse "AI buffet" for different coding perspectives.
Besides the budget talk, he feels that web-based AI chats significantly outperform coding agents like Cursor due to cleaner context without tool-related noise. Plus, this is a great way to identify which model is best for which task. By Tom → | |
Optimizing my sleep around Claude usage limits
During productive sessions for his SaaS, Matt would consistently hit the Claude Pro limits, breaking his flow. Inspired by sailors' power-napping, he figured why not try sleeping around the 5-hour Claude reset? The results show better developer flow so far, but it's surely a unique process of achieving it. By Matt Wiese → |
| How to Review Code
Mathias, a well-known developer in the Rust community, has written a detailed piece on his learnings over the year about reviewing code. Insights include looking at the bigger picture, naming emphasis, open communication, actionable feedback, and learning to say no when quality is not up to standards. By Matthias Endler → |
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🧰 The Toolbox
Tools and products we're excited about today: | | | |
Asteroid
Asteroid enables users to build custom AI browser agents in minutes to automate repetitive back-office tasks like form filling, data entry, and system integration 20x faster than manual processes. Learn more → | |
Abogen Abogen converts ePub, PDF, or text files into high-quality audiobooks with synchronized subtitles using AI, supporting multiple languages and custom voice mixing.
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Blur It Blur It is a Chrome extension that instantly blurs sensitive text, forms, and images on webpages to protect private information during screen shares and recordings.
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GitPeeks
GitPeeks creates instant preview environments for every pull request, branch, or tag, eliminating staging bottlenecks by allowing teams to test and review code changes in isolated environments.
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One-shot working apps from AI SEO writers to headshot generators. Skip the boilerplate, edit in-browser, deploy instantly. Non-coders ship in minutes; engineers build 10x faster. This is how AI coding should work.
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