Updates on the exchanges, tools and projects we review.
Rust 1.100 stabilizes the never type and Cargo's min-publish-age dependency cooldowns. What the announcement says, what we could verify, and a checklist for Rust teams.
November 13, 2026
A developer built ZigZag, a free open-source embroidery editor that can send designs to a Brother Skitch over Bluetooth and exposes an MCP server for AI agents. What the README…
November 13, 2026
Google's Gemini 4 Hydrogen costs $1.50 and $7.50 per million tokens. The pricing page also shows Carbon and Argon doubling on December 1 and 3.8 Flash on January 1. What…
November 13, 2026
Jane Street published an open-source agent skill that turns a chatbot into a strict Socratic tutor. What the SKILL.md instructs, what we verified, and a checklist before you try it.
November 12, 2026
GitHub's docs now describe workflow dependency lockfiles for Actions. What the actions.lock file records, what it does not cover, and a checklist before you lock your repositories.
November 12, 2026
Apache 2.4.71 fixes CVE-2026-119618, a critical mod_http2 flaw in versions 2.4.55 to 2.4.70. Here is who is affected, the temporary mitigation Wiz suggests and a checklist.
November 12, 2026
Google launched the Gemini Decisions API at $0.10 per million input tokens with zero output tokens. Here are its limits, the free-tier data detail, our cost math and a checklist.
November 12, 2026
AWS released AWS Emulator, a free local AWS API emulator. Here are its published limits, the telemetry default, how fidelity is scored and a checklist before you adopt it.
November 12, 2026
Anthropic launched Claude Whiteboards and Sheets in beta and made Claude Data generally available. Here is what changes, the November 19 admin date, and a checklist.
November 11, 2026
FinCEN published its MEXC order in the Federal Register on November 10. It takes effect December 10, 2026 and cites $16.7 billion in likely illicit activity. We read the text…
November 11, 2026
Val Town will go read-only on December 10, 2026 and shut down on January 10, 2027. We read the announcement and explain the dates, refunds, open questions and a migration…
November 11, 2026
Verisign now says it will keep existing third-level .name domains and email forwarding, but only while at least one registrar still sells them. We read the letters and explain what…
November 11, 2026