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Engineering — Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream: 1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across America right now. 2. Within the next five years, also contribute public dedications of time or funds towards longer term efforts to keep the American Dream fair and attainable for all our children. Stay gold, America. 💛

JAJeff AtwoodJeff Atwood·February 4, 2026Engineering
AI & ML — Pick your agent: Use Claude and Codex on Agent HQ

Pick your agent: Use Claude and Codex on Agent HQ

Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI Codex are now available in public preview on GitHub and VS Code with a Copilot Pro+ or Copilot Enterprise subscription. Here’s what you need to know and how to get started today.

MRMario RodriguezMario Rodriguez·February 4, 2026AI & ML
Security — No Display? No Problem: Cross-Device Passkey Authentication for XR Devices

No Display? No Problem: Cross-Device Passkey Authentication for XR Devices

We’re sharing a novel approach to enabling cross-device passkey authentication for devices with inaccessible displays (like XR devices). Our approach bypasses the use of QR codes and enables cross-device authentication without the need for an on-device display, while still complying with all trust and proximity requirements. This approach builds on work done by the FIDO […]

CWChris Wiltz·February 4, 2026Security
AI & ML — Practical Use Of AI Coding Tools For The Responsible Developer — Smashing Magazine

Practical Use Of AI Coding Tools For The Responsible Developer — Smashing Magazine

AI coding tools like agents can be valuable allies in everyday development work. They help handle time-consuming grunt work, guide you through large legacy codebases, and offer low-risk ways to implement features in previously unfamiliar programming languages. Here are practical, easy-to-apply techniques to help you use these tools to improve your workflow.

SKStefan KalteneggerStefan Kaltenegger·January 30, 2026AI & ML
Frontend — ReliCSS

ReliCSS

Stu Robson's ReliCSS (clever name!) tool can excavate outdated CSS in your codebase that have modern CSS solutions.

GGGeoff GrahamGeoff Graham·January 28, 2026Frontend