I Stopped Using APIs for Ingestion… and Started Using Email Instead

Saw a pretty interesting idea today: instead of exposing public HTTP endpoints to receive data… this guy used **email as the entry point**. Basically: you send an email → it triggers a pipeline → and the system processes everything behind the scenes. What stood out to me: * less exposure (no public API sitting on the internet) * simpler architecture * much lower cost But there are trade-offs: * email isn’t 100% reliable (retries, delays) * parsing can get messy fast * multi-tenant setups need to be VERY well handled to avoid data leaks In the end, the biggest takeaway isn’t really about email… it’s about how we’re often stuck thinking “everything must be an HTTP API”, when that’s not always true. would you try something like this in a real project? https://jch254.com/blog/email-driven-multi-tenant-ingestion-pipeline/

Every package you install runs code with your secrets in reach

Most devs don't think twice about `npm install` or `pip install`. But those commands can execute arbitrary code — before your app even starts. A malicious package doesn't need to exploit anything. It just needs to run during install, scan `process.env` for keys and tokens, and POST them somewhere. That's it. This isn't theoretical. In March 2026, Trivy's release pipeline was compromised. A malicious version hit PyPI and CI runners. LiteLLM got caught in the blast — two versions silently collected SSH keys, cloud credentials, Kubernetes tokens, and DB passwords from anyone who installed them. **The uncomfortable part:** most CI pipelines install packages in the same job that holds production secrets. One bad dependency, and it's all exposed. A few things worth doing: - Lock your dependencies (`package-lock.json`, `--require-hashes`) - Pin GitHub Actions to full commit SHAs, not `@v1` - Never let the install step see your runtime secrets - Watch outbound traffic from build environments Full breakdown here → https://www.eliranturgeman.com/2026/03/28/supply-chain-attacks/

do you already know how many apps on your phone are spying on you?

what is going on? The White House App is the most prominent case: version 47.0.1 requests access to precise GPS, fingerprint, storage, auto-run at startup, screen overlay, and Wi-Fi networks—all that for a news app. Even worse, the app includes the Huawei Mobile Services Core tracking SDK—the Chinese company that the American government itself sanctioned—inside the president's official app. It also has a button to report to ICE (immigration services) and a "Text the President" button that collects names and phone numbers. Other problematic federal apps: https://www.sambent.com/the-white-house-app-has-huawei-spyware-and-an-ice-tip-line/

R3 Bio: The startup that wants to create "brainless" human clones

An investigation by MIT Technology Review has revealed that the Californian startup R3 Bio, founded by John Schloendorn, goes much further than what it discloses publicly. While the company presents itself to the world as being focused on creating non-sentient monkey "organ bags" to replace animals in pharmaceutical testing, the report discovered a much more ambitious and ethically explosive agenda. R3 Bio describes its immediate goal as building complex biological platforms for scientific research that lack consciousness, sentience, or pain because they have no brain. The company argues that models consisting only of organs could make testing more scalable. [Full content here](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/30/1134780/r3-bio-brainless-human-clones-full-body-replacement-john-schloendorn-aging-longevity/?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_content=socialbp)

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Invest in yet another crazy idea? I don't know...

I've been developing and investing time and money into some pretty wild things that give me almost zero financial return. This time, I want to work on something for high-level people, investing in an idea from someone who brings something exclusive and very ambitious. Do you guys think that would interest that crowd? If anyone wants to join the conversation, please jump in [here](https://chat-to.dev/chat?q=General).

7:30 AM! DeepSeek, you fucked up my work.

The outage happened in the early hours of March 30th and wasn't resolved until around 10:33 AM (local time in China). And that fucked up the things I had to do during that time window :( The company didn't explain the cause, but issues like this usually stem from server failures or bugs after updates. This is notable because, until now, the chatbot had never been offline for so long since it went viral in 2025 with the R1 and V3 models. Interestingly, at the height of its popularity in 2025, the API had already experienced long outages, but the public interface had never been down for more than ~2 hours. https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-deepseek-ai-chatbot-suffers-longest-outage-since-viral-rise-early-2025-2026-03-30/

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