Mastodawn

It's fuzzing time! I have an excuse once again to do a little creative fuzzer writing. Can't wait to see what creepy-crawly things this one digs up...

Dan Kegel Mar 10

Once again, Claude was really useful today -- and once again, Copilot found bunches of problems in review.

Dan Kegel Mar 8

Steve Herman Mar 7

A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM “shall have no force or effect,” including last August’s RIFs at the Voice of America.

Dan Kegel Mar 7

Steve Herman Mar 7

Further indications of turmoil in the moribund VOA Persian service with a reporter saying he was fired for trying to mention support for Iran’s exiled crown prince. https://thehill.com/policy/international/5772307-voa-persian-service-censorship-claims/amp/

VOA Persian journalist says he was fired over coverage of Reza Pahlavi

A journalist with Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian service said he was fired this week over efforts to limit coverage of Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. Ahmad Batebi, a prominent Iranian d…

The Hill

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Dan Kegel Mar 3

Copilot is pretty good at finding those problems, along with some subtle ones (including subtle ones, even in dockerfiles), which helps... though you do have to keep asking for re-reviews, it only gives you a few each time.

That was with the default model; I'm trying opus 4.6 now to see if it makes fewer mistakes.

Dan Kegel Feb 20

Using Claude to port 1000 lines of code from one language to another.

Hoo boy is it overconfident. It uses placeholders and forgets about them, then confidently announces it is done and things are fine.

The better your test suite, the better Claude will do, I suspect.

Dan Kegel Feb 20

Joost Feb 16

#tinygo is awesome! I can re-use parts of my server code now in a tiny stm32 LoRa controller. Impressive.

Dan Kegel Feb 20

Steve Herman Feb 19

The former president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, sentenced to life imprisonment for leading an insurrection. https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10678550

Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life for leading insurrection

The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life imprisonment, finding him guilty of leading an insurrection. "It i

The Korea Herald

Dan Kegel Feb 20

Steve Herman Feb 19

AP characterizes a large banner featuring Trump’s face on the exterior of DoJ headquarters today as “a physical display of the Republican president’s efforts to exert power over the law enforcement agency that once investigated him” and “a striking symbol of the erosion of the department’s tradition of independence from White House control.”

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Dan Kegel Feb 12

Opened it up, replaced the rechargeable AA's, and turned it on... and had light for two straight days.

Now to see how well the solar part works!