Creating an all-weather driver
Life doesn’t freeze when winter comes—if anything, that’s when riders need reliable transportation most, when being exposed to the elements becomes less appealing. Today, the Waymo Driver successfully navigates rain, fog, sandstorms, and freezing temperatures. As we expand to more cities across the U.S. and globally, we’re applying the same systematic, scientific approach that enabled […]
MCP-Scanner – Scan MCP Servers for vulnerabilities
A Python tool for scanning MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and tools for potential security vulnerabilities. The MCP Scanner combines Cisco AI Defense inspect API, YARA rules and LLM-as-a-judge to detect malicious MCP tools. The MCP Scanner provides a comprehensive solution for scanning MCP servers and tools for security vulnerabilities. It leverages three powerful scanning […]
The new calculus of AI-based coding
Over the past three months, a team of experienced, like-minded engineers and I have been building something really cool within Amazon Bedrock. While I’m pretty excited about what we are building, there is another unique thing about our team – most of our code is written by AI agents such as Amazon Q or Kiro. […]
Artificial Writing and Automated Detection [pdf]
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Avoid 2:00 and 3:00 am cron jobs (2013)
Avoid 2:00 and 3:00 am cron jobs! A word to the wise: Do not set any cron jobs for 2:00 am or 3:00 am on Sunday morning! Or to be safe, on other mornings besides Sunday as well, since jobs originally set to run on some particular day may eventually be changed to run on […]
Why Busy Beaver hunters fear the Antihydra
A brave busy beaver confronts the dreaded Antihydra. Illustration by the super-talented Nico Roper. In the summer of 2024, I reported on an online community that nailed down the precise value of a number called BB(5) — the first big breakthrough in 50 years on an old problem in theoretical computer science known as the […]
JetKVM – Control any computer remotely
JetKVM is built on a robust Golang foundation and powered by Linux for adaptability and transparency. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or an enthusiastic tinkerer, you can easily modify or fine-tune the software using familiar tooling and straightforward SSH uploads. KVM Runtime Combining a Go-based backend with a React-powered WebRTC dashboard. Perfect for forking, submitting […]
fnox, a secret manager that pairs well with mise
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JSON Query
Query Text JSON .friends | filter(.city == “New York”) | sort(.age) | pick(.name, .age) [ “pipe”, [“get”, “friends”], [“filter”, [“eq”, [“get”, “city”], “New York”]], [“sort”, [“get”, “age”]], [“pick”, [“get”, “name”], [“get”, “age”]] ]
Claude for Excel
Claude for Excel is currently in beta as a research preview, so it’s best for model analysis, assumption updates, error debugging, template population, formula explanations, multi-tab navigation. Claude doesn’t have advanced Excel capabilities including pivot tables, conditional formatting, data validation, data tables, macros, and VBA. We’re actively working on these features.