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Friday, 5 September 2025
Everything this site carried that day, newest first. Stories are kept for a month, and the widely covered ones for a year.
Framework blogs: Next.js releases / Svelte / Angular / Django / Rails / Laravel / Spring / React Native / Flutter
An Industrial Designer Turned Laravel Dev: The Artisan of the Day Is Morten Harders.
From industrial designer to Laravel developer, Morten Harders shares how a 20-year hobby, encouragement at home, and community shaped his career.
Podcasts: Practical AI / TWIML / No Priors / Dwarkesh
How Hitler almost starved Britain – Sarah Paine
In this lecture, military historian Sarah Paine explains how Britain used sea control, peripheral campaigns, and alliances to defeat Nazi Germany during WWII. She then applies this framework to today, arguing that Russia and China are similarly constrained by their geography, making them vulnerable…
Vercel (blog + changelog)
Zero-configuration Express backends
Node.js Express, a fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for, is now supported with zero-configuration. framework-defined infrastructure This update removes the need for redirects in vercel.json or using the /api folder. Vercel'snow recognizes and deeply understands Express applications…
Vercel (blog + changelog)
Export traces, web analytics events, and speed insights datapoints to any destination
OpenTelemetry traces Web Analytics Speed Insights Users can export,events, anddata points from Vercel to any third-party tool. We’ve expanded our Log Drains infrastructure, enabling users to stream more raw data out of Vercel and into external systems. Vercel Drains With, users can configure custom…
OpenAI News
Why language models hallucinate
OpenAI’s new research explains why language models hallucinate. The findings show how improved evaluations can enhance AI reliability, honesty, and safety.
Framework blogs: Next.js releases / Svelte / Angular / Django / Rails / Laravel / Spring / React Native / Flutter
Laravel Cloud Achieves SOC 2 Type 2 Certification, Nightwatch and Forge Next
Laravel Cloud achieves SOC 2 Type 2 certification for Security, Confidentiality, and Availability. Read how Laravel's compliance roadmap includes Nightwatch and Forge SOC 2 audits.
OpenAI News
OpenAI and Greek Government launch ‘OpenAI for Greece’
OpenAI and the Greek Government have launched “OpenAI for Greece” to bring ChatGPT Edu into secondary schools and support responsible AI learning. This partnership aims to boost AI literacy, fuel local start-ups, and drive national economic growth.
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ClickHouse Release 25.8
ClickHouse 25.8 is available. In this post, you will learn about new features, including a new Parquet reader and Arrow Flight integration.