5 things worth your time today
The 5 that matter most today, each in one line.
Claude found 29,000 possible bugs in open source. Only 516 have been fixed.
TL;DRAnthropic launched OSS Scanner, which used Claude to surface over 29,000 potential open-source vulnerabilities over six months.
Read on thenewstack.io →Branches in branch-free code
TL;DRCompilers like Clang 23 and GCC 16.1 introduce unexpected conditional branches into branch-free C and Zig code, risking side-channel leaks.
Read on 00f.net →Making React Context Cheap with React Compiler
TL;DRExplores how React Compiler makes context consumers efficient without needing context selectors, achieving performance comparable to manual memoization or external stores.
Read on jjenzz.com →Five Supabase Backup Failure Modes and How to Restore-Test for Them
TL;DRIdentifies five common silent failure modes in Supabase backups, including missing data, detached storage objects, and un-downloadable dashboard backups.
Read on hackernoon.com →oh, apparently it's not possible to portably check for string-to-float conversion errors in standard c
TL;DRStandard C string-to-float functions lack portable error-checking mechanisms for overflow, underflow, and invalid inputs due to differences between C and POSIX standards.
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