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Stop Saying Kids Can’t Read
Everyone is talking about the reading crisis. But inside the “Mississippi Miracle,” it’s all about comprehension.
Read →What actually got our articles cited by ChatGPT (and what didn't)
A few weeks ago I found out our site had a table of contents that rendered for absolutely nobody. The code was there. The CSS was there. It had been shipping to production for months. It just never a...
Read →I reverse-engineered Claude's undocumented Design API so a file sync wouldn't cost 665k tokens
A build log about protocol archaeology, three wrong guesses, and refusing to trust my own mocks. The token bill that started it Claude Design (claude.ai/design) is a nice place to keep a d...
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‘You Can See Everything’ is getting an outer space release and it hasn’t even come out in Europe yet
It is easier to watch the Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything" in low Earth orbit than in London.
Read →Waymo confirms it’s shaking up its Uber relationship in January 2028
The change will set up direct competition in those markets, as Uber has many other autonomous vehicle partners on its network.
Read →DuckDuckGo pitches itself to schools amid backlash over Google’s AI policy
DuckDuckGo is courting schools frustrated by Google's AI restrictions, pointing educators to its search engine and options to disable AI features.
Read →Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits.
Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable model...
Read →Hackers stole DreamHost customer files and inboxes during months-long attack
The web host said hackers exploited a vulnerability to access customer emails and files during a "deliberate attack."
Read →Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor
The startup allows software engineers to deploy teams of agents to work on various aspects of a project simultaneously.
Read →OpenAI is already trying to shape the 2028 election
OpenAI’s Chris Lehane wants AI to define the 2028 election, proposing a new social contract that could benefit Americans while also advancing the AI giant’s own business interests.
Read →Snapchat surpasses 30M paid subscribers
The milestone comes a year after Snapchat announced a controversial limit on free storage for its Memories feature and informed users it would start requiring users to pay $1.99 per month for addition...
Read →Almost no one uses AI agents to book their Uber, company says
During its busiest week last quarter, Uber said only 4 people booked a ride using an AI agent.
Read →My vibe-coding stack in 2026: where Pilothouse fits
Originally published at pilothouse.dev/blog/vibe-coding-stack-2026. I don't write most of my code by hand anymore. On a normal day I have three to six agents going: Claude Code on the main feature, C...
Read →Running Codex, Claude Code and Grok side by side without babysitting them
Originally published at pilothouse.dev/blog/codex-claude-code-grok-side-by-side. The pattern everyone running more than one agent knows: you start three sessions, go make lunch, and come back to find...
Read →10 Tips for Getting Natural-Sounding AI Voice Output
1️⃣ Start with the Right Voice Model Not every voice model is created equal. The first step to a natural‑sounding TTS output is choosing a model that matches the character you’re building....
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