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High-signal field notes, architecture teardowns, and engineering writing from 50 publications. A focused reading queue for becoming a stronger end-to-end engineer. Updated 21 Aug.
Our response to the TanStack npm supply chain attack
OpenAI details its response to the TanStack “Mini Shai-Hulud” supply chain attack, outlines protections taken to secure systems and signing certificates, and explains why macOS users must update OpenAI apps by June 12, 2026. Learn what happened, what was affected, and how OpenAI is strengthening def...
Kubernetes v1.36: PSI Metrics for Kubernetes Graduates to GA
Since its original implementation in the Linux kernel in 2018, Pressure Stall Information (PSI) has provided users with the high-fidelity signals needed to identify resource saturation before it becomes an outage. Unlike traditional utilization metrics, PSI tells the story of tasks stalled and time ...
TechPays has been acquired by Levels.fyi
tl;dr: TechPays is joining Levels.fyi : so the leading tech salary site in Europe gets the love and care it deserves. Thanks to Zsombor for building this project with me for so many years. Pay transparency has always been an issue in tech, especially in Europe. For a while,
Finance workflows with ChatGPT Work
Learn practical ChatGPT Work workflows for reporting, variance analysis, forecasts, monthly reviews, and decision-ready finance deliverables.
Co-Scientist: A multi-agent AI partner to accelerate research
Introducing Co-Scientist, a collaborative AI partner built with Gemini to help researchers accelerate scientific breakthroughs.
What is Code
Increasingly humans delegate writing code to agents. Will there even be source code in the future? To wrestle with this question, we have to understand what code is. Unmesh Joshi sees code as having two distinct but intertwined purposes: instructions to a machine and a conceptual model of the proble...
5 predictions about agentic AI and analytics in 2026
Learn about what’s top of mind among enterprises planning for agentic systems, and top AI predictions for 2026 and beyond.
What Parameter Golf taught us about AI-assisted research
Parameter Golf brought together 1,000+ participants and 2,000+ submissions to explore AI-assisted machine learning research, coding agents, quantization, and novel model design under strict constraints.
How NVIDIA engineers and researchers build with Codex
Teams use Codex with GPT-5.5 to ship production systems and turn research ideas into runnable experiments.
AutoScout24 scales engineering with AI-powered workflows
Learn how AutoScout24 Group uses Codex and ChatGPT to speed development cycles, improve code quality, and expand AI adoption.
Building Blocks for Foundation Model Training and Inference on AWS
Open the source for the full engineering note.
How ChatGPT adoption broadened in early 2026
ChatGPT adoption surged in Q1 2026, with fastest growth among users over 35 and more balanced gender usage, signaling broader mainstream AI adoption.
How enterprises are scaling AI
How enterprises scale AI: from early experiments to compounding impact through trust, governance, workflow design, and quality at scale.
OpenAI Campus Network: Student club interest form
Join the OpenAI Campus Network—connect student clubs worldwide, access AI tools, host events, and build an AI-powered campus community.
OpenAI launches DeployCo to help businesses build around intelligence
OpenAI launches DeployCo, a new enterprise deployment company built to help organizations bring frontier AI into production and turn it into measurable business impact.
Nitro Now Comes with Xbox Game Pass and New Benefits. Welcome to Nitro Rewards.
As we hit Nitro’s 10-year anniversary, we're launching Nitro Rewards: a brand-new benefits program built with some of the biggest names in gaming. See what’s coming for Nitro members, for no added cost.
How to Use Nitro: A Beginner’s Guide to Discord’s Premium Subscription
What’s Discord Nitro all about? What perks does it give, and how can you get it? If you’re looking to expand your Nitro knowledge, you’re in the right place.
Kubernetes v1.36: Moving Volume Group Snapshots to GA
Volume group snapshots were introduced as an Alpha feature with the Kubernetes v1.27 release, moved to Beta in v1.32, and to a second Beta in v1.34. We are excited to announce that in the Kubernetes v1.36 release, support for volume group snapshots has reached General Availability (GA) . The support...
Running Codex safely at OpenAI
How OpenAI runs Codex securely with sandboxing, approvals, network policies, and agent-native telemetry to support safe and compliant coding agent adoption.
How Discord Automates ScyllaDB Clusters at Scale
You've been asked to stand up a brand-new database cluster, meaning a whole day of configuring dozens of nodes, validating replication, wiring up dual-write pipelines… what if this whole ordeal took less than two hours? This is how we got ourselves into this exact mess, and how we made our way out o...
Kubernetes v1.36: More Drivers, New Features, and the Next Era of DRA
Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) has fundamentally changed how platform administrators handle hardware accelerators and specialized resources in Kubernetes. In the v1.36 release, DRA continues to mature, bringing a wave of feature graduations, critical usability improvements, and new capabilities t...
The Pulse: AI load breaks GitHub – why not other vendors?
GitHub’s leadership blames the 3.5x increase in service load as the cause of degradation – or it might be self-inflicted.
Scaling Trusted Access for Cyber with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber
OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber, helping verified defenders accelerate vulnerability research and protect critical infrastructure.
Parloa builds service agents customers want to talk to
Parloa leverages OpenAI models to power scalable, voice-driven AI customer service agents, enabling enterprises to design, simulate, and deploy reliable, real-time interactions.
Advancing voice intelligence with new models in the API
Explore new realtime voice models in the OpenAI API that can reason, translate, and transcribe speech, enabling more natural and intelligent voice experiences.