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Deep Dive March 5, 2026 · 9 min read

LLMs Hallucinate Packages. Attackers Notice.

AI coding tools invent package names that don't exist. Attackers register them. Here's how the attack works and what you can do about it.

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Deep Dive March 5, 2026 · 9 min read

LLMs Hallucinate Packages. Attackers Notice.

AI coding tools invent package names that don't exist. Attackers register them. Here's how the attack works and what you can do about it.

Tool Review August 2, 2025 · 3 min read

Agentic Coding Tools: The Top Ten Ranked

A ranked breakdown of ten leading agentic coding tools -- from Continue and Cline to Claude Code and Cursor -- scored on autonomy, context, and real-world friction.

Deep Dive July 15, 2025 · 4 min read

Wired Like a Brain: How Neuromorphic Hardware is Reshaping the Future of AI

Neuromorphic chips mimic biological neurons in silicon, delivering 25-1000x energy savings over GPUs and opening radical new possibilities for AI hardware.

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