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The world's largest electric plane takes flight (8 minute read)

Heart Aerospace's X1 electric aircraft has a 106-foot wingspan and weighs more than 25,000 pounds. It flew for 27 minutes on battery power alone and reached an altitude of 1,100 feet during its recent maiden flight. Heart plans to bring a hybrid-electric plane into commercial service by 2031. The company's technology promises lower maintenance costs and insulation from volatile jet fuel prices for airlines.

Jun 12 | Blog

I Tried to Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend. Reader, I Did Not Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend.

A "simple" weekend project turns into real infrastructure, and why agent context deserves a boring, reliable foundation.

Software Engineering fundamentals matter more than ever (6 minute read)

Software engineering involves carefully navigating choices and problem-solving, especially in the context of AI tools and agentic engineering. While large models show potential in software development, effective coding still relies heavily on human reasoning and thoughtful design for maintainable and debuggable systems.

Aug 17 | Infosec

RingCentral Data Breach Exposed Info of 1.6M Accounts (2 minute read)

Cloud-based collaboration and communication firm RingCentral disclosed a data breach in which a threat actor compromised its systems through a “sophisticated social engineering campaign.” According to Have I Been Pwned, the data contained names, email, physical addresses, and phone numbers belonging to 1.6M individuals.

Aug 17 | Data

Fairly Ranking the Most Brilliant Birds (19 minute read)

A transparent ranking of the world's most brilliant birds combines chroma, colour variety, sample confidence and diversity, placing the orange-breasted bunting first. The bigger idea is that ranking systems are fairest when every factor is understandable, defensible and tied to a reasonable human judgement.

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The world's largest electric plane takes flight (8 minute read)

I Tried to Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend. Reader, I Did Not Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend.

Software Engineering fundamentals matter more than ever (6 minute read)

RingCentral Data Breach Exposed Info of 1.6M Accounts (2 minute read)

Fairly Ranking the Most Brilliant Birds (19 minute read)

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