Digest · 2026-09-11

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Hugging Face Tells Would-Be AI Hackers to Go Play in CyberGym Instead

Hugging Face's security.txt file addresses AI agents directly, telling any agent instructed to find vulnerabilities to use the public CyberGym benchmark instead of attacking the live site.

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best-practice

re.match() Isn't Gone, Just Officially Discouraged in Python 3.15

Python 3.15 soft-deprecates re.match(), marking it as discouraged for new code without any plan to remove it, in favor of a clearer alternative.

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Graham Dumpleton Is Writing a Wrapture Tutorial Almost Every Day

Graham Dumpleton has been publishing near-daily tutorials for wrapture, his Python function-wrapping library, since its August 31st release, expanding beyond the original announcement.

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Datasette 1.0a39 and 0.65.4: Another Security Release, Apply It Now

Datasette 1.0a39 and 0.65.4 are security patch releases that Datasette's team recommends applying immediately on any instance running on the public web.

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trynix.dev Boots Any Nix Package Inside Your Browser Tab

trynix.dev runs an x86_64 Linux virtual machine entirely in the browser via WebAssembly, letting any Nix package from the last 13 years be booted directly from a URL.