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Researchers at UpGuard found that more than 16,000 databases associated with Supabase allowed access to readable tables, containing personal data in more than half of cases, with passwords and authentication tokens present in a smaller group. The flaw is linked to incorrect security settings, including row-level security policies and improperly used public keys.
A GitHub Blog post breaks down five common assumptions about AI-powered software development, emphasizing that reviewing generated code, retrieval-augmented generation, MCP, and Skills are not competing alternatives but tools serving different roles. The conclusion is that human judgment and code maintainability remain decisive factors.
GitHub Blog explains a group of terms commonly used among developers, from loop engineering and harnesses to agent teams and open-weight models. The article concludes that understanding practices and verification mechanisms is more important than chasing popular terminology.
Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice president responsible for employee experience and HR technologies, describes how she used the company’s tools to return to programming and write more than 100,000 lines of code. The article presents Amazon’s vision for expanding the use of artificial intelligence among employees, along with a $2.5 billion commitment to developing the skills of 50 million people.