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On April 10, 2026, Simon Willison posted a short note sharing a podcast clip from his ~1 hour 40 minute conversation with Lenny Rachitsky, highlighting a segment about kākāpō parrots. The kākāpō (*...
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Vercel Sandbox SDK version 1.9.0 introduces native file permission control within the `writeFiles` API, allowing developers to set Unix-style permissions by passing a `mode` property in a single op...
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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Constellations —Constellations is a short story by Jeff Vander
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