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    Massive open-source pull request sparks AI slop debateโ—Ok, this got to be a repo diff record. +238,856 -260 https:// github.com/saga-soft/novelWrit er/pull/3067 # AI # Slop #MmastodonTechnologySoftware756 min ago

    A pull request on the open-source project novelWriter by saga-soft is drawing attention for its sheer scale: roughly 238,856 lines added against just 260 removed, a size developers are calling a possible repo diff record. Commenters suspect bulk AI-generated code, tagging it as "AI slop", and are debating whether maintainers can meaningfully review changes of this magnitude.

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    Greg Kroah-Hartman discusses security in the LLM ageโ—Greg Kroah-Hartman โ€“ Security in the LLM Age [video]YhnTechnologyAI34059 min ago

    Kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the Linux kernel stable branch, has given a talk examining what large language models mean for software security. The presentation looks at how AI-generated code and AI-assisted development affect vulnerability handling, patching, and trust in open-source infrastructure, drawing on his long experience reviewing kernel patches. Discussion around the talk centers on whether LLMs introduce more security risk or simply new versions of familiar code-review problems.

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    Rhun: an open-source code editor written in assemblyโ—Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assemblyYhnCultureMusic6421 min ago

    A developer has released Rhun, an open-source code editor written entirely in assembly language, and shared it with the Hacker News community. The project is drawing attention for its unusual technical approach, as most modern editors are built with higher-level languages. Commenters are likely debating the practicality, performance and maintainability of writing developer tooling at such a low level.

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    Gentoo puts its Chromium package on noticeโ—Last rites for Gentoo's Chromium package https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1097760/2be4d9e3eeb59039/ # Linux # OpenSource #MmastodonTechnologySoftware456 min ago

    Gentoo Linux has declared 'last rites' for its Chromium package, a step in Gentoo's process that marks software for removal from the distribution's repositories. The move signals that the package is no longer being properly maintained. Linux and open-source communities are discussing what the loss of packaged Chromium means for Gentoo users who rely on it.

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    Moderate security flaw disclosed in Backstage Cloudflare Access pluginโ—๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-93990 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 6.8/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿ“ฆ Product: backstage, plugin-auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provideMmastodonTechnologyCybersecurity058 min ago

    A new vulnerability, EUVD-2026-93990, has been catalogued affecting the Cloudflare Access authentication provider plugin for Backstage, the open-source framework for building developer portals maintained under the Backstage project. Versions 0.1.0 through 0.5.0 are affected. The flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.8, marking it as a moderate-severity issue. The advisory was updated on 6 October 2026, and administrators running the plugin are advised to check for patched releases.

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    Two ARM64 compiler bugs hit curl in GCC and Rust toolchainsโ–ผTwo ARM64-specific compiler optimization bugs, in GCC 15/16 and Rust, hit curlYhn464 h ago

    curl maintainer Daniel Stenberg reports that two ARM64-specific compiler optimization bugs, one in GCC 15/16 and one in the Rust compiler, have affected curl. The bugs, triggered by aggressive optimization on 64-bit ARM platforms, caused miscompiled code in the widely used data transfer library. The report has drawn attention from developers discussing the risks compiler bugs pose to critical open-source infrastructure.

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