2025

The GitHub Advisory Database (Advisory DB) is a vital resource for developers, providing a comprehensive list of known security vulnerabilities and malware affecting open source packages. This post analyzes trends in the Advisory DB, highlighting the growth in reviewed advisories, ecosystem coverage, and source contributions in 2024. We’ll delve into how GitHub provides actionable data […]

June 27, 2025 Ryan is joined by Tobiko Data co-founders Toby Mao and Iaroslav Zeigerman to talk about the crucial role of rigorous data practices and tooling, the innovations of Tobiko Data’s SQLMesh and SQLGlot, and their insights into the future of data engineering with the rise of AI. Source link

Introduction In the last few years, reinforcement learning (RL) has made remarkable progress, including beating world-champion Go players, controlling robotic hands, and even painting pictures. One of the key sub-problems of RL is value estimation – learning the long-term consequences of being in a state. This can be tricky because future returns are generally noisy, […]

Another reminder to change your devices’ default passwords has arrived, thanks to a new critical vulnerability found in Brother printers. 689 different models of Brother printers, plus a handful of other printers from Fujifilm, Toshiba, and Konica Minolta, are susceptible to eight new security vulnerabilities, some of which cannot be patched with firmware updates. Security […]