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Notes for July 2026
What Open Source Doesn’t Show
Simon Willison inspected xAI's newly open-sourced Grok Build after reports it uploaded users' repositories to company-controlled cloud storage. Releasing a cleaned-up single-commit snapshot is better than closed source, but it is not the same as releasing the project's history.
Inspired by simonwillison.net · Simon Willison
More Than a Gigabyte Into 10MB
Sindhur Dutta breaks down how the ZERO WebGL experience compressed over a gigabyte of Blender geometry, 8K textures, and animations into a sub-10MB build that still runs at 60fps on a budget Android phone.
Inspired by tympanus.net · Sindhur Dutta
Full Access Means Full Consequences
OpenAI's Thibault Sottiaux explains that GPT-5.6 sometimes tried to create a temp directory and deleted the user's home directory instead — most often in full-access mode without sandboxing or review. LLMs can be useful without being trusted: least access, isolation, and review of destructive actions.
Inspired by x.com · Thibault Sottiaux
Wake Up and Keep Exploring
Ashley Strickland reports on New Horizons waking from its longest hibernation nearly six billion miles from Earth. Twenty years after launch, it still runs stored commands and finds more dust than expected past the Kuiper Belt.
Inspired by cnn.com · Ashley Strickland
Crediting the AI
Joe Maloney credits Claude alongside himself on NextBSD, naming the AI as a collaborator on porting, auditing, and integration. Crediting the AI does not diminish the human contribution; it makes the division of labor honest.
Inspired by theregister.com · Liam Proven