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#106 Claude Code projects and the money gap, Microsoft open sources Comic Chat, a $73.65 video
Builders say Claude Code ships a full app for $3.65 but code is 5% of the business. Microsoft open sourced 1996's Comic Chat. A $100 AI music video cost $73.65.
#104 Cursor's git.exe 0day ran unpatched 197 versions, and a $15k ARR app charged from day one
An indie app charged from day one and hit $15k ARR in 4 months. Cursor runs a git.exe planted in any repo root, and it stayed unpatched for 197 versions.
#103 Ship Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode, and a no-signup planner hit 600 plans
Xcode never opens: one release.sh signs, notarizes and installs a Mac app headless. Apple's built-in speech API hit 2.12% word error rate, beating Whisper Small.
#101 GPT-5.6 cracked a 50-year conjecture in an hour, and Apple dragged OpenAI to court
OpenAI says GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra proved the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture in under an hour. No named mathematician has verified it. Apple sued OpenAI the same day.
#099 Bun's Zig codebase fell to 64 Claudes in 11 days, and the FTC broke Deere's repair monopoly
One engineer pointed 64 Claudes at 535,496 lines of Zig and merged Rust 11 days later. The FTC made Deere hand farmers the software it gave dealers.
#098 EU cars now watch every driver, Kokoro talks on a 2013 CPU, and 522 anchor points fall to 59
Every new car sold in the EU ships a camera aimed at the driver, with no audit required. Kokoro speaks on a 2013 CPU for $1,000. One owl: 522 nodes to 59.