January 2026
jordanhubbard/nanolang
Jordan Hubbard (FreeBSD co-founder) released NanoLang, a programming language specifically designed for LLM code generation. The language successfully demonstrates that LLMs can reduce friction in...
GLM-4.7-Flash: 42x Cheaper Than Claude, Actually Good at Coding!
GLM-4.7-Flash is a new open-source AI model that delivers competitive performance at significantly lower costs than premium alternatives. The model excels particularly at coding tasks and agentic...
How METR measures Long Tasks and Experienced Open Source Dev Productivity - Joel Becker, METR
Joel Becker from METR presents research on AI capability measurement through "time horizon" metrics and a controversial study showing that AI coding tools may not significantly speed up experienced...
The Claude Code Feature Senior Engineers KEEP MISSING
Claude's latest Code feature allows engineers to build hooks into their prompts, sub-agents, and skills, enabling specialized self-validating agents that automatically check their own work. This...
Scaling long-running autonomous coding
Cursor successfully ran hundreds of autonomous AI coding agents for a week to build a functional web browser from scratch, generating over 1 million lines of code. This demonstrates AI agents can now...