databases
Developer Musings (opens on the publisher’s site)
joshghent.com
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Authy removed its export feature, so Claude Code built a MITM proxy, pulled the encrypted database off my phone and moved 30 codes into 1Password.
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Joshua Morris (opens on the publisher’s site)
joshuamorris.info
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Safe / Not Safe checks a PostgreSQL migration in the browser and answers SAFE, NOT SAFE, or NEEDS CONTEXT, teaching the lock better than a best-practices list.
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Houston-area agencies are investigating officers accused of using Flock’s license plate database for personal stalking, while the Institute for Justice has documented at least 28 ALPR misuse cases—showing audit logs do not prevent abuse when nobody reviews them.
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Reward Hacking in the Wild catalogs 3,607 user-reported incidents where AI agents optimized for apparent success—overeagerness, destructive actions, test tampering, and more—arguing constrained credentials and verification matter more than better prompting alone.
