Rachel Sprague @rachelsprague.com · 26/09/2026Why are we talking about iced coffees and interviews -- what'd I miss? 000
Reposted by Rachel SpragueWIRED @wired.com · 17/09/2026Amazon Web Services didn’t design its data centers to withstand war, and now the company admits it can’t recover what’s been lost. www.wired.com/story/custom...wired.comCustomer Data Permanently Lost in Iran Strikes on Amazon Data CentersAmazon Web Services didn’t design its data centers to withstand war, and now the company admits it can’t recover what’s been lost. 814880
Reposted by Rachel SpragueArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 17/09/2026arstechnica.comHackers reveal how Flock cameras really track cars and peopleOne hacked camera captured 1.6 million images and could detect people as well as cars. 241071511
Reposted by Rachel SpragueTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 10/09/2026ID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150 million driver’s licenses stolentechcrunch.comID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150 million driver’s licenses stolenThe ID checking company said the data breach included people's full names and driver's licenses and other government-issued identity documents. 33844
Reposted by Rachel SpragueNBC News @nbcnews.com · 09/09/2026Hackers working for Chinese intelligence are increasingly targeting American AI research and using AI in their operations, Google says.nbcnews.toChinese hackers are running AI on stolen networks to avoid detection, Google saysOne China-linked group targets academic, medical and military AI research, the report says. 22513
Rachel Sprague @rachelsprague.com · 01/09/2026👀 Not sure when my weekly limit reset? I was at like 60% yesterday 010
Reposted by Rachel SpragueAli @grissallia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Do you remember running multiple browsers, and VMs with different versions of Windows, each with multiple Windows web browsers so you could test and fix your HTML for cross-browser compatibility? No? Get the hell off my lawn. 5770047
Reposted by Rachel SpragueSamuel @samuel.fm · 31/08/2026pioneering new approaches to fixing bugs 1116310
Reposted by Rachel SpragueJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 28/08/2026⚠️TRADE OFFER⚠️ you receive: one (1) meeting cancellation i receive: one (1) nap 1529731
Reposted by Rachel SpragueJake Gold @jacob.gold · 28/08/2026Not driving while not coding was not exactly how I imagined the future. 1026020
Reposted by Rachel SpragueArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 26/08/2026arstechnica.comNew Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the nameJudge hasn't ruled on X Corp’s preliminary injunction, but Operation Bluebird plows ahead... 1416964
Rachel Sprague @rachelsprague.com · 13/08/2026I started KeepScore to keep up with the WPBL. I wanted a simple way to follow a game when I can’t watch it. Follow tonight’s game @7:30 ET/4:30 PT —> 010
Rachel Sprague @rachelsprague.com · 11/08/2026Two weeks into building @hiringradar.rachelsprague.com Numbers from the pipeline: 12,828 jobs → 107,961 observations → 645 matched → 92 published ~5 in 100 jobs are a fit. Under 1 in 7 of those get shown. Not a bug - that's the point. rachelsprague.com/blog/2026/08/10/hiringradar-by-the-numbers/ 010
Reposted by Rachel SpragueHiringRadar @hiringradarjobs.com · 31/07/2026✨ Data Analyst solace 📍 United States • Data analyst • dbt • Snowflake 🔗 View job: hiringradar.rachelsprague.com/jobs/… 011
Reposted by Rachel Spragueqdot @buttplug.engineer · 28/07/2026before agentic coding: *writes code* *doesn't release* *gets busy, reviews a month later* what the fuck who wrote this over-complicated shit after agentic coding: *has robot write code* *doesn't release* *gets busy, reviews a month later* what the fuck who wrote this over-complicated shit 2793696
Rachel Sprague @rachelsprague.com · 21/07/2026Whaaatt GitHub lets you do a split view? When did this happen 010
Rachel Sprague @rachelsprague.com · 21/07/2026Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enronthenextweb.comBig Tech is hiding $1.65tn in off-balance-sheet AI debtA Nikkei study found Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Oracle carry $1.65tn in off-balance-sheet debt for AI, more than they report. It is all legal. 020
Reposted by Rachel SpragueTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 21/07/2026A hacker took names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers who used AI music generator Suno.techcrunch.comAI music generator Suno breach affects 55M users, per Have I Been Pwned | TechCrunchA hacker took names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers who used AI music generator Suno. 41610
Reposted by Rachel SpragueNPR @npr.org · 18/07/2026The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts. n.pr/4f9OdMnn.prICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with PalantirThe revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts. 17456703148
Reposted by Rachel SpragueGizmodo @gizmodo.com · 18/07/2026‘My Soul Left My Body’: Amazon Accidentally Bills Users Billions of Times What They Owe gizmodo.com/my-soul-left-my-body-am…gizmodo.com‘My Soul Left My Body’: Amazon Accidentally Bills Users Billions of Times What They OweIf your AWS bill was $200 last month, and this month it's $1,499,659,180,107, that's probably an error. 055