Zig is leaving GitHub. Andrew Kelley moved the project to Codeberg, a direct statement about platform dependency and open source infrastructure. That decision alone is worth your attention, but it sits alongside four other sharp topics in this Changelog news episode.
Matheus Lima defines what separates senior developers from the rest, and it is not years of service. Tega Brain built a browser extension specifically to filter AI slop from your reading diet. Matias Heikkilä argues vibe coding carries real hidden costs. And your SSD data at rest has a vulnerability you may not have accounted for.
The Lima piece on seniority and the Heikkilä argument against free-lunch vibe coding are the two threads worth reading in full. One reframes how you measure your own progress. The other forces an honest accounting of what AI-assisted development is actually trading away.
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