5.8.26 | Cloudflare layoffs, AI affecting online communities, Canvas outage due to ShinyHunters threat

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:13) - Cloudflare to cut about 20% workforce
• (01:31) - AI slop is killing online communities
• (02:52) - Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data
• (04:26) - The map that keeps Burning Man honest
• (05:37) - Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE
• (06:57) - Programming Still Sucks
• (08:13) - Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit
• (09:13) - Agents need control flow, not more prompts
• (10:34) - DeepSeek 4 Flash local inference engine for Metal
• (12:02) - I want to live like Costco people
• (13:19) - Outro

AI slop is killing online communities
https://rmoff.net/2026/05/06/ai-slop-is-killing-online-communities/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48053203

Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data
https://www.theverge.com/tech/926458/canvas-shinyhunters-breach
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48055913

The map that keeps Burning Man honest
https://www.not-ship.com/burning-man-moop/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049653

Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/07/8
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48053623

Programming Still Sucks
https://www.stvn.sh/writing/programming-still-sucks-fqffhyp
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48040269

Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit
https://xeiaso.net/blog/2026/abstain-from-install/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48056227

Agents need control flow, not more prompts
https://bsuh.bearblog.dev/agents-need-control-flow/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48051562

DeepSeek 4 Flash local inference engine for Metal
https://github.com/antirez/ds4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050751

I want to live like Costco people
https://tastecooking.com/i-want-to-live-like-costco-people/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050499