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A silent cache bug in Codex on AWS Bedrock is causing 10x cost overruns for AI projects. The prompt caching system meant to save money is instead writing expensive cache misses, and AI-generated support threads are useless. This is a wake-up call for anyone deploying LLM agents in production: monitor your cache hit rate before the bill arrives.
A decades-old bug in Donald Knuth’s long division algorithm reveals a crucial lesson: no code is above scrutiny. This article explores the discovery, the implications for software engineering, and why skepticism is a developer’s greatest tool.
Apple’s Safari Technology Preview fixes hundreds of bugs each month, including a notorious Reddit crash that has plagued iOS users for years. But those fixes never reach the stable Safari. This article unpacks the paradox of Apple’s rapid development pipeline and the frustrating reality of a browser that can’t deliver its own fixes to the people who need them.