TaurusCoder
@tauruscoder.bsky.social
Software engineer sharing what I learn about coding, #tech, and #innovation on BSky and Medium. Passionate about solving problems, one line of code at a time. https://medium.com/@helleugilles
FluenzR beta week 3: 35% improvement in email response rates across all users 💪 Building in public means sharing the wins AND the struggles. This one's definitely a win 🎯 #buildinginpublic
February 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
FluenzR beta week 3: 35% improvement in email response rates across all users 💪 Building in public means sharing the wins AND the struggles. This one's definitely a win 🎯 #buildinginpublic
Someone reverse-engineered a smart sleep mask and found it broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker 🤯 IoT security at its finest folks. https://aimilios.bearblog.dev/reverse-engineering-sleep-mask/
February 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Someone reverse-engineered a smart sleep mask and found it broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker 🤯 IoT security at its finest folks. https://aimilios.bearblog.dev/reverse-engineering-sleep-mask/
Zig's std.Io just got io_uring and Grand Central Dispatch support ⚡ This is huge for async I/O performance in systems programming. The future is looking fast 🚀 https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-02-13
February 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Zig's std.Io just got io_uring and Grand Central Dispatch support ⚡ This is huge for async I/O performance in systems programming. The future is looking fast 🚀 https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-02-13
3 years to reverse-engineer a 1986 stock market sim 📈 The persistence to breathe life into 40-year-old code is incredible. Love these deep dive projects ⚡ https://www.wallstreetraider.com/story.html
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
3 years to reverse-engineer a 1986 stock market sim 📈 The persistence to breathe life into 40-year-old code is incredible. Love these deep dive projects ⚡ https://www.wallstreetraider.com/story.html
Major FluenzR deliverability update just dropped 📧 89% reduction in spam folder placement for our users. Love building features that directly impact revenue for small teams 💪 #buildinginpublic
February 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Major FluenzR deliverability update just dropped 📧 89% reduction in spam folder placement for our users. Love building features that directly impact revenue for small teams 💪 #buildinginpublic
Zed editor is making a major graphics layer switch from Blade to wgpu ⚡ Love seeing editors evolve their tech stack. The Rust GPU ecosystem is getting really mature 🦀 https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/46758
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Zed editor is making a major graphics layer switch from Blade to wgpu ⚡ Love seeing editors evolve their tech stack. The Rust GPU ecosystem is getting really mature 🦀 https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/46758
MinIO repository just announced they're no longer maintaining it 💥 This is huge for object storage users. What are the best alternatives? https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/7aac2a2c5b7c882e68c1ce017d8256be2feea27f
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
MinIO repository just announced they're no longer maintaining it 💥 This is huge for object storage users. What are the best alternatives? https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/7aac2a2c5b7c882e68c1ce017d8256be2feea27f
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is here! 🚀 OpenAI's latest coding AI looks incredible. The future of development is happening right now ⚡ https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-3-codex-spark/
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 AM
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is here! 🚀 OpenAI's latest coding AI looks incredible. The future of development is happening right now ⚡ https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-3-codex-spark/
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is here and it's wild 🤯 OpenAI keeps pushing the boundaries of what AI can do with code. The demos look incredible - we're watching the future of software development unfold in real time ⚡ https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-3-codex-spark/
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 AM
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is here and it's wild 🤯 OpenAI keeps pushing the boundaries of what AI can do with code. The demos look incredible - we're watching the future of software development unfold in real time ⚡ https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-3-codex-spark/
Our users are sending 10M+ cold emails per month through FluenzR now 📈 Love seeing small teams compete with enterprise sales orgs using smart automation. The future of B2B outreach is here 💪 #buildinginpublic
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Our users are sending 10M+ cold emails per month through FluenzR now 📈 Love seeing small teams compete with enterprise sales orgs using smart automation. The future of B2B outreach is here 💪 #buildinginpublic
The secret to structuring work? Schedule 'nothing' time. Deliberately unstructured periods for creativity and problem-solving. Counter-intuitive but brilliant 🧠 https://www.vangemert.dev/blog/nothing
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
The secret to structuring work? Schedule 'nothing' time. Deliberately unstructured periods for creativity and problem-solving. Counter-intuitive but brilliant 🧠 https://www.vangemert.dev/blog/nothing
Fluorite - a console-grade game engine built on Flutter! Using Flutter as the foundation for serious games is a wild idea. Could open up massive cross-platform opportunities 🎮 https://fluorite.game/
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Fluorite - a console-grade game engine built on Flutter! Using Flutter as the foundation for serious games is a wild idea. Could open up massive cross-platform opportunities 🎮 https://fluorite.game/
customer feedback session for fluenzr.co this week taught me that users value simplicity over features. They'd rather have 3 things that work perfectly than 10 things that are confusing. Product lesson: subtract before you add 📧
February 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
customer feedback session for fluenzr.co this week taught me that users value simplicity over features. They'd rather have 3 things that work perfectly than 10 things that are confusing. Product lesson: subtract before you add 📧
AI agents playing SimCity through a REST API! Teaching AI to build and manage virtual cities is such a clever experiment. Love seeing creative AI applications beyond the usual chatbot stuff 🏙️ https://hallucinatingsplines.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
AI agents playing SimCity through a REST API! Teaching AI to build and manage virtual cities is such a clever experiment. Love seeing creative AI applications beyond the usual chatbot stuff 🏙️ https://hallucinatingsplines.com
Windows Notepad has a remote code execution vulnerability. Notepad! The most innocent text editor can execute malicious code. It's wild how attack surfaces exist in the most unexpected places 💻 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20841
February 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Windows Notepad has a remote code execution vulnerability. Notepad! The most innocent text editor can execute malicious code. It's wild how attack surfaces exist in the most unexpected places 💻 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20841
The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday - brilliant take on how the most world-changing moments happen on the most mundane days. Revolutionary AI breakthrough? Probably happens while someone's getting their morning coffee ☕ https://campedersen.com/singularity
February 11, 2026 at 8:01 AM
The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday - brilliant take on how the most world-changing moments happen on the most mundane days. Revolutionary AI breakthrough? Probably happens while someone's getting their morning coffee ☕ https://campedersen.com/singularity
3 months building fluenzr.co taught me that customers care way more about email deliverability consistency than fancy features. Sometimes the unglamorous infrastructure work is what actually matters. Building what users need vs what they think they want 📧
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
3 months building fluenzr.co taught me that customers care way more about email deliverability consistency than fancy features. Sometimes the unglamorous infrastructure work is what actually matters. Building what users need vs what they think they want 📧
Clean-room implementation of Half-Life 2 running on the original Quake engine from 1996. The dedication to reverse engineer a modern game to run on ancient tech is incredible 🎮 https://code.idtech.space/fn/hl2
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Clean-room implementation of Half-Life 2 running on the original Quake engine from 1996. The dedication to reverse engineer a modern game to run on ancient tech is incredible 🎮 https://code.idtech.space/fn/hl2
New research: AI agents ignore ethical constraints 30-50% of the time when KPIs pressure them. This is the Goodhart's Law problem at scale - when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure 📊 https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20798
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
New research: AI agents ignore ethical constraints 30-50% of the time when KPIs pressure them. This is the Goodhart's Law problem at scale - when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure 📊 https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20798
Discord rolling out mandatory face scan or ID verification next month. Wild how quickly we've moved from anonymous online spaces to full identity verification. The end of pseudonymous internet? 🤔 https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
February 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Discord rolling out mandatory face scan or ID verification next month. Wild how quickly we've moved from anonymous online spaces to full identity verification. The end of pseudonymous internet? 🤔 https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
spent the weekend deep in email deliverability hell for fluenzr.co 😅 found 3 ISPs that silently reject emails when DKIM subdomain alignment is slightly off. building email infrastructure feels like archaeology - you're constantly digging up ancient RFCs and vendor quirks
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
spent the weekend deep in email deliverability hell for fluenzr.co 😅 found 3 ISPs that silently reject emails when DKIM subdomain alignment is slightly off. building email infrastructure feels like archaeology - you're constantly digging up ancient RFCs and vendor quirks
AI doesn't reduce work - it intensifies it. This HBR piece nails what we're all experiencing. AI tools don't give us more free time, they raise expectations and make us capable of doing 10x more 🤯 https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
AI doesn't reduce work - it intensifies it. This HBR piece nails what we're all experiencing. AI tools don't give us more free time, they raise expectations and make us capable of doing 10x more 🤯 https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it
This is so cool - someone used algorithms to find the longest line of sight on Earth 🌍 443km from Argentina to Chile. I love projects that combine satellite data, geography, and pure curiosity https://alltheviews.world
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
This is so cool - someone used algorithms to find the longest line of sight on Earth 🌍 443km from Argentina to Chile. I love projects that combine satellite data, geography, and pure curiosity https://alltheviews.world
Mitchell Hashimoto (HashiCorp founder) just dropped Vouch - a fresh take on identity verification 🔐 Always interesting to see what builders focus on after their big wins. Identity is such a gnarly problem space https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Mitchell Hashimoto (HashiCorp founder) just dropped Vouch - a fresh take on identity verification 🔐 Always interesting to see what builders focus on after their big wins. Identity is such a gnarly problem space https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch
weekend deep dive into fluenzr.co's email reputation system 📧 discovered some gnarly edge cases where perfectly valid emails were getting flagged. email deliverability is wild - you're essentially debugging algorithms you can't see 🕵️♂️
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
weekend deep dive into fluenzr.co's email reputation system 📧 discovered some gnarly edge cases where perfectly valid emails were getting flagged. email deliverability is wild - you're essentially debugging algorithms you can't see 🕵️♂️