1/8 Mythos / Glasswing is clearly the main AI security story now: AI finding real vulnerabilities in existing production code. For most teams, though, this question is more immediate: Can an agent like Claude Code write a secure app in the first place?

The Claude Code leak shows a clear divide: select vendors gain small but compounding advantages. Everyone else gets generic UX install friction. Direct impact on roadmaps and GTM.

After OpenAI/Astral acquisition announcement, we ran a benchmark on their tools. Turns out Astral tools were already a core part of the Codex (and Claude Code) workflow for Python developers. Ruff uv came out on top in 75% of cases for linting, packaging, and pretty much everything else. Full report: amplifying.ai/research/astra…

1) Winners & losers from our OpenAI Codex vs Claude Code Picks benchmarks

Past category winners relied heavily on marketing and sales, and GTM still matters to get in front of coding agents. But agents won't keep using you unless you actually make them better (since the agents are trained with their harness). That shifts long-term value toward real product quality, not just distribution.

My friend @gentschev started using @Railway , @sentry and @resend for his homeschooltools.net side project because of Claude Code's recommendations. The impact is real.

Coding agents like Claude are a massive new distribution channel for infra providers. @Railway (~$124M raised) crushes peers like @render (~$258M raised) and @flydotio (~$115M raised) in Claude Code preferences. Will agent recommendations drive outsized growth?

Winner and losers from our Claude Code Picks benchmarks!

@vikati and I analyzed 2,430 Claude Code repo decisions. Claude Code never picked AWS or GCP for deployment. If agents are writing the first version of new projects, they’re influencing which tools get adopted at scale.

1/ AI is changing how brands appear in search. Try searching "best acoustic guitar under $500" in Google, ChatGPT, and Perplexity. You'll get three completely different sets of recommendations citing different sources

Speaking of AI bias & @AOC's comments, we did a bunch of tests and @azure, @awscloud, @clarifai & @IBMWatson all think @maddow is a man medium.com/@edwin/ai-thinks-…

We just released a new Tether dataset that covers every transaction up to block 546906. Go to blockspur.com/tether/downloa… if you are interested in doing primary Tether data analysis.

I just published Tether vs Other Stablecoins medium.com/@vikati/tether-vs…

I just published medium.com/@vikati/ranking-e… - a data-driven post on the actual usage of Ethereum smart contracts. In the long run, it is users, traffic, and revenues that will drive real value for decentralized networks.

I just published “How Private Are Privacy Coins: A Closer Look at Zcash and Zclassic’s Blockchains” medium.com/@vikati/how-priva…

I just published “A Closer Look At Tether’s Blockchain” medium.com/p/a-closer-look-a…

I just published “The Rise of the Model Servers” medium.com/p/the-rise-of-the…

Thanks Peter Norvig for stopping by to talk feature engineering infrastructure with @TinyDataCo founder @vikati #TheAIConf

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