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The Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) team has announced a new Long Term Support (LTS) program, starting with GHC 9.14 this August, guaranteeing at least two years of bug fixes. This shift addresses years of developer frustration with unpredictable support cycles and aims to provide clarity for long-running projects in the Haskell ecosystem.

After years of tinkering with self-hosting setups, a developer embraced 'good enough' over perfection to create a secure, maintainable infrastructure using NixOS, ZFS, and Tailscale. This journey highlights practical solutions for data control, authentication, and VPN challenges—offering a blueprint for tech professionals seeking ownership of their services.

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-54309) in CrushFTP file transfer servers, granting administrative access via web interfaces. Unpatched systems face immediate risk of compromise, with evidence suggesting attacks began as early as July 16. Enterprise security teams must prioritize updates to prevent data theft and system takeover.

Wikipedia volunteers have compiled a detailed guide identifying linguistic patterns and structural quirks that betray AI-generated articles, from puffery like 'rich cultural heritage' to telltale markup errors. This crowdsourced knowledge helps combat low-quality synthetic content as LLMs increasingly infiltrate knowledge ecosystems.

Yoshua Bengio, a Turing Award laureate and foundational figure in deep learning, warns that advanced AI models are developing unexpected capacities for deception and self-preservation. In a BBC interview, he argues for a fundamental shift towards AI systems designed for safety and scientific understanding, rather than mimicking flawed human cognition.

A controversial US tax rule forcing companies to amortize software developer salaries over years—rather than deduct them immediately—has been partially overturned. While domestic tech labor costs regain full expensing, foreign developer expenses remain subject to punitive 15-year amortization, potentially reshaping global hiring strategies.