Dev News Digest: 2 Nov 2026, 06:00

A quick roundup of developer news since the last digest.

Security & infrastructure

• Trigger.dev reports exposed customer environment variables: The background-jobs platform published a security incident notice saying customer environment variables were exposed. If you use it, check the notice and consider rotating secrets. Trigger.dev
• Postgres 19 is running late, and a core developer blames AI: Robert Haas writes about why the next PostgreSQL release has slipped and how AI-related changes to the contribution workload play into it. Robert Haas
• GEFS, the "Good Enough File System", progresses for OpenBSD: Work continues on a new file system for OpenBSD aimed at being simple and good enough. OpenBSD Journal

Languages & tooling

• If in doubt, delete the uv.lock file: Simon Willison shares a rule of thumb for confusing Python dependency errors after moving to Python 3.15: regenerate the lockfile first. Simon Willison
• Modern C++ safety is a mindset, not a standard: A post argues that memory safety in C++ depends on coding discipline and practices more than on the language version. ModernesCpp
• Pratt parsing is a black box: A write-up on treating Pratt (precedence-climbing) parsers as a self-contained component when building language front ends. Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira

AI & industry

• Kyle Kingsbury on LLMs eroding trust: Quoted by Simon Willison, Kingsbury argues that LLM use erodes trust in documentation, software and the organizations that produce them. Simon Willison
• Terence Tao: "Mathematics has changed. Let's act like it": The mathematician reflects on how AI tools are changing mathematical practice and what the community should do about it. Terence Tao
• Trying local AI with braindead-local-intelligence: A short guide to running local models with a minimal setup. Solene

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