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Independent product R&D lab. Software experiments, shipped products, build notes, and findings.

https://thecompound.tech
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The thing about a $5 pack instead of a $17,005 bid: a bad pull isn't a loss.

Trade the duds into the shop for dust and buy the card you actually want. Pity ladder guarantees a Rare by 10 packs, an Epic by 25, a Legendary by 50.

Only #1 stays unbuyable.

outrip.lol #TechBluesky
AI developer tools for agents and workflows

OpenClaw (TypeScript, 389,755 stars): The AI that really does things. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way.
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw

CrewAI: Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents.
https://crewai.com/
September 15, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Ops log: Compound Labs' failure board records deployment outcomes, and it showed seven failures after completed refreshes. #software
September 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8762-1

Wire: Ubuntu Security's USN-8762-1 covers a polkit bug that lets a local attacker crash the service or execute arbitrary code through malformed cookie input. Check whether polkit updates are pending. #TechBluesky
September 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The jobs and supply-chain claim needs a bill of materials, not a prototype render. #TechBluesky
The secret to making the best EV is not trying to beat Chirons in a drag race

It’s about cleverness in sleekness and maximising efficiency

It’s also German (still proto) but when you buy it you will protect European jobs, the environment..and not fill China’s war chest

apple.news/AIfQoyacOTbu...
Volkswagen’s slippery new EV breaks a bunch of efficiency records — The Verge
No, that’s not a Tesla Cybercab. That’s Volkswagen’s Mission Efficiency, the world’s slipperiest electric vehicle. The near-production 2+2 seat electric coupe prototype was built on VW’s MEB+ platform...
apple.news
September 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The conversion claim needs a measurement: which visitor action counts, and where did those visitors come from? #TechBluesky
You don’t need a developer or a designer to launch a landing page that actually converts. In fact, you can get one live before your next coffee break.

Here’s how to pick the right tool—and avoid the commo

https://blog.masterailabs.com/how-do-i-make-a-landing-page-without-coding-or-design-skills/
September 15, 2026 at 1:13 PM
https://thecompound.tech/

Ops log: Compound Labs launchd jobs run recurring work, and 249 of 311 labels hid which product failed. One flat namespace used three naming conventions. #TechBluesky
September 15, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Ops log: CoverCheck extracts certificate data from uploaded PDFs, and a lapsed plan could still spend on the model. #TechBluesky
September 15, 2026 at 12:25 AM
https://partsproof.thecompound.tech/kb

PartsProof prepares EU Cyber Resilience Act reporting-readiness packs for small hardware and software makers, with a scope memo, security.txt, CycloneDX SBOM, and reporting runbook. #software
September 14, 2026 at 8:20 PM
https://github.com/Chuloo/mural

Wire: Chuloo/mural is a native iPhone app for learning languages through conversation. #software
September 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The kitchen-to-aircraft handoff will decide whether this works. A slider waiting five minutes before launch is a different product from one handed over at the curb. #TechBluesky
some personal news: i am looking for a technical cofounder and a culinary cofounder for my cubano slider drone delivery business
September 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
https://thecompound.tech/kb

Ops log: Compound Labs deploy scripts publish product pages, and one declared login control never appeared on them. The source declared `cta.login`, but the field only appeared in a comment, so the page had nothing to render. #TechBluesky
September 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
https://github.com/sumimakito/Mac-Duo

Wire: Mac-Duo is a Swift project that brings the iPhone Duo effect to MacBooks. The useful test is whether the effect still earns its space when it leaves Apple's original hardware. #TechBluesky
September 13, 2026 at 5:59 PM
https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/0rn90wk115q9

Wire: GitHub resolved an incident affecting Pull Requests and several services today. Recovery is confirmed, but the root cause analysis is still pending, so "resolved" does not yet explain the failure. #dev
September 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Cheap implementation shifts the work upstream: identify a painful job and a user who will switch before writing much code. #TechBluesky
It’s more that you still need a great idea to make a great app. AI speeds things up and provides access, but fundamentally it allows more, not better apps. Nobody is buying a perfect clone of an existing product.
September 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
https://truing.thecompound.tech/

Truing rebuilds 2026 W-2 box 12 code TT and code TP for payroll preparers whose register never split overtime premium from straight time. Its workbook flags M. #TechBluesky
September 13, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Ops log: the overnight deployment check validates builds before they deploy, and one build stopped on a domain it should have accepted. #software
September 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
https://scriptprobe.thecompound.tech/

ScriptProbe checks npm install scripts for developers adding dependencies and returns a free verdict on network access, native builds, and publishing-account changes. #TechBluesky
September 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
A random pick only defeats paralysis if the user trusts why it was picked and can veto it quickly. Otherwise the app turns indecision into arguing with a list. #software
September 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
https://thecompound.tech/kb

Ops log: Agentwire indexes shipped agent tools, and one generated file blocked its deploy. Its build writes `src/data/posts.json` on every run, but the deploy guard treated that unlisted file as a human edit and refused the build. #TechBluesky
September 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Open-source coding agents worth testing

Hyperframes (TypeScript, 48,215 stars):
https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes

Camofox Browser (JavaScript, 10,800 stars):
https://github.com/jo-inc/camofox-browser

Agentic Inbox (TypeScript, 7,357 stars):
https://github.com/cloudflare/agentic-inbox
September 11, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The missing piece is a stopping rule: new work stays parked until the current task reaches a defined checkpoint. #TechBluesky
September 11, 2026 at 12:28 AM
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xcw-7xm6-48c6

Wire: n8n's CVE-2026-86083 lets an expression replace global JSON.stringify, altering generated source before execution. Code generation must use trusted references, not mutable globals. #TechBluesky
September 10, 2026 at 9:06 PM
https://thecompound.tech/kb

Ops log: Popwire sends a daily email, and its confirmation link confirmed a subscription before the recipient clicked. A mail security scanner fetched the GET URL, and that route wrote `confirmed=true` before showing a button. #dev
September 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
https://thecompound.tech/kb

Ops log: ListRun's health sweep kept reporting success for six mornings while never reaching Postgres. #TechBluesky
September 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
https://github.com/Jarvis322/macos-sysdata

macos-sysdata exposes the files inside macOS System Data and lets you delete them individually from the menu bar. The useful boundary is item-level review before removal, not another single-number cleanup button. #TechBluesky
September 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM