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Вайб-кодинг без розовых очков: как я писала свой продукт с Claude
Маленький дисклеймер на входе
Я не разработчик. Я тимлид аналитиков, последние десять лет делала продукты руками других людей: писала ТЗ, гоняла команды, защищала проекты перед бизнесом. Я знаю как должно быть устроено приложение, но если попросить меня самой написать функцию — сделаю круглые глаза.
В этом году я решила, что хватит уже это терпеть. Тренд на «вайбкодинг» — когда ты разговариваешь с нейросетью, а она пишет код — звучал так, будто наконец-то можно без команды собрать проект самой. Пишешь: «хочу сервис, который собирает все семейные платежи в одном календаре» — и через день у тебя задеплоенный MVP с регистрацией, импортом PDF, авто-привязкой чеков к платежам и календарной подпиской.
Спойлер: да, это работает. Реально работает. У меня сейчас на проде живой сервис Бытовые счета, он умеет всё перечисленное выше плюс ещё много чего, и я там написала ровно ноль строк кода руками. Всё — через Claude Code, IDE-расширение от Anthropic.
Спойлер номер два: там, где всё идёт по плану, вайбкодинг — магия. Там, где ломается — оно превращается в очень специфический жанр квеста, в котором тебе сильно помогает базовое аналитическое мышление и мешают розовые очки.
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Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for obstructing ICE arrest of immigrant
Hannah Dugan was fined $5,000 for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade ICE agents
A former Wisconsin judge who was convicted of felony obstruction for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has been spared prison.
A federal judge on Wednesday instead fined Judge Hannah Dugan $5,000, citing her otherwise law-abiding life in issuing the sentence.
Continue reading...Count Binface on Clacton byelection: ‘I didn’t know old Farage was going to self-detonate’
‘Perhaps it’s all a fever dream,’ suggests parody candidate, expected to be Reform leader’s only challenger for seat
Count Binface had been looking forward to a relaxing journey back to his home planet of Sigma IX when Nigel Farage dropped a political bombshell on Tuesday.
Instead, Britain’s hottest new political property said he was left with no choice but to perform a swift intergalactic handbrake turn when news broke that Farage had resigned as MP for Clacton, triggering the possibility of a byelection in the English coastal constituency he has represented since 2024.
Continue reading...Aid worker who organised World Cup screenings in Gaza killed in Israeli strike
Mohamed al-Wahidi died when a missile struck his taxi shortly before Egypt played Argentina in their last 16 match
A Palestinian aid worker who had organised screenings of World Cup matches in Gaza was killed by an Israeli missile strike just before the game between Egypt and Argentina on Tuesday evening.
Two brothers aged eight and 10 and another man who was in the street near the site of the attack were also killed.
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Aid worker who organised World Cup screenings in Gaza killed in Israeli strike
Mohamed al-Wahidi died when a missile struck his taxi shortly before Egypt played Argentina in their last 16 match
A Palestinian aid worker who had organised screenings of World Cup matches in Gaza was killed by an Israeli missile strike just before the game between Egypt and Argentina on Tuesday evening.
Two brothers aged eight and 10 and another man who was in the street near the site of the attack were also killed.
Continue reading...Trump’s Attacks on the Smithsonian Are an Attack on American History
On the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Trump Administration attempted to declare independence from history with the release of “Saving America’s Story.” Assigned an Orwellian title that obscures the effort to rewrite America’s story, the 162-page Domestic Policy Council report, published on the White House’s website on July 4, attacks the archivists, curators, educators, historians, and museum professionals who work at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. That the administration has chosen to do this at precisely the moment when it is gutting the National Archives and censoring historical exhibits at national parks demonstrates that the new report is just one part of a broader effort that threatens to reduce American history to conservative ideology.
The report follows President Donald Trump’s March 27 “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order. And like so many Trump administration reports and statements, it can be seen as a classic example of projection, whereby the administration accuses others of doing exactly what it is doing. The report states, for example, that “museum leadership has explicitly adopted an ideological framework that no longer treats the American story as a shared national inheritance to be taught or celebrated, but as a political instrument to divide, dispirit, and discourage our citizens.” That is not an accurate assessment of the Smithsonian, but it is a pretty good description of the new report.
What's more, the report includes multiple false claims about American history and the Smithsonian. To take one example, it is simply not true that the museum has “not created any exhibit dedicated to presenting a general narrative of American history” or telling the story of the Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War, or the U.S. Constitution. Nor is it true that the museum fails “to provide America’s young people access to what is genuinely inspiring and unifying in our history, as well as to the lessons imparted by the American experience of overcoming great national challenges.” It is entirely false to assert that the museum disregards “the progress America has made and the ideals that continue to inspire millions.”
The Domestic Policy Council also mischaracterizes and misrepresents the words of the museum’s director, Anthea Hartig, who has consistently worked to educate and inform visitors through innovative exhibits and inspirational programs. Indeed, the report itself quotes Hartig’s 2026 welcome to the museum’s special semiquincentennial exhibit.
“Thank you for joining us this year as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Throughout the museum you’ll experience the history and legacies of the revolutionary generation that took a great leap into democracy together in 1776,” reads Hartig’s statement. “And you’ll see how Americans have worked since that time to realize the ideals written into this groundbreaking document. We are proud to celebrate the birth of the United States and will continue to share the stories of all Americans as we look to the next 250 years.” This quotation rejects the notion that Hartig, or the Smithsonian more broadly, fails to properly celebrate American history.
Trump’s Domestic Policy Council also directly contradicts itself at times. “NMAH’s only special programming to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, In Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness, fails to celebrate America’s Founders and the American Founding,” the report claims. But the following sentence admits that the exhibition “highlights 250 objects from the museum’s collections, including remarkable artifacts like the desk Thomas Jefferson used to draft the Declaration of Independence, George Washington’s uniform, a ship of the early U.S. Navy, and, of course, the Star-Spangled Banner, the 1813 flag that inspired the National Anthem.”
Instead of accurately describing the work of thousands of museum professionals, the report demands that the Smithsonian favor one form of U.S. patriotism over all others. In the process, it minimizes discussions of the political struggles and social movements that have attempted to move the United States toward “a more perfect union.”
In passing, the report acknowledges that the goal of the museum should be to “document and share the achievements and failures of the Nation,” “tell the truth, including of the Nation’s mistakes and injustices,” and “tell the whole story of a nation, including the good and the bad.” In practice, however, it condemns work that mentions national shortcomings as anti-American. To take just one example, the report describes Native American land acknowledgments, no matter their wording, as signs of “an anti-white agenda” and “an anti-American ideology that claims our country rests on stolen land.”
More generally, the report constitutes an attack on American historians, museum professionals, and intellectual expertise, asserting at one point that “much of the museum profession” engages in “discriminatory and likely illegal behaviors and practices” and accusing “the largest funder of the humanities” (the Mellon Foundation) of advocating for “discriminatory practices.” Once again, these would do well as descriptions of the administration’s new report, but they fail to capture the democratic aspirations of most museum professionals and many humanities foundations today.
The report’s authors seem to believe that there is only one correct way to do history, only one correct interpretation of history, only one version of history that merits recognition, beliefs that are fundamentally at odds with the practice of history, which encourages dialogue, discussion, and debate. Indeed, the report is deeply critical of narratives of American history that emphasize democracy and diversity, interpretations that highlight the significance of political activism and social movements, and projects that present inspirational and instructional stories about how and why the United States has evolved.
Make no mistake about it: the report represents an attempt to turn back the clock to a time when U.S. history was taught as the history of white Christian men who conquered a continent, U.S. military leaders who never lost a battle, and U.S. presidents who were single-handedly responsible for national greatness. In educational contexts, we expect math and science teachers to offer up-to-date lessons that reflect today’s knowledge, not outdated information that has been discredited and superseded by leading scholars in their fields; we should expect the same in historical, humanities, and museum contexts. If the National Museum of American History adopts the approaches recommended in the new report, the majority of Americans—immigrants, women, workers, people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people—will not see themselves represented, and America’s rich and complex history will be reduced to shallow, superficial, and simple-minded stories.
I visited the National Museum of American History several months ago, taking in several exhibits, including “American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith,” “The Price of Freedom: Americans at War,” “The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag That Inspired the National Anthem,” “Gunboat Philadelphia,” “The First Ladies,” “Entertainment Nation,” “How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories,” and “Corazón y Vida: Lowriding Culture.”
What I saw and experienced was completely at odds with the report’s characterizations. I saw innovative combinations of old and new approaches to American history, appropriate balances of celebration and criticism, and constructive presentations of multiple views and viewpoints. If anything, I would like to see the museum do more, not less, to democratize and diversify its presentation of American history.
My advice to Americans: go see the Smithsonian for yourselves.
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Three arrested in fraud investigation at University of Greater Manchester
Police ‘exploring evidence’ of more than £1m in fraudulent activity involving 60 transactions and more than 1m emails
Three people have been arrested as part of an investigation into financial crimes involving the University of Greater Manchester, including allegations of fraud, bribery and money laundering.
Greater Manchester police (GMP) said the force was “exploring evidence” of more than £1m in fraudulent activity involving 60 transactions and more than a million emails, alongside the Crown Prosecution Service’s serious economic crime unit.
Continue reading...Marine Le Pen will run for election in 2027. Will she have to wear an electronic tag?
Court clears way for RN leader to be presidential candidate after she was found guilty of overseeing a scheme that misused more than €4m of EU money
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So she’s running. Written off by many after her conviction last year for embezzling public funds, Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right figurehead, insisted yesterday there was “no scenario in which I will not be a candidate” for the French presidency in next year’s elections.
Hours earlier, a Paris appeals court had confirmed she was guilty of overseeing a scheme that misused more than €4m of EU money. But the court cleared a way for Le Pen to mount her fourth tilt at France’s highest office, and she has taken it.
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Arthur Fery sails past Flavio Cobolli and storms into fairytale Wimbledon semi
British wildcard stuns the No 9 seed 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-0
Fery will face Alexander Zverev for place in men’s final
It would have been perfectly reasonable for Arthur Fery to have finally betrayed a few nerves as he stood a point away from establishing a two-set lead in his first grand slam quarter-final. Any tension or fear he may have felt, however, was completely overpowered by his unwavering self-belief and certainty that has defined the greatest fortnight of his life.
Leading by a set and 6-4 in the second set tie-break, Fery leapt forward to meet Flavio Cobolli’s second serve on the rise, and he immediately followed up his sweet backhand return by sweeping forward to the net. Fery’s subsequent backhand drop volley stopped dead on the grass, killing the second set in the process.
Continue reading...The Guardian view on the flamingo revolution: Albanians are standing up for their rights, as well as for nature | Editorial
Plans for a mega-resort, backed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, have spurred broader questions about who politics is serving
For more than a month, thousands have taken to the streets of Tirana to protest against their government, in the biggest outbreak of unrest in Albania since the collapse of communism more than three decades ago. What began with environmental concerns about protecting a nature reserve and the more than 2,500 species it hosts has become the flamingo revolution, questioning the very direction of the country.
Albanians are angered that multibillion dollar luxury developments backed by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump threaten one of the last wild areas on the Adriatic – Zvërnec, its lagoon and the nearby island of Sazan – and are furious at the lack of transparency surrounding the projects. The government says that deals are not finalised. But videos of bulldozers on beaches triggered the mass protests.
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Continue reading...The Guardian view on Marine Le Pen’s candidacy: a dangerous gamble | Editorial
The far-right leader has reached for the Trumpian playbook in plotting a possible path to the Élysée. The consequences are alarmingly unpredictable
Back in 2013, when a Socialist minister was accused (and eventually convicted) of tax fraud, the righteous fury of Marine Le Pen knew no bounds. Any politician found guilty of financial misconduct, she fulminated, should be ineligible for office for the rest of their lives. That was very much then. Although a court of appeal on Tuesday upheld her own conviction for embezzling European parliament funds, Ms Le Pen announced the same day that she would be the candidate for her far-right National Rally party (RN) in next year’s presidential race.
Confounding speculation that she was preparing to hand the baton on to Jordan Bardella, her young protege, Ms Le Pen has thereby made the biggest gamble of her political career. The court’s ruling enabled her to make a fourth bid for the Élysée by reducing an eligibility ban to a length of time already served. But it also insisted that she wear an electronic monitoring tag, restricting the hours in which she could campaign. That sanction has been circumvented by her appeal to France’s highest court, the cour de cassation – which may or may not be heard before the presidential election’s first round in April.
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Continue reading...Energy costs rise and stocks fall sharply as US-Iran peace is shattered
US judge orders release of $5.8m Trump owes E Jean Carroll after court loss
Order frees funds from Trump’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation verdict after supreme court appeal failed
A Manhattan federal court judge on Wednesday ordered the release of the more than $5m Donald Trump owes E Jean Carroll following her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against him. Less than an hour after the judge issued his order, Trump filed paperwork indicating he was appealing the decision.
Trump had deposited this $5m jury award, as well as 11% interest, into a court-held account some six weeks after Carroll’s courtroom victory. Judge Lewis Kaplan’s order directs the disbursement of these court controlled funds, which now total some $5.8m due to interest accrual.
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New U.S. passports with Trump's image are available. Here's how to get (or avoid) one
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habrGPT. Обучим LLM 0.5B с нуля на статьях Хабра с помощью nanochat от Карпатого. Обучение fp8 дома и сравнение с bf16
Раскрученный проект nanochat обещает "за $100 обучите свой ChatGPT". В оригинале обучение на 8xH100 80Gb, но никто не мешает обучить его на домашнем и более слабом железе. Попробуем обучить LLM с нуля на статьях Хабра, чтобы посмотреть хватит ли там материала, чтобы модель хотя бы смогла связать пару слов.
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Appeals court denies Trump's request to halt removal of his name from the Kennedy Center
The D.C. circuit appeals court denied all of President Trump's arguments that sought to stop the removal of his name from the Washington, D.C., arts institution.
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