🐝 Hive Five 253 - Princeton not prison
Claude's Soul Document Leaked, Bun Joins Anthropic, React2Shell Critical Vulnerability, Neo AI Hacks WordPress in 60 Minutes, Cursor Optimizes for GPT-5.1, Theo's Advanced Cursor Workflow, Why You Can't Focus at Work and more...
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Good CX: Anomaly alerts
"receive alerts when anomalies are detected in their applications to help quickly identify, investigate and resolve unexpected behavior."
You're launching all wrong.
That initial spike? It's a sugar rush. A one-night stand with the internet.
Stop sending traffic to your sterile blog post.
Every. Single. Link.
→ Should point to your community
Don't rent eyeballs. Build an army.
Don't build a firework. Build a campfire.
#CXFail
Slashdot: What's the reason OneDrive tells users this setting can only be turned off 3 times a year? (And are those any three times — or does that mean three specific days, like Christmas, New Year's Day, etc.)
[Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]
Prevention beats reaction.
Leverage beats creation.
Flywheels beat linear growth.
Old Playbook: Get 1% better at a single skill.
New Playbook: Get 1% more context on 100 different things.
AI is the ultimate tool for execution.
Your job is to be the ultimate source of context.
What AI Agents are you using?
Learn once, share often.
Brilliant matrix on spotting ideas vs tasks vs projects
Every doc = fewer confused customers
Every resource = stronger word-of-mouth
While competitors focus on features, Cursor's building the machine that makes customers successful.
That's how you win.
Lee shipped this PLUS killer docs in like a couple months.
The bigger picture: Cursor isn't just building an AI code editor.
They're building the infrastructure to dominate developer mindshare.
Every tutorial = more confident users
See, education isn't just nice-to-have content. It's a flywheel component that does 3 things:
- Prevents support tickets (saves money)
- Creates confident users (increases retention)
- Builds a knowledge base that scales (compounds over time)
Cursor just pulled a genius move.
They launched "Cursor Learn" - their education platform.
Most people see this and think "cool, more tutorials."
But here's what's actually happening...
Lee Robinson (head of AI education) is building a moat.
Build.
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🐝 Hive Five 239 - The No List
Uncover Python's story, fast-track your promotion, build AI for people, boost learning with AI tutors, adopt three productivity habits, transform work with Obsidian, and more.
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Bee different.
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Life pro tip: Join a stellar (private) digital community, such as Lenny's Newsletter, and utilize the search bar.
The wealth of knowledge in the archives will instantly elevate you.
🐝 Hive Five 238 - AI and God
Join the swarm of devs, security pros, and tech leaders who stay ahead of the curve.
- Obsidian releases Bases
- GPT-5 tackles DEF CON CTF Finals challenge
- AI safety overlooks children
- P1 vulnerability in Cluely
- OWASP Core Rule Set Security gap
And more...
Did Claude cook with this one or not?
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Speaking of giving value away: Major publishers like The Verge and Wired are pivoting to newsletters because AI is eating their lunch
The lesson? Direct relationships with your audience > algorithmic distribution
This decision preserved open computing standards and prevented IBM from re-monopolizing the PC market
Sometimes the best business strategy is giving away what seems most valuable
(This principle applies to newsletters, content, and community building too)
In the 1980s, IBM tried to regain PC market control with proprietary PS/2 technology
Most companies would have competed with their own proprietary standard
But Canion made a counterintuitive choice: He gave away Compaq's competing standard for FREE
This week's edition covers everything from HTTP security vulnerabilities affecting millions of websites to career advice from ex-Googlers
But the story that caught my attention? Rod Canion's bold move at Compaq that changed computing forever
Just dropped the latest Hive Five newsletter and it's packed with (liquid) gold 🍯
Found a fascinating story about how one decision in the 1980s saved open computing as we know it
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