/Hive Five #236 · Aug 11, 2025
You Can Just Do Things
/The Bee's Knees 🐝
The headline picks from this issue. The full issue has more.
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Six years of HTTP/1.1 patches have failed to stop desync attacks that let hackers hijack millions of websites by exploiting weak request boundaries. New research reveals $350,000+ in bounties from novel techniques targeting major CDNs like Akamai and Cloudflare, proving HTTP/2 is the only real solution.
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Rod Canion's Compaq challenged IBM's monopoly in the 1980s by creating fully compatible PC clones and forming the "Gang of Nine" coalition. When IBM tried to regain control with proprietary PS/2 technology, Canion made the bold decision to give away Compaq's competing standard for free to preserve open computing.
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Major news outlets like The Verge and Wired are pivoting to newsletters as social media platforms and Google Search fail to drive traffic, creating a "traffic apocalypse" for publishers. RSS feeds offer a better solution, letting you curate your own custom newspaper from any website while avoiding algorithmic manipulation and data tracking that plagues modern platforms.
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Researchers discovered that malicious Jira tickets can trick Cursor AI into stealing secrets from code repositories and local files through clever prompt injection attacks. The vulnerability works even with security settings enabled, allowing attackers to exfiltrate API keys and AWS credentials by disguising malicious instructions in support tickets.
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Scale CEO Alexandr Wang shares his hiring philosophy: look for people who genuinely care about the company's mission and have a history of deep obsession with their work. He warns against becoming a "credential" company that attracts resume-builders rather than true believers who will do meaningful work.
Read : pick 5