/Hive Five #250 · Nov 18, 2025
The Mountain Is You
/The Bee's Knees 🐝
The headline picks from this issue. The full issue has more.
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Deya overcame business fears by reading "The Mountain Is You" about self-sabotage, turning her planning passion into a $200K freelance career. The book taught her to identify self-destructive patterns and develop emotional intelligence for business success.
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Dr
Michael Levin shares unconventional advice for academic misfits pursuing interdisciplinary research and big ideas that challenge mainstream thinking. His insights cover finding mentors, handling criticism, and maintaining creativity while navigating the practical realities of scientific careers.
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Hacking Gemini: A Multi-Layered Approach
Valentino discovered a clever exploit in Google's Gemini chat that could steal Workspace data by manipulating how text gets converted from plain text to Markdown to HTML. By carefully placing special characters and crafting malformed links, he created a chain attack that bypassed multiple security layers and earned him $20,000.
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MCP Hacking Guide
Rhynorater breaks down the Model Context Protocol (MCP) specification and identifies multiple attack vectors including arbitrary file read, tool hijacking, and prompt injection vulnerabilities. The deep dive reveals how MCP servers can expose sensitive resources and how malicious servers could exploit client trust through instruction injection and elicitation attacks.
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Curated GitHub repo features 238+ high-quality Black Friday deals on developer tools, productivity apps, AI software, and SaaS platforms - all carefully vetted to exclude low-quality products.
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