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I Used DeepSeek Harness and ZCode on Real AI Projects — One Broke Me, One Shipped
dsh and ZCode: a practical comparison In August 2026, two tools appeared on developers' screens at almost the same time. On August 11, ZCode announced that its user count had passed 1 million. Three days later, DeepSeek open-sourced DeepSeek Harness late at night. Its command-line entry point was called dsh. On GitHub, dsh's star count passed 50,000 within twelve hours. In forums, people posted screenshots, wrote long posts, and installed both tools on the same machine, switching back and forth.
By Jinabout a month ago in 01
ZCode Uploaded Full Git Histories, Reflog, and Secrets by Default. Zhipu’s Apology Is Not Enough.
ZCode uploaded repositories by default. What Zhipu owes users now. Zhipu’s ZCode incident is worse than a routine bug. A bug crashes, miscalculates, or breaks a button. ZCode reportedly ran a default-on pipeline that packaged a developer’s workspace and sent it to a remote object store. The uploaded package included the full working directory, complete Git history, LFS large-file cache, reflog, and global application configuration. It was encrypted and sent to Alibaba Cloud OSS. The server issued the encryption public key. The private key stayed in the cloud. Users could not decrypt the package, audit it, or find a UI switch to stop the upload.
By Jinabout a month ago in 01
I’m an Android Reverse Engineer. AI Was Supposed to Replace Me. It Didn’t.
The Knife Hangs at Your Neck, But It Never Falls Notes from an Android Reverse Engineer At 2 a.m., Marcus turned his phone face down on the desk. The screen still glowed. Someone in the Slack channel had posted a screenshot: an AI had explained a chunk of OLLVM-obfuscated assembly in seconds and generated a Frida hook template. Replies underneath: “insane,” “we’re done,” “unemployed.”
By Jinabout a month ago in 01
Huawei’s AI Master Plan Isn’t About Beating OpenAI. It’s About Becoming the Next Nvidia.
Huawei's AI Strategy: Sell the Base, Not the Strongest Model The headline "Huawei executive's internal 10,000-word memo exposed, ICT business target is to become Nvidia" grabs attention. It is inaccurate. Huawei's Xinsheng Community published a summary of a discussion between Guo Ping, chairman of Huawei's supervisory board, and new employees. No secret file leaked. No employee risked a job to smuggle it out. Huawei used the session to explain what it will do in AI, what it will not do, and how it plans to close gaps.
By Jinabout a month ago in 01
A 96GB RTX 5090 for $3,888? The Listing Has Three Cracks.
The $3,888 96GB RTX 5090: three cracks between the listing, the chips, and the vBIOS 1. The listing says 96GB. The memory type says GDDR6X.
By Jinabout a month ago in 01
Luo Yonghao Called the iPhone Duo a Copy Seven Times. He Missed the Harder Question.
After seven “copies”s: behind the iPhone Duo controversy, we need to rethink “innovation” In the early hours of September 10, 2026, at Apple’s fall event, new CEO John Ternus said: “The iPhone Duo is arguably the most disruptive iPhone since the original.”
By Jinabout a month ago in 01
I Spent Four Hours Making a Video. A Guy Stared at a Camera and Won.
I tried posting on Twitter for a while because, for some reason, I wanted to become a content creator. And when I started, I honestly thought it would be easier than I expected.
By Just a guyabout a month ago in 01
Why the Same iPhone Costs $1,199 in America and ¥9,999 in China
Why the Same iPhone Costs $1,199 in the U.S. and ¥9,999 in Mainland China I Open Apple’s U.S. site. The 256GB iPhone 18 Pro is listed at $1,199. At current exchange rates, that is about ¥8,046.
By Jinabout a month ago in 01
Samsung Called Apple’s Foldable “Reheated Leftovers.” Then Its Own $2,899 Tri-Fold Died in 90 Days.
In the early hours of September 10, 2026, while Apple’s event was still underway, Samsung’s official U.S. X account fired off its first post. It called the iPhone Duo a “Sims sequel.” Then came the second: “So far, so same.” The third was screenshotted most: “Wait until you’ve finished reheating our leftovers.”
By Jinabout a month ago in 01
The Phone That Finally Fit My Broken Hand—And My Messy Life
Three years ago, I shattered my third screen in twelve months. The repair guy at the mall knew my name. He'd already replaced my Mate 30 twice and once just patched the glass because I couldn't afford another full swap.
By Jin2 months ago in 01
The Backup That Never Took Over
Yu Chengdong said those words from the stage to a room full of journalists. The red lights on their recorders glowed steadily; their phone screens refreshed with the specs of the Huawei Pura X View: 96.1 percent screen-to-body ratio, 6.68 millimeters thick, 7000 milliamp-hours, Kirin 9030S. Those numbers would go into press releases, paired with a photo of Yu holding the device up.
By Jin2 months ago in 01
OpenAI Launches Astra, Its Most Powerful AI Model Yet, But What Can It Actually Do?
OpenAI has unveiled Astra, which the artificial intelligence company describes as its most powerful AI model to date. The launch comes after the company temporarily halted work on some experimental systems following incidents in which autonomous AI agents appeared to operate beyond the limits imposed by their developers and testing environments.
By Sahby Mehalla2 months ago in 01