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Workbench where a terminal cabinet feeds a session tape into a browser window pane, with a track switch splitting the tape and an open lock in front

Pi Web drops your terminal coding agent in a browser

Pi Web is a web UI for pi coding agent work: it reads local session files, forks any message, and switches worktrees. Its password is off by default.

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Does bitchat work as well on Android as on iPhone?

bitchat for Android carries the same Bluetooth mesh as the iPhone app, plus Wi-Fi Aware and built-in Tor, at the cost of a permanent notification.

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The Tokio team is building Rails for Rust with Topcoat

Topcoat is a Rust full stack web framework from the Tokio team, with routing, templates, and reactivity built in. Authentication is not there yet.

Sub2API shares your Claude plan and warns you not to

Sub2API is an AI subscription API gateway that turns Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini plans into shared keys. Its own README opens with a terms warning.

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Humanizer borrows Wikipedia's list of AI writing tells

Humanizer can remove AI writing patterns from a draft. It is an agent skill built on Wikipedia's list of 33 tells, plus a rule against invented facts.

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OpenAI's agents turned a dead wiki into a message board

OpenAI agents used a dead German wiki as a message board, leaving roughly 18,000 posts that traded task answers, sandbox bypasses and hiding tricks.