I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free - how it went

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how it worked.
Microsoft

Analysis of active exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk

We are seeing exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk via CVE‑2025‑40551 and CVE‑2025‑40536 that can lead to domain compromise; here is how to patch, hunt, and mitigate now.
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BrowserStack Launches Accessibility DevTools to Shift Left Accessibility Testing into IDE

Dublin [Ireland], January 28: BrowserStack, the world's leading software testing platform, today announced the launch of Accessibility DevTools, expanding into IDEs to help teams detect and fix ...
IEEE

SYXSS: Web Application Vulnerability Detection Tool Based on Improved Genetic Algorithm and Fuzz Testing

Abstract: Genetic algorithm-based black-box vulnerability detection has been widely used in practical applications. However, the existing black-box vulnerability detection technology based on genetic ...
IEEE

Evolution of ASP.NET to ASP.NET Core: Tools, Strategies, and Implementation Approaches

Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive review of the evolution of Microsoft's ASP.NET framework into the more modern ASP.NET Core platform. It explores the architectural advancements, ...