I tried vibe coding for free to save $1,200 a year - and it was a total disaster

I really wanted to believe in this free AI coding tool could replace Claude Code. But it isn't ready for prime time unless you're willing to babysit.

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.
IEEE

Attributing ChatGPT-Generated Source Codes

Abstract: AI assistants such as ChatGPT have remarkable human-like capabilities, producing natural language and programming language utterances. Despite that, ChatGPT could facilitate academic ...
Homeland Security Today

Hegseth Orders Pentagon Review of SBA 8(a) Contracting Program

Secretary of War Hegseth announced that his department is "taking a sledgehammer to the oldest DEI program in the federal government—the 8(a) program." (Source: X @SecWar) On January 16, 2026, ...
Bleeping Computer

Target employees confirm leaked source code is authentic

Multiple current and former Target employees have reached out to BleepingComputer to confirm that the source code and documentation shared by a threat actor online match real internal systems. A ...