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18 SEP 2026 · Paper

This paper introduces RecreationWorld, a framework for training hybrid computer-use agents that can seamlessly switch between graphical interaction and software development, and verify their outputs. Practitioners may care about the implications of this work for developing more versatile and reliable AI systems.

16 SEP 2026 · Hacker News · 198 pts · 98 comments ↗

OpenSpec is a lightweight, open-source framework for creating and managing software specifications, allowing developers to capture requirements, validate them, and verify implementation matches. It supports over 265,000 developers per month and is integrated with various AI tools and platforms. OpenSpec creates a new spec every two seconds, with over 68,000 GitHub stars. AI summary

14 SEP 2026 · Simon Willison

The cost of writing code collapsed, and the cost of reviewing, fixing and operating it is following, and I'm assuming it gets there. What's left of making software is finding out what people actually want, defining it precisely, and making …