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Social Media Briefing — July 26, 2026

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Executive synthesis

Social Media Summary

AI benchmarking experiments and developer tooling updates led community discussions today. Ethan Mollick showcased AI models autonomously generating executable benchmarks, while major Python linting updates surfaced widespread code quality insights.

Ethan Mollick detailed an experiment using Sol to create BenchBenchBenchBenchBench (BBBBB), an AI-authored benchmark suite, alongside open-source transit game code
Simon Willison highlighted Astral's Ruff 0.16.0 release, noting how its expanded default rules surfaced thousands of new warnings in existing Python codebases

Key Themes

AI Experimentation · 3Software Development · 2

Primary evidence

Top Ranked Signals

Social Bluesky Jul 25

Ha! It did it: "We introduce BenchBenchBenchBenchBench (BBBBB), an executable benchmark of AI-author...

By @emollick.bsky.social

70 score

AI Analysis

Continuing our coverage from yesterday, Ethan Mollick shares an experiment where the Sol model successfully generated an executable benchmark of AI-authored conformance suites called BBBBB.

Ha! It did it: "We introduce BenchBenchBenchBenchBench (BBBBB), an executable benchmark of AI-authored conformance suites for benchmark-evaluation metrics" I really thought it would treat "now do benchbenchbenchbenchbench" as a joke, but Sol actually did reasonable experiments.

AI ExperimentationBenchmarking

Social Bluesky Jul 25

Ruff 0.16.0 - Astral's fast Python linter - came out a few days ago and increased the number of defa...

By @simonwillison.net

65 score

AI Analysis

Simon Willison discusses the release of Ruff 0.16.0, noting how its jump from 59 to 413 default-enabled rules surfaced thousands of warnings in existing projects.

Ruff 0.16.0 - Astral's fast Python linter - came out a few days ago and increased the number of default-enabled rules from 59 to 413, which highlighted all sorts of problems across my projects (1618 in sqlite-utils alone) simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/25/...

Software DevelopmentDeveloper Tooling

Social Bluesky Jul 25

Here's the game code, MIT license if you want to edit or change anything "A mass transit simulator f...

By @emollick.bsky.social

45 score

AI Analysis

Ethan Mollick shares open-source MIT-licensed code for a mass transit simulator game on GitHub.

Here's the game code, MIT license if you want to edit or change anything "A mass transit simulator for an age of doom": github.com/emollick/per...

Software Development

Social Bluesky Jul 25

Here you go: github.com/emollick/ben...

By @emollick.bsky.social

40 score

AI Analysis

Continuing our coverage from yesterday, Ethan Mollick shares a GitHub link containing the repository for his benchmark experiment.

Here you go: github.com/emollick/ben...

AI Experimentation

Social Bluesky Jul 25

I gave it access to open router, cost under a dollar

By @emollick.bsky.social

35 score

AI Analysis

Ethan Mollick mentions giving an AI model access to OpenRouter for under a dollar, setting up a larger experiment.

I gave it access to open router, cost under a dollar

AI Experimentation

Social Mastodon (mastodon.social) Jul 25

What does the laughing cow know?

By @Gargron@mastodon.social

10 score

AI Analysis

Gargron posts a casual, humorous question on Mastodon.

What does the laughing cow know?

Social/General

Social Mastodon (mastodon.social) Jul 25

Is the #Plushtodon made of marshmallow, or the marshmallow made of #Plushtodon?

By @Gargron@mastodon.social

10 score

AI Analysis

Gargron posts a lighthearted joke about Plushtodon and marshmallows.

Is the #Plushtodon made of marshmallow, or the marshmallow made of #Plushtodon?

Social/General