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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.

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AI Experimentation · 3Software Development · 2

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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.

Source details
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Is the #Plushtodon made of marshmallow, or the marshmallow made of #Plushtodon?
Social/General