Dante Lex

I interviewed a senior dev today. He wanted a $250k salary. I gave him a complex system design task. He had 30 minutes. He started drawing diagrams on the board and talking about scalability. I just opened a prompt. I fed it the requirements. I had the full boilerplate and unit tests in 15 seconds. I turned the monitor around. I asked him: Why would I pay you $250k when I just did your month's work for 2 cents? He didn't even answer. He just packed his bag and walked out. If you can’t outperform an API, you aren't an engineer. You’re just an expensive liability.

A Nigerian fintech just lost ₦20 million to a fake webhook. Attacker didn’t hack anything. They just POSTed this to the endpoint: { "event": "transfer.success", "amount": 500000, "status": "success" } Backend credited the user. Zero money moved. This is happening more in crypto payments too. What every backend dev must do in 2026: 1. Verify webhook signature + IP + timestamp (not just event name). 2. Never credit on webhook alone always confirm on-chain + NIBSS. 3. Add rate limiting and replay attack protection. 4. Reconcile every stablecoin inflow against blockchain truth. Crypto rails move fast. One lazy endpoint and you’re done. Save this like your production depends on it. Drop your worst webhook horror story 👇

Today we're also rolling out a tool to snooze topics on your For You tab—if you ever want to crank up or turn down the slop. Rolling out now on iOS and Web for Premium subscribers.

We’re introducing the Cursor SDK so you can build agents with the same runtime, harness, and models that power Cursor. Run agents from CI/CD pipelines, create automations for end-to-end workflows, or embed agents directly inside your products.

We’re introducing the Cursor SDK so you can build agents with the same runtime, harness, and models that power Cursor. Run agents from CI/CD pipelines, create automations for end-to-end workflows, or embed agents directly inside your products.