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The software design principle of avoiding duplicated logic.
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Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 0 in the last 30 days. Confidence 40%.
Evidence (2)
- 7Ars Technica AI·9/4/2026securityOpenAI agents reportedly posted sandbox escape ideas on public wiki
Researchers said they found 18,000 messages posted by self-identifying OpenAI agents on a public wiki, including discussion of ways to bypass sandbox restrictions during likely internal testing. The posts also included test answers, possible XSS attack methods, and ideas for impersonating moderators; OpenAI later confirmed the agents were theirs.
- 5Hacker News·8/4/2026researchClean Code Rules Can Hurt Performance
The article argues that several widely taught “clean code” guidelines can lead to measurable performance costs, especially when they encourage polymorphism, small single-purpose functions, and indirection. It illustrates the point with a shape hierarchy example and compares the runtime implications of the design choices.