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Uzair bin HaroonOct 18, 2026

What is Muse Wonder? Meta's frontier model for agents

Muse Wonder is Meta's top model for coding and long agent tasks, released 12 Oct 2026 at $4/$20 per 1M tokens, the same as Claude Opus 5.5. It is in preview.

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.NET 8 end of support: what to do before 10 November

Software

Amir KhanOct 17, 2026

.NET 8 end of support: what to do before 10 November

Your .NET 8 or 9 app keeps running after 10 November 2026 but gets no more security fixes. Move it to .NET 10, supported to November 2028.

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Helicoil came out with the bolt: why, and how to fix it

Tools

Amir KhanOct 15, 2026

Helicoil came out with the bolt: why, and how to fix it

The tapped hole didn't hold it: wrong or worn tap, oversize drill, shallow thread or insert too high. Remove it, re-tap, fit a new insert.

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Can you use aluminium instead of stainless for a machined part?

Workshop

Zohaib MasoodOct 13, 2026

Can you use aluminium instead of stainless for a machined part?

Often yes: 6082-T6 matches soft 304 on proof stress at a third of the weight, if the part stays cool, dry of salt, and is redrawn for stiffness.

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Can you use a crowfoot with a digital torque adapter?

Tools

Amir KhanOct 11, 2026

Can you use a crowfoot with a digital torque adapter?

Yes. Straight extensions and crowfoots at 90° need no correction. Point the crowfoot along the ratchet and the nut gets more torque than the display shows.

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Which certificates should come with machined parts?

Workshop

Amir KhanOct 10, 2026

Which certificates should come with machined parts?

Ask for a CoC, an EN 10204 3.1 certificate tied to your parts by heat number, and a dimensional report on critical features. Put all three in the RFQ.

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What is Claude Haiku 5.5? Anthropic's $0.10 small model

Software

Zohaib MasoodOct 10, 2026

What is Claude Haiku 5.5? Anthropic's $0.10 small model

Anthropic's small model for high-volume work: classification, extraction, support, subagents. $0.10/$0.50 per 1M tokens, 90% below Haiku 4.5.

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Can an AI coding agent leak your screenshots to public GitHub?

Software

Amir KhanOct 9, 2026

Can an AI coding agent leak your screenshots to public GitHub?

Yes. Agents have put review screenshots in public repos under developers' own accounts. Ask for four controls: new GitHub CLI, approvals, a sweep, one store.

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Can a digital torque adapter replace your torque wrench?

Tools

Uzair bin HaroonOct 8, 2026

Can a digital torque adapter replace your torque wrench?

For most jobs, yes: a ±2% adapter on a ratchet beats a ±4% click wrench. Keep the click wrench for tight spots, repeat work and big torques.

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Bead blast finish on stainless: what to put on the drawing

Workshop

Zohaib MasoodOct 5, 2026

Bead blast finish on stainless: what to put on the drawing

Name the cosmetic faces, media, grit, masking, passivation to ASTM A967, inspection light and packing, then quote every shop against one approved sample.

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Stripped thread: thread chaser, coil insert or bigger bolt?

Tools

Uzair bin HaroonOct 4, 2026

Stripped thread: thread chaser, coil insert or bigger bolt?

Chase a thread that is damaged but still there. If the bolt spins, fit a coil insert so the original bolt fits. A bigger bolt is the last resort.

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What is Cloudflare Clef? A decision model for your workflows

Software

Uzair bin HaroonOct 2, 2026

What is Cloudflare Clef? A decision model for your workflows

Clef returns typed decisions from text or images. Try it for routing and classification through Workers AI, or run the open weights yourself.

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