Here’s a look at what’s shook the software world this week.
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OpenAI Condemns “OpenAI Token” on Robinhood
Robinhood briefly listed an unofficial crypto called “OpenAI Token.” OpenAI quickly published a statement disavowing any connection and stated the tokens do not confer equity or any official connection to OpenAI.
Robinhood offered these tokens via a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to give investors indirect exposure to private OpenAI shares, but OpenAI explicitly disavowed the product and warned consumers
Moon-Lighting Debate Goes Viral
Five U.S. CEOs publicly claimed Indian engineer Soham Parekh held several full-time roles simultaneously. They called the practice “moon-lighting on steroids” but also acknowledged his technical competence.
Parekh confirmed the allegations in interviews, stating he worked up to 140 hours a week. The viral debate centres on the ethics and logistics of overemployment in remote tech roles
Claude Writes a macOS App – Zero Local IDE
Indie developer Indragie Karunaratne shipped Tap Scroll, a macOS utility fully generated by Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 model. All Swift code, tests and even the App Store screenshots were AI-authored.
Indragie’s blog post explains the journey, how he chose his tools, which are good or bad for now, and how you can leverage them to maximise the quality of your generated code output.
Microsoft Layoffs to Fund AI Push
Microsoft announced layoffs of about 9,000 workers, primarily to offset rising AI infrastructure costs and fuel its AI ambitions. The layoffs affected multiple divisions, including Xbox and other legacy areas.
Actionable steps for developers:
- Monitor the Azure Updates and Microsoft 365 Roadmap for Copilot and Azure changes.
- Use the Service Retirement workbook in the Azure Portal to track which services you use are scheduled for deprecation and to plan migrations accordingly.
- If your stack depends on less-common Azure services, proactively review product lifecycle documentation and set up alerts for service retirement to avoid disruption.
- Microsoft’s current trajectory means Copilot features will arrive faster and legacy Azure services may be retired more aggressively, so vigilance is warranted for developers on niche or older stacks.
Chrome Emergency Update
Google shipped a high-severity Stable & Extended update fixing multiple use-after-free flaws (CVE-2025-5063 et al.).
Actionable steps for developers:
Force enterprise updates via MDM.
Re-bake Docker images that embed headless Chrome/Chromium.
That’s a wrap for the developer news this week!