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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, February 12, 2026?
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Keeping Up with the Upwork Civil War on Reddit
By @nebojsaneshatodorovic [ 3 Min read ] Upwork Official vs Upwork Unofficial sub. Is this the beginning of a forum war on Reddit? Read More.
Float vs Int Confidence Scores: Why LLM Output Format Changes Model Behavior
By @felix [ 5 Min read ] A minimal experiment shows LLM confidence outputs shift with number format: decimals are more conservative and consistent, while some models break in 0–100 mode Read More.
Why I Started Building My Own Containers (and What I Wish Tutorials Told Me)
By @hacker8790755 [ 9 Min read ] Master the art of building your own containers. Learn a streamlined approach to containerization, avoid common mistakes, and gain the freedom to ship your apps. Read More.
Symfony AI Agents in Symfony 7.4: Best Practices for Clean Architecture, Tools, and Testing
By @mattleads [ 7 Min read ] Learn Symfony 7.4 best practices for symfony/ai-agent: configure agents via AI Bundle, inject with DI, build type-safe tools with enums, add processors, and tes Read More.
The “Now What?” Feeling After You Win Has a Fix
By @scottdclary [ 7 Min read ] Learn why addition keeps you stuck, and how subtraction clears space for real peace. Read More.
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