Research: pydantic-monty investigation
It's been a few months since I last poked at Monty, the sandboxed subset of Python implemented in Rust. I had Claude Code look at the most recent release.
Importantly the max_duration_secs, max_memory, max_allocations, and max_recursion_depth settings all appear to work as advertised.
Tags: python, sandboxing, pydantic
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Eric Rodenbeck on AI as a Design Medium. “In my class, the first principle is simple: Do not take what comes back from prompts at face value. Interrogate it. Iterate on it. Stay with it longer than feels efficient.”
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/12/11/25-2935.pdf
Following up on yesterday’s item re: Apple’s petition to the Supreme Court, here’s the Ninth Circuit ruling. It starts with a “Summary” that is specifically intended for the convenience of the reader. Page 50 is where it covers Apple’s argument regarding Trump v. CASA as precedent that an injunction on commissions should apply only to Epic Games, not to all developers in the U.S. App Store.
Link: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/12/11/25-2935…
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Art But Make It Sports is now available in book form. “Epic moments in modern sports are masterfully paired with their fine art doppelgangers…”
Colossal
• Grace Ebert
'Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985' features works by more than 100 artists, journalists, organizers, and more.
Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article The Photographs that Shaped the Black Arts Movement in the Mid-20th Century appeared first on Colossal.
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
“A woozle effect…occurs when frequent citation of previous publications that lack evidence misleads individuals, groups and the public into thinking or believing there is evidence, and non-facts become urban myths and factoids.”
“A three-month national investigation by Beyond Plastics found that not a single tracked Starbucks cold-beverage cup ended up at a recycling facility — even when the cups were placed in clearly marked recycling bins inside Starbucks stores.”
Longreads
• Seyward Darby
"He was locked up for a dangerous infatuation. Nothing was as it seemed."
Longreads
• Longreads
After the flood, twisted roles, the joy of emptiness, data disasters, and family road trips.
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
• SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
We head to the Namib Desert in Africa, where the landscape is dotted with mysterious, pimple-like indents known as fairy circles. Where do these things come from? Scientist Walter Tschinkel has spent the last several years studying and experiencing a natural occurrence so enchanting, locals describe it as “The footprints of the gods.”
READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fairy-circles-southern-africa
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Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
apple.com/newsroom/2026/05/apple-tv-to-air-first-major-live-pro-sports-event-shot-on-iphone-17-pro/
