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ExternalBackend Development

FastAPI Releases20 Oct 2026

0.151.0

JSON request bodies now distinguish an explicit null from an omitted value. For individual Body parameters, null is validated as None: nullable types accept it, and non-nullable types reject it even when a default is defined. Defaults and default factories apply only when the value is omitted. This applies both to parameters inside JSON objects and to parameters representing the entire body. Clients that used null to request a default should omit the value instead. When a JSON object is expected

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ExternalSoftware Engineering

Stack Overflow Blog20 Oct 2026

Don't forget about the UI for AI

Recorded at OpenAI Dev Day 2026, Ryan sits down with Andrew Ambrosino, member of the technical staff at OpenAI, for a conversation on OpenAI's strategy for merging ChatGPT and Codex into a unified experience, the advantages of localized computer access in their successful desktop application, and the technical hurdles of constructing ChatGPT Spaces to support real-time multi-agent collaboration.

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The Hacker News20 Oct 2026

ClickFix Attackers Exploit Siemens Software Center Flaw to Deploy Remote Access Trojan

Siemens has addressed a DLL sideloading vulnerability impacting Siemens Software Center that it said has been exploited in ClickFix attacks. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-110936 (CVSS v4 score: 8.4), could allow an attacker to place a specially-crafted DLL in a directory the application searches, resulting in execution of malicious code with the same privileges as the

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ExternalTechnology Trends

TechCrunch Enterprise20 Oct 2026

Blackwall quadruples valuation to $2.2B as websites wrangle an increasingly crowded internet

Blackwall has raised $100M at a $2.2B valuation to continue building security and filtering tools that help websites grapple with growing bot and AI traffic.

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Supabase Blog20 Oct 2026