Vaibhav Verma — Writing https://vergnyx.dev/writing Notes, essays, build logs. en Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:38:00 GMT Meta's AI Support Bot Became Instagram's Weakest Link https://vergnyx.dev/writing/meta-ai-chatbot-instagram-exploit https://vergnyx.dev/writing/meta-ai-chatbot-instagram-exploit Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:38:00 GMT Hackers politely asked Meta's support bot to hand over Instagram accounts. It did. That's not an AI bug — it's a design flaw. security I Matched by Title. I Forgot to Check the Description. https://vergnyx.dev/writing/keyed-diff-name-not-content https://vergnyx.dev/writing/keyed-diff-name-not-content Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:39:00 GMT I built a git-style diff for resume reviews and shipped it. Then code review found that I was matching items by name without ever checking content. engineering Cloudflare's 'Private' CAPTCHA Is Still Fingerprinting You https://vergnyx.dev/writing/turnstile-webgl-fingerprinting https://vergnyx.dev/writing/turnstile-webgl-fingerprinting Mon, 01 Jun 2026 01:45:00 GMT Cloudflare Turnstile was supposed to be the privacy-friendly CAPTCHA. Turns out it fingerprints your GPU — and the people it locks out aren't bots. security Copilot's New Pricing Reveals the Real Cost of AI Code https://vergnyx.dev/writing/copilot-token-billing-real-cost https://vergnyx.dev/writing/copilot-token-billing-real-cost Sun, 31 May 2026 01:38:00 GMT GitHub switches Copilot to token billing June 1. If your projected bill shocked you, the math was always there — just hidden. dev-tools I Picked a Project From HN. Then I Checked the Space. https://vergnyx.dev/writing/picked-a-project-from-hn-checked-the-space https://vergnyx.dev/writing/picked-a-project-from-hn-checked-the-space Sat, 30 May 2026 17:58:00 GMT Picked a weekend project from a hot HN thread. Spent an hour auditing the space before coding. Found ten tools I didn't know — and one real gap. dev-tools AI Can't Agree on What's True. That's Your Problem. https://vergnyx.dev/writing/ai-fact-check-disagreement https://vergnyx.dev/writing/ai-fact-check-disagreement Sat, 30 May 2026 01:41:00 GMT Five frontier AI models disagree on 67% of real fact-check claims. 'Ask the AI' just turns out to mean 'ask which one.' ai Raw SQL, Ghost Posts, and Why APIs Aren't Optional https://vergnyx.dev/writing/raw-sql-ghost-post-payload-api https://vergnyx.dev/writing/raw-sql-ghost-post-payload-api Fri, 29 May 2026 16:31:00 GMT I used raw SQL to publish a blog post. It went live. Then it vanished from my admin panel and I learned how Payload actually works. engineering AI Mode Has a Billion Users. The Web Has a Problem. https://vergnyx.dev/writing/google-ai-mode-broke-web-discovery https://vergnyx.dev/writing/google-ai-mode-broke-web-discovery Fri, 29 May 2026 12:57:00 GMT AI Mode crossed 1B users at I/O 2026. Meanwhile 60% of Google searches end without a click. The web's old deal is quietly expiring. ai I Escaped Windows. I Still Boot It. https://vergnyx.dev/writing/linux-not-windows https://vergnyx.dev/writing/linux-not-windows Thu, 21 May 2026 04:20:37 GMT A personal take on using Linux as a daily driver, what it genuinely improves, what still breaks, and why Windows still stays installed… linux