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Knowledge & Learning
7/1/2026 4 min

Use Claude Science only after your research workflow passes audit checks

Anthropic launched Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientists that combines research tools, auditable artifacts, compute access, and a credits program for AI-for-science projects.

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Business & Career
7/1/2026 5 min

Build Shopify storefronts faster now that Hydrogen deploys to Vercel

Shopify and Vercel are turning Hydrogen into a framework-agnostic, runtime-agnostic commerce toolkit, with a Vercel deploy path for the Next.js starter and agent-focused setup instructions.

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Tools & Apps
7/1/2026 4 min

Use Git 2.55 when large repos make history cleanup and status slow

Git 2.55 adds incremental repacking, Linux fsmonitor support, a git history fixup command, safer terminal progress output, and workflow improvements that matter most in large repositories.

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Tools & Apps
7/1/2026 4 min

Use Vercel Services when one repo needs multiple backends

Vercel Services lets teams deploy multiple frontends and backends from one project, share one domain, and connect services privately through bindings. Use it when a polyglot app should deploy together instead of being split across separate projects.

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Tools & Apps
7/1/2026 4 min

Stop coverage drops before merge: GitHub adds code coverage rulesets

GitHub now lets Code Quality users block pull requests when test coverage falls below configured thresholds, giving teams an enforceable merge-time coverage gate.

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AI & Automation
6/30/2026 5 min

Use GitHub Copilot as a Native Agent Inside JetBrains IDEs

GitHub Copilot is now a first-class agent option in JetBrains AI Assistant, with OAuth login, model picking, reasoning controls, and multistep coding tasks inside JetBrains IDEs.

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