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How MCP tool definitions and tool output consume Claude's context window

Your MCP connector spends context before you type

The advice you have read about MCP context cost is out of date. The old rule was simple. Every tool you connect gets injected up front, so a big connector spends a chunk of the window before you type

Sat Aug 22 2026 · 6 min read · 3 views

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WordPress AI provider settings screen rejecting a valid API key

WordPress AI connector rejects a valid provider key

You paste an OpenAI key into Settings, save, and WordPress answers: It was not possible to connect to the provider using this key. You test the same key with curl and it works. Nothing is wrong with

Sat Aug 22 2026 · 6 min read · 10 views

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Python 3.10 end of life and the upgrade path to Python 3.14

Python 3.10 dies in October. 3.14 is four hops away

Python 3.10 reaches end of life in October 2026. The Python developer guide's version status table lists the branch as security-only with a 2026-10 end date, and community discussion has settled on

Fri Aug 21 2026 · 5 min read · 4 views

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Windows 10 consumer security updates ending on October 13, 2026

Windows 10 security updates stop on October 13

Consumer Windows 10 security updates stop on October 13, 2026. That date ends the first and only year of the consumer Extended Security Updates program. Microsoft's Windows 10 ESU page is explicit

Fri Aug 21 2026 · 5 min read · 0 views

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PostgreSQL 18.6 security and bug-fix release, with 18.5 skipped

PostgreSQL 18.6 is out, and 18.5 never shipped

PostgreSQL 18.6 arrived on August 13, 2026, and there was no 18.5. The 18.5 build was never released, because a regression was discovered after the release was wrapped. The result is a double-sized

Fri Aug 21 2026 · 5 min read · 3 views

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.NET 8 and .NET 9 end of support on November 10, 2026

.NET 8 and .NET 9 both end support on one day

.NET 8 and .NET 9 lose Microsoft support on November 10, 2026. After that date there are no servicing updates, no security fixes and no technical support for either version, according to Microsoft's

Fri Aug 21 2026 · 5 min read · 2 views

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Kubernetes 1.35 upgrade: cgroup v1 nodes fail to start the kubelet

Kubernetes 1.35 will not start your cgroup v1 nodes

If the kubelet fails to start after a Kubernetes 1.35 upgrade, and the node runs cgroup v1, the cause is a changed default. Kubernetes 1.35 sets the kubelet option failCgroupV1 to true. On a cgroup v1

Fri Aug 21 2026 · 6 min read · 5 views

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Next.js version branches and the August 26, 2026 security patch

Next.js security release lands August 26. Prep now

Vercel has told everyone that a critical bug exists in Next.js, and has not yet said what it is. The Next.js security release lands on August 26, 2026. It fixes one critical-severity vulnerability,

Fri Aug 21 2026 · 6 min read · 2 views

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