apr 30, 2026
6 links from the engineering internet.
cloudflare lets ai agents create accounts, buy domains, deploy apps
cloudflare and stripe co-designed a protocol that lets ai agents autonomously create cloudflare accounts, purchase domains, and deploy code with no human in the dashboard. you can now prompt build-and-deploy end-to-end.
github copilot in visual studio gets cloud agent sessions and a debugger agent
the april visual studio update wires in cloud agent sessions that create github issues and prs on remote infra, user-level custom agent definitions that follow you across projects, and a debugger agent that validates fixes against live runtime state.
hoppscotch 2026.4.0 ships collection-level pre-request scripts and smtp oauth2
the open-source api client adds pre-request and test scripts at the collection level, a desktop settings layer with manual update controls, and smtp oauth2 authentication for self-hosted deployments.
microsoft lifts 2026 capex to $190b as ai component costs triple
microsoft q3 results beat on azure (40% growth) and ai ($37b annualized revenue), but the company raised its capex forecast by $25b to $190b, citing memory and storage prices that have more than tripled on ai infrastructure demand.
zig project explains its firm ban on ai-generated contributions
loris cro's contributor poker framing: zig bans llm-authored prs because reviewing ai code builds no lasting contributor trust, and the project only bets on people who fully own their changes. simon willison covers the reasoning.
cloudflare deploys emergency waf rule for cpanel auth bypass cve-2026-41940
cloudflare pushed an unscheduled managed ruleset update to block cve-2026-41940, a critical cpanel and whm authentication bypass that lets unauthenticated attackers gain full administrative access to hosting panels without credentials.