Goose, Block’s open-source AI coding agent, is emerging as a free alternative to Anthropic’s Claude Code, as developers weigh offline control, rate limits, and the rising cost of AI coding tools.

Cybersecurity software and services provider Venafi has launched a new offering, Stop Unauthorized Code, to help security teams detect and block unauthorized code across any development and operating ...

Block CTO Dhanji Prasanna says code quality has little to do with a product's success. Dhanji Prasanna said engineers should focus on purpose, not perfect syntax or architecture. His comments come as ...

A newly discovered vulnerability may enable malicious validators to omit the hash field when posting blocks, leading to validator crashes and slowing block production. Update Jan. 12, 7:15 am UTC: ...

A prolific WordPress plugin publisher who has created over three dozen free plugins has released code that other plugin and theme publishers can use to block client’s of Matt Mullenweg’s WordPress.com ...

Dhanji Prasanna is the Chief Technical Officer of fintech company Block, which runs Cash App and Afterpay. On a podcast, Prasanna said that engineers should focus on purpose over perfect code. Block ...