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Avg Likes
0.4
Engagement Rate
<0.01%· ~0 likes + comments/post
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Quality Score
Engagement vs Technology
<0.01% engagement rate
Score Breakdown
Engagement Score
| Public |
| [tl;dr sec] #327 - Finding Zero-days with Any Model, Practical Package Security, Measuring the AI Offense-Defense GapMay 7, 2026 | Public |
| [tl;dr sec] #326 - AI Auto Exploiting Vulnerabilities, GitHub RCE, Autonomous Cloud Hacking AgentApr 30, 2026 | Public |
| [tl;dr sec] #325 - Dissecting Mythos, The $0 Security Stack, GitHub Action Red Team FrameworkApr 23, 2026 | Public |
| [tl;dr sec] #324 - OpenAI's GPT-5.4-Cyber, Solve by Default, GitHub Action SecurityApr 16, 2026 | Public |
| [tl;dr sec] #323 - Anthropic Mythos, Security Program Politics, Vulnerability Research is CookedApr 9, 2026 | Public |
| [tl;dr sec] #322 - GitHub's Supply Chain Roadmap, Scaling Vulnerability Management with AI, Finding Vulnerabilities Across ReposApr 2, 2026 | Public |
| How we made Trail of Bits AI-native (so far)Mar 31, 2026 | Public |
| [tl;dr sec] #321 - Sandboxing AI Agents, Trivy Compromised, Pentesting AWS' AI PentesterMar 26, 2026 | Public |
| [tl;dr sec] #320 - Ramp's Security Agents, How Datadog Caught Malicious OSS Contributions, Obliterating Model RefusalsMar 19, 2026 | Public |
vs 287 newsletters in Technology
90K places you in the top 10% of newsletters in this category.
Posts per Week
1.0
median: 0.8
Publishing Consistency
81/100
median: 63/100
Subscribers
90K
median: 1K
Here's what we know about this newsletter's activity:
Publishing Pace
Weekly
Very Consistent
Category Rank
#10 of 745
in Technology
Engagement Trend
Declining
based on recent posts
Coding Challenges
93K subs
++0.5%/wk
Wonder Tools
86K subs
Internal Tech Emails
59K subs
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Publishing Frequency
Weekly
Last published May 14, 2026
Usually publishes Thu
1.0 posts/week avg
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