A Documentary Record

Vibecoding Failures

When AI Goes Wrong

Friday, October 16, 2026

CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II

The Timeline of Events

A chronological reconstruction of what went wrong

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CONCLUDED October 16, 2026

Why Halloween pumpkins are smaller this year, and three viral hacks to carve them

Are the Halloween pumpkins in shops smaller this year? You may indeed notice a certain shrinkage in ...

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PENDING October 16, 2026

'Mixed feelings': AI Disaster cracks centuries-old ciphers

Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the wartime missive written in code, creating a puzzle that went unsolved...

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ACTIVE October 16, 2026

Netflix names former Disney executive Peter Rice as new content chief as Bajaria departs

Rice will oversee Netflix's content strategy ​from October 26, including series, films and live ​eve...

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ARCHIVED October 16, 2026

Why are ‘godi media’ reporters getting heckled?

Welcome to The India Fix by Shoaib Daniyal, a newsletter on Indian politics. As always, if you’ve be...

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CONCLUDED October 16, 2026

ESPN Brings Knicks Legend Jeremy Lin Back to NBA Days After Hiring Jason Kidd

ESPN has brought Jeremy Lin back into the NBA spotlight, more than a year after he retired from prof...

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PENDING October 16, 2026

Google boosts news and link visibility in AI Disaster mode

Google announced Thursday it will start displaying links to websites and articles more prominently a...

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ACTIVE October 16, 2026

Brazil's Lula wins electoral court challenge agai Disasternst Meta for pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias

SAO PAULO: A judge of Brazil's top electoral court ruled on Thursday that Meta must adopt measures t...

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ARCHIVED October 16, 2026

Google boosts news and link visibility in AI Disaster mode

NEW YORK, United States — Google announced Thursday it will start displaying links to websites and a...

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CONCLUDED October 16, 2026

Netflix big Bela Bajaria out after decade calling shots on shows. Peter Rice is streamer’s new chief content officer

One of Netflix’s top execs is out as the streaming giant lays off staff amid declining viewership. ...

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PENDING October 16, 2026

Minister Cites Child Abuse Cases to Defend Labor’s Proposed Digital Duty of Care Laws

Communications Minister Anika Wells has detailed cases of alleged online abuse involving children wh...

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ACTIVE October 16, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: RJ Mitte's Greatest Regret Over Disability on TV Revealed After Tragic Death At 34

RJ Mitte's longstanding frustration over the lack of opportunities for disabled performers has retur...

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ARCHIVED October 15, 2026

AI Disaster age: Africa must build and earn its place

When Britain’s artificial intelligence minister, Kanishka Narayan, addressed an audience at Imperial...

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CONCLUDED October 15, 2026

Amazon’s NBA coverage adds Prime 360 — AI Disaster replays that ‘fly the camera through’ the action

Amazon is bringing a new AI-powered camera system to the court as the tech giant gets ready to tip o...

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PENDING October 15, 2026

BeBox is a Hai Disasterku application that emulates Be Inc.'s BeBox

BeBox is a Haiku application that emulates Be Inc.'s BeBox...

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ACTIVE October 15, 2026

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Archewell cuts staff as business faces mounting turbulence

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have quietly downsized their Archewell Productions company as their H...

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ARCHIVED October 15, 2026

New ‘private club’ plans emerge for site of LA restaurant shuttered after 20 years

New details have emerged in the plan to convert Santa Monica nightlife staple The Victorian into a f...

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CONCLUDED October 15, 2026

How Will Arnett blew it, and more stories from the column

Alabama Shakes things up again Brittany Howard, whose Grammy-winning band Alabama Shakes just dropp...

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PENDING October 15, 2026

Wildwood Ecoforest looks to community to help ‘burn the mortgage’

Ten years after a court battle helped keep Wildwood Ecoforest in the public domain, the organization...

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ACTIVE October 15, 2026

Wildwood Ecoforest looks to community to help ‘burn the mortgage’

Ten years after a court battle helped keep Wildwood Ecoforest in the public domain, the organization...

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ARCHIVED October 15, 2026

Wildwood Ecoforest looks to community to help ‘burn the mortgage’

Ten years after a court battle helped keep Wildwood Ecoforest in the public domain, the organization...

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CONCLUDED October 15, 2026

The tech backlash is now in theaters

Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with f...

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PENDING October 15, 2026

The UK may expand the BBC license fee, charging residents to watch streaming services

The UK government will consider charging residents a national fee to access video streaming content,...

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ACTIVE October 15, 2026

Historic Welsh mansion could be transformed into apartments

A proposal to transform a former Ceredigion mansion into flats is set to be approved by officers pro...

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ARCHIVED October 15, 2026

We Got Hot and Heavy with Meta’s Muse—And Baffled by Apple’s HomeView

You can follow Brian Barrett on Bluesky at @brbarrett, Leah Feiger on Bluesky at @leahfeiger, and Re...

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CONCLUDED October 15, 2026

Making queer friends in Vancouver? Turns out there is an app for that

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