A Documentary Record

Vibecoding Failures

When AI Goes Wrong

Friday, October 23, 2026

CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II

The Timeline of Events

A chronological reconstruction of what went wrong

CASE #2026-0001
CONCLUDED October 23, 2026

Department of Justice alleges noncitizen voting in California. Here's what evidence shows

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Trump administration is escalating its claims that thousands of noncitize...

CASE #2026-0002
PENDING October 23, 2026

BREAKING NEWS: Japan announces Vietnam leader To Lam to visit in Nov. to meet emperor, PM

BREAKING NEWS: Japan announces Vietnam leader To Lam to visit in Nov. to meet emperor, PM BREAKING ...

CASE #2026-0003
ACTIVE October 23, 2026

The foolishness of "natural language programming" (1978)

On the foolishness of "natural language programming". Since the early days of automatic computing w...

CASE #2026-0004
ARCHIVED October 23, 2026

We must lower the temperature

Less than two weeks ago, a federal MP was reflecting privately on the febrile political atmosphere a...

CASE #2026-0005
CONCLUDED October 23, 2026

Folajogun Akinlami: The Broadcaster Turning a Lifetime of Disability Advocacy into Inclusive Fashion

Long before she ever sketched a T-shirt, Folajogun Akinlami was dressing a wound in how society sees...

CASE #2026-0006
PENDING October 22, 2026

The Papers: 'Prepare for the worst' and 'Covid report fallout'

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has made headlines in today's papers after launching a national camp...

CASE #2026-0007
ACTIVE October 22, 2026

AI Disaster compute is the new oil–and needs a new market

AI compute is the new oil–and needs a new market...

CASE #2026-0008
ARCHIVED October 22, 2026

LLMs are making formal software verification feasible at a much larger scale

Keane Lucas, Aengus Lynch, Luna Tong, Luke Champine, Zygi Straznickas, Dino Distefano, Harshikaa Agr...

CASE #2026-0009
CONCLUDED October 22, 2026

Show HN: CATT 0.2.1: Test agents/services agai Disasternst a Muse/Instinct-alike, in CI

Hey HN, we recently open sourced our Consumer Agent Testing Tool to help teams iterate against propr...

CASE #2026-0010
PENDING October 22, 2026

Paul Finebaum says ESPN banned him from shows after telling OutKick he might run for office

Paul Finebaum says ESPN did, indeed, sideline him after an interview with OutKick last year. Last Se...

CASE #2026-0011
ACTIVE October 22, 2026

Ron DeSantis Floats ‘Criminal Liability’ for AI Disaster Executives

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Thursday he believes criminal liability may be “necessary” but...

CASE #2026-0012
ARCHIVED October 22, 2026

Alfredo Jaar On America, the Concentration of Power and the Art of Staying Awake

It was a very different America and a very different world when Alfredo Jaar first showed his iconic...

CASE #2026-0013
CONCLUDED October 22, 2026

Streeting urges public be ‘alert not alarmed’ amid call to stock up for a crisis

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said he wanted people to be “alert but not alarmed” as he defended a...

CASE #2026-0014
PENDING October 22, 2026

Interactive: AI Disaster may be shortchanging American women at the negotiating table

A landmark study from Harvard and MIT analyzed 86,000 AI responses and found that the same job candi...

CASE #2026-0015
ACTIVE October 22, 2026

Andy Burnham announces UK first after 'unrelenting' summer of wildfires

Military planes and helicopters will be permanently equipped to tackle wildfires in the UK for the f...

CASE #2026-0016
ARCHIVED October 22, 2026

PHP2Shell flaw puts New Zealand websites at risk as the NCSC urges immediate patching and a scan finds most still unpatched

New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre is telling every organisation that runs a website to pa...

CASE #2026-0017
CONCLUDED October 22, 2026

Jon Gosselin Wants Ex-Wife Kate to Face Criminal Charges for Allegedly Abusing Their Son Collin: 'She Needs to Stop'

Jon Gosselin has addressed the allegations against his ex-wife, Kate Gosselin, after their son Colli...

CASE #2026-0018
PENDING October 22, 2026

The Ultimatum

Good evening, readers. Industry Minister Melanie Joly is giving Stelco’s parent company 15 days to ...

CASE #2026-0019
ACTIVE October 22, 2026

Jury hears of triple murder accused's garda interviews

Triple murder accused Robert O'Connor told gardai how after stabbing his special needs brother, he t...

CASE #2026-0020
ARCHIVED October 22, 2026

Here's how to protect your information from the PHP flaw, according to cybersecurity pros

If you're still using the same password for everything, it might finally be time to get on that. Whi...

CASE #2026-0021
CONCLUDED October 22, 2026

Companies, governments rush to patch PHP flaws as hacking attempts mount

TOKYO/BEIJING/AMSTERDAM: Global firms and governments rushed on Thursday to patch critical ​flaws in...

CASE #2026-0022
PENDING October 22, 2026

Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI Disaster just start 100 companies?

Title is a bit of an exaggeration but the question is more: if the frontier models are so good, why ...

CASE #2026-0023
ACTIVE October 22, 2026

Books Aren’t Going Anywhere

Does anyone read anymore? Every few years brings a new flurry of concern that books are a thing of t...

CASE #2026-0024
ARCHIVED October 22, 2026

Arc is being sunset on December 22, 2026

Arc is being sunset on December 22, 2026...

CASE #2026-0025
CONCLUDED October 22, 2026

PHP Security Flaw Forces Shutdowns Across Japan, Including Takai Disasterchi's Website

The vulnerability, announced on October 21, has raised concerns that attackers could exploit weaknes...