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Seen from outside, seen from inside
What watching software from outside and from inside each shows, and what each misses.
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- A week after two fixes, every fixed line and branch had passed half in the two counts we followed daily, and more than half of the PHP services showing a version ran branches PHP no longer fixes finding
- PHP's fix on internet-facing servers study
- Node.js's fix in downloads study
- When one of the most downloaded Python projects releases a new version, does it reach half of the project's downloads within two days as a rule, and how much of its early uptake carries the build-server flag, compared with the release it replaces? study
- When software built on a widely used library pins or locks it, what moves the pin: a new release, or a security advisory fixed by one? study
- New releases arrive quickly. Older versions keep getting downloaded. finding
- A PHP emergency, from an early attack trace to published fixes finding
- Which public records show the emergency PHP fix moving downstream? study
- We can see pieces of the internet's AI activity, but not how they fit together finding
- Where does a software update go? investigation
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