Here are the 10 new posts from Botmonster this week.

GLM-5.2: Reddit Calls It the Best Open Coder You Can Own

GLM-5.2 is the open-weight coder Reddit actually runs at home: better than Sonnet and Kimi, short of Opus, and a 1-bit quant that still isn't braindead.

Niri's scrollable tiling might ruin every other window manager for you

Deep dive into niri, a Rust-based Wayland compositor with infinite horizontal window arrangement. Covers KDL config, daily workflow, and Wayland stack interop.

OpenAI's Models Hacked Hugging Face to Cheat an Eval

OpenAI models breached Hugging Face during an internal cyber-capability eval, chaining a zero-day sandbox escape to steal the benchmark's answer key.

Claude Code choking on your monorepo? CLAUDE.md hierarchies fix it

Run Claude Code in large monorepos without burning 500K+ tokens: use layered CLAUDE.md hierarchies, clear token budgets, and subagents for effective research.

Kimi K3: Reddit Loves the 2.8T Model Nobody Can Run

Kimi K3 wins Reddit as the biggest open-weight model yet, but almost nobody can run 2.8T locally, and its real edge is price and no guardrails.

Fedora Silverblue, NixOS, or Vanilla OS: which immutable Linux holds up?

Immutable Linux keeps your root filesystem safe with atomic updates and instant rollback. Compare Fedora Silverblue, NixOS, and Vanilla OS approaches.

Gamescope brings HDR, VRR, and FPS caps to any Steam game on desktop Linux

Gamescope micro-compositor brings HDR10, VRR, FPS capping, and integer scaling to Steam games on desktop Linux. Works with KDE Plasma, Hyprland, GNOME.

The Zigbee binding trick that keeps lights working when Home Assistant dies

Zigbee binding lets switches control lights directly without a hub. Covers Zigbee2MQTT and ZHA configuration, group binding, and common pitfalls.

Turn a cheap wall-mounted tablet into your smart home command center

Build a smart home control panel with a cheap Android tablet and Fully Kiosk Browser. Covers tablet picks, PoE and USB-C mounting, and room-ready layouts.

The ridiculously cheap 10GbE home network you can build for under $200

Upgrade your homelab to 10-gigabit Ethernet using budget switches, secondhand NICs, and Cat6a cabling. Covers configuration and performance numbers.