News Around the World — 2026-10-11

Officials say:

• Claude Code — What’s new (Week 37) — Adds claude plugin eval: run a plugin against a suite of test cases, score the results, and compare against a no-plugin baseline, with claude plugin eval init drafting the cases and graders.

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• Simon Willison’s Weblog — Simon Willison checks the claim that Dwarf Fortress was built without version control and finds its developers have since adopted it, quoting creator Tarn Adams from 2013, 2016, and the 2023 remark tied to the game’s Steam release.