--- title: "Vikram Kumar Shukla (@vikramkumarshukla) | Hashnode" description: "Sharing what I build, learn, and discover across software, AI, and cybersecurity. Read the latest articles by Vikram Kumar Shukla on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@vikramkumarshukla" --- @vikramkumarshukla # Vikram Kumar Shukla @vikramkumarshukla · Delhi, India · Joined September 2026 Sharing what I build, learn, and discover across software, AI, and cybersecurity. ### [pip just stopped promising that installing a wheel runs no code](https://vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev/pip-just-stopped-promising-that-installing-a-wheel-runs-no-code?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) For years, most Python developers carried one quiet belief: installing a wheel is safe because it runs no code. A wheel is just a zip. You unpack it. Nothing executes. Source distributions run build c 5 min read · [vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev](https://vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev/pip-just-stopped-promising-that-installing-a-wheel-runs-no-code?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [2d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/pip-just-stopped-promising-that-installing-a-wheel-runs-no-code/6af693648187c60d32c8a8e9) ### [Anthropic shipped two Claudes on Monday. One of them you are not allowed to meet.](https://vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev/anthropic-shipped-two-claudes-on-monday-one-of-them-you-are-not-allowed-to-meet?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) On Monday, Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2. Same underlying model, two different doors. Fable 5.2 is the one anyone can use. Mythos 5.2 keeps the cybersecurity and biology ca 4 min read · [vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev](https://vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev/anthropic-shipped-two-claudes-on-monday-one-of-them-you-are-not-allowed-to-meet?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [4d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/anthropic-shipped-two-claudes-on-monday-one-of-them-you-are-not-allowed-to-meet/6af3f021e66b501fca4916d7) ### [The company that tracks crypto criminals just told every customer their login was stolen](https://vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev/the-company-that-tracks-crypto-criminals-just-told-every-customer-their-login-was-stolen?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Chainalysis sells one thing above everything else: trust. Banks, exchanges and police forces use its software to follow dirty money across blockchains, and they pay for it because the company knows wh 5 min read · [vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev](https://vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev/the-company-that-tracks-crypto-criminals-just-told-every-customer-their-login-was-stolen?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [6d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-company-that-tracks-crypto-criminals-just-told-every-customer-their-login-was-stolen/6af14d4f39ca40bac98294ad) ### [A passing test can lie to you for a whole second. pytest 9.2 closes one of the gaps.](https://vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev/a-passing-test-can-lie-to-you-for-a-whole-second-pytest-9-2-closes-one-of-the-gaps?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A passing test can lie to you for a whole second. pytest 9.2 closes one of the gaps. I have a habit I picked up from years of debugging other people's code: when a test goes green right after I change 5 min read · [vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev](https://vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev/a-passing-test-can-lie-to-you-for-a-whole-second-pytest-9-2-closes-one-of-the-gaps?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Nov 6](https://hashnode.com/posts/a-passing-test-can-lie-to-you-for-a-whole-second-pytest-9-2-closes-one-of-the-gaps/6aed58aff8507ca96e86a626) ### [India just added three homegrown AI models to its roster. The interesting part is where they are meant to run.](https://vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev/india-just-added-three-homegrown-ai-models-to-its-roster-the-interesting-part-is-where-they-are-meant-to-run?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) On 3 November 2026, the IndiaAI Mission added three homegrown models to its roster at an event in New Delhi. MeitY Secretary S Krishnan attended, along with officials from the ministry and the mission 4 min read · [vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev](https://vikramkumarshukla.hashnode.dev/india-just-added-three-homegrown-ai-models-to-its-roster-the-interesting-part-is-where-they-are-meant-to-run?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Nov 4](https://hashnode.com/posts/india-just-added-three-homegrown-ai-models-to-its-roster-the-interesting-part-is-where-they-are-meant-to-run/6aeab5d9be1d40b94b1fe42d)