<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Salesforce phases out Heroku</strong>: Salesforce has moved its Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Heroku into a ‘sustaining engineering’ phase, halting new enterprise contract sales. This signals a potential phasing out of the platform, as Salesforce pivots towards AI-led growth. Existing customers can continue using the service, but experts recommend treating it as legacy infrastructure and planning migrations, as reported by <a href="http://FastRuby.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">FastRuby.io</a> and other sources. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=13PGZg8yI&amp;id=smfFrov84&amp;id=pW1DiQ44D" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux kernel permanently adopts Rust</strong>: Linux 7.0 officially concludes the ‘Rust experiment’ by making Rust a permanent part of the kernel project. This decision signals a long-term commitment to the language, encouraging developers and companies to invest in Rust training and development for kernel contributions. The move follows years of community support and ongoing improvements to Rust builds within the kernel. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/k0qXAqGCH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents develop C compiler for Linux kernel</strong>: Anthropic researchers used 16 Claude Opus 4.6 AI agents to build a Rust-based C compiler capable of compiling the Linux kernel. The experiment, costing $20,000 in API calls over two weeks, generated 100,000 lines of code and successfully built Linux 6.9 for multiple architectures. While the generated code is not production-ready due to inefficiency and subpar Rust quality, it demonstrates autonomous AI development capabilities. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=qhPl6UlEO&amp;id=9jEdtbewr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents influence programming language design</strong>: AI agents are changing programming language design, with new languages anticipated to optimize for agent workflows by prioritizing explicit typing, avoiding whitespace, supporting effect markers, and ensuring deterministic testing. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PKgkpakDW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Anthropic secures massive funding, faces trademark dispute</strong>: Anthropic is finalizing a $20 billion funding round at a $350 billion valuation, driven by high compute costs and intense AI competition, while simultaneously facing a trademark dispute in India over its name. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=XriPaad9D&amp;id=mdnz7f6PT" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI’s dual impact on software development</strong>: AI is creating anxiety with ‘10x productivity’ expectations, shifting developer roles, and threatening open-source sustainability through ‘vibe coding’ and overwhelming maintainers with low-quality AI-generated contributions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0CiZDAswQ&amp;id=0hMgfxxrs&amp;id=7G6kpg12b&amp;id=8yRieynOP&amp;id=KCC82Mw6D&amp;id=d4YFQW1JT&amp;id=eD5zl44R8&amp;id=gVU0l8bpQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Discord implements mandatory global age verification</strong>: Discord will enforce mandatory global age verification by March 2026, treating all users as ‘teen by default’ with restricted access until verification, a move linked to lawsuits and its upcoming IPO. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/J7jpcebnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Python ecosystem updates and security funding</strong>: Python 3.15 alpha shows JIT compiler gains, pandas 3.0 introduces breaking changes, and the Python Software Foundation received $1.5 million from Anthropic for security infrastructure improvements. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0nZHWqg8R&amp;id=K4uvLmggX&amp;id=PuaaXOtow" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Valkey performance enhancements post-Redis fork</strong>: Valkey, a Redis fork, is undergoing significant performance improvements in versions 8 and 9, including a redesigned hash table, reduced memory overhead, and up to 40% memory usage reduction for small key-value workloads. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/BJPWCn9Zl" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google’s micro frontend strategy and TypeScript’s future</strong>: Google’s Angular team discussed their micro frontend approach emphasizing isolation, while also announcing TypeScript 6.0 will be the final version written in TypeScript before a rewrite in Go. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/OBdZWzGyV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Anthropic claude co-work plugin release wiped out $400 billion in tech stocks</strong>: Anthropic released Claude Co-work with industry-specific plugins, and some headline-grabbing sources claim this ‘wiped out $400 billion in tech stocks.’ Apparently, a new AI tool is so disruptive it can single-handedly crash the market. Or, you know, maybe market concerns are a bit more complex than a single plugin release. Just a thought. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/QnkkrfiEd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://AI.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">AI.com</a> sold for $70 million, because why not?</strong>: <a href="http://Crypto.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Crypto.com</a> CEO Kris Marszalek bought <a href="http://AI.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">AI.com</a> for a cool $70 million, setting a new domain sale record. He plans to create a platform ‘similar to OpenAI’s offerings.’ Because what the world really needs is another AI platform, and clearly, the domain name is the most critical component for innovation. Bet he’s already got the next big thing, ‘<a href="http://The.AI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">The.AI</a>’, lined up. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=KxYxbzZtb&amp;id=jmvy6d70v&amp;id=nTkvD3DKT&amp;id=sOrxdsIQw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI is making developers lazy thinkers</strong>: Two unnamed developers, in an opinion piece, are worried that AI tools like ChatGPT are fostering ‘lazy thinking’ because they’re personally offloading cognitive tasks to AI. It’s almost as if using a tool to automate repetitive work might free up mental energy for more complex problems, but no, it must be ‘lazy thinking.’ Perhaps they should try using AI to write their opinion pieces too, just to really lean into the laziness. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/X3beZyrKi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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