<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Linux kernel permanently adopts rust</strong>: Linux 7.0 officially made Rust a permanent part of the kernel project, signaling a long-term commitment to the language. This decision, backed by years of community support and ongoing improvements, aims to encourage investment in Rust training and development for kernel contributions. It marks a significant shift in the foundational technology of the Linux operating system, as reported by The Register. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/k0qXAqGCH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Salesforce shifts heroku to sustaining engineering</strong>: Salesforce has moved Heroku into a ‘sustaining engineering’ phase, halting new enterprise contract sales and effectively preparing to phase out the PaaS platform. This pivot is driven by Salesforce’s focus on AI-led growth and Heroku’s declining relevance against competitors and rising costs. Existing customers can continue using the service but are advised to treat it as legacy infrastructure and plan migrations, as noted by various 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>Meta builds gigawatt-scale AI clusters with backend aggregation</strong>: Meta is deploying gigawatt-scale AI clusters using a centralized Ethernet-based super spine network called Backend Aggregation (BAG). This architecture interconnects tens of thousands of GPUs across multiple data center fabrics, supporting petabit-range bandwidth. The system uses modular Jericho3 ASIC chassis and advanced networking protocols to deliver 1-gigawatt capacity for their Prometheus cluster, as detailed by Facebook Engineering. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/L6vqc64qy" 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 develop c compiler for linux kernel</strong>: Anthropic researchers used 16 Claude Opus 4.6 AI agents to autonomously build a Rust-based C compiler that successfully compiles Linux 6.9 for multiple architectures, though the generated code is not production-ready due to inefficiency and subpar Rust quality. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=qhPl6UlEO&amp;id=9jEdtbewr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Valkey performance enhancements post-redis fork</strong>: Valkey, a Redis fork, is seeing 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 while maintaining throughput. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/BJPWCn9Zl" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New dns validation method dns-persist-01 introduced</strong>: A new domain control validation method, DNS-PERSIST-01, is set to arrive in 2026, allowing Certificate Authorities to issue certificates based on a single, static DNS record, significantly reducing complexity for certificate automation but raising security concerns. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/7hFHkMPwg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Black basta integrates byovd for edr evasion</strong>: The Black Basta ransomware gang is now bundling a vulnerable driver, NsecSoft NSecKrnl, directly into its payload to terminate EDR solutions by exploiting CVE-2025-68947, gaining kernel-level access and speeding up attacks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xkkTWSdYu" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google cloud monitoring enhances otlp metrics support</strong>: Google Cloud Monitoring now supports OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) for metrics, enabling provider-agnostic telemetry pipelines, direct SDK-to-Cloud Monitoring ingestion, and zero-code auto-instrumentation for metrics collection. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/REiFVQA5G" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Transformers.js v4 preview now available on npm</strong>: Transformers.js v4 preview is out with a new C++ WebGPU runtime for cross-platform support, delivering 4x speedup for BERT models and 10x faster builds, plus support for advanced architectures like Mamba and MoE. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/blzYLzH95" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GNU Linux-libre 6.19 removes proprietary firmware</strong>: GNU Linux-libre 6.19 was released, stripping proprietary firmware dependencies from the mainline Linux 6.19 kernel, including Intel Xe graphics, IWLWIFI, and NVIDIA Nova drivers, to uphold free software standards. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/HW1jv2rLq" 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 and tech stock market concerns</strong>: Anthropic released Claude Co-work with industry-specific plugins, and some sources are claiming this ‘wiped out $400 billion in tech stocks.’ Apparently, the mere existence of AI plugins is enough to send the entire SaaS business model into a death spiral. Or maybe, just maybe, the market is a bit more complex than a single AI update, and this is just another overblown headline trying to connect dots that aren’t there. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/QnkkrfiEd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents influence programming language design</strong>: A new article suggests AI agents are changing programming language design, advocating for explicit typing, no whitespace, effect markers, and minimizing macros. Because, you know, AI agents are going to be the primary users of our programming languages, and we should totally optimize for their ‘needs’ over, say, human readability or established best practices. What could possibly go wrong when we let the machines dictate how we write code? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PKgkpakDW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI’s impact on cognitive skills developer concerns</strong>: Two unnamed developers are worried that AI tools like ChatGPT are fostering ‘lazy thinking’ because they’re offloading cognitive tasks to AI. They’re concerned about losing deep thinking skills. It’s almost as if using a tool to automate mundane tasks might free up time for more complex problem-solving, but no, let’s just assume everyone’s brains are turning to mush. Maybe the real problem isn’t the AI, but the lack of critical thinking about how to use it effectively. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/X3beZyrKi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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