<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft’s February patch Tuesday addresses zero-days and AI vulnerabilities</strong>: Microsoft released its February 2026 Patch Tuesday updates, fixing 59 vulnerabilities, including six actively exploited zero-days. Notably, critical remote code execution flaws were patched in GitHub Copilot and multiple IDEs (VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains), stemming from AI prompt injection vulnerabilities. These AI-related flaws pose significant risks to developers due to potential access to sensitive credentials and infrastructure keys, as reported by Krebs on Security. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=zk4Rm0PBv&amp;id=BOPPPXswR&amp;id=i2YjgAdJA&amp;id=oUCth2teJ&amp;id=uxvhPzT2r&amp;id=zFYu8Wov8" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents introduce new security risks and governance challenges</strong>: The rapid deployment of autonomous AI agents, expected in 40% of enterprise applications by 2026, is creating significant security vulnerabilities and governance gaps. Cisco introduced AI BOM for inventorying AI assets, while GitGuardian secured $50M to address non-human identity (NHI) and AI agent security. Experts warn that competitive pressures are leading to deployment without adequate safety frameworks, with prompt injection becoming a critical attack vector, as highlighted by GitGuardian. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0rQwEgnbB&amp;id=QRBfTNO1G&amp;id=ZVqULJLz3&amp;id=gUwIhEnZO&amp;id=l8YCDT7qf&amp;id=mmQEWnSC4&amp;id=1X0JlaofS&amp;id=48BFhb5Uw&amp;id=73Kh0XGFs&amp;id=8QVLeUBMy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Open-source AI model GLM-5 claims parity with proprietary models</strong>: <a href="http://Z.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Z.ai</a> released GLM-5, a new open-source large language model under an MIT License, claiming to match proprietary models like Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT 5.3 Codex for long-horizon coding tasks. With 744B parameters and trained on 28.5T tokens, it integrates DeepSeek Sparse Attention and a novel asynchronous RL infrastructure. Modal is offering free access via an OpenAI-compatible API, positioning it as a top contender for reasoning, coding, and agentic tasks among open-source options. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/bOspGaOnW" 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-powered testing tools emerge to automate test generation</strong>: Datadog launched Code Coverage with Bits AI Dev Agent for automated test generation, while GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET is now generally available, offering AI-powered unit test creation with natural language prompts. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=gZJqHPom7&amp;id=j254S16VC&amp;id=sJ5P2kSW8" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Databricks launches Lakeflow for unified data engineering</strong>: Databricks introduced Lakeflow on Azure Databricks, a comprehensive solution for data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and governance, featuring AI-powered debugging and serverless compute. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Bf1dK14FP&amp;id=DckO36Vaq&amp;id=cW6KgKgEK&amp;id=omSTWjEfj" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New web standard WebMCP proposed for AI agent interaction</strong>: Chrome is previewing WebMCP, a proposed web standard allowing websites to expose structured tools directly to in-browser AI agents, aiming to replace brittle DOM scraping with explicit function calls. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Ib422mkez&amp;id=NpNZ22j1b&amp;id=R0k8YNGTx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Erlang/OTP 29.0-rc1 released with new features and breaking changes</strong>: Erlang/OTP 29.0-rc1 introduces native records, multi-valued comprehensions, and quantum-resistant SSH key exchange, alongside breaking changes like the removal of 32-bit Windows builds. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/fTCktIrzF" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>ESLint 10.0.0 to remove .eslintrc support, enforce flat config</strong>: ESLint 10.0.0 will make flat config the sole configuration option, improving monorepo resolution and eliminating legacy patterns like <code>.eslintrc</code> files, with no opt-out available. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/eQ0JUyyzE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PyTorch Foundation expands, Rust community plans 2026 goals</strong>: The PyTorch Foundation now hosts vLLM, DeepSpeed, and Ray, while the Rust program management team proposed 60 project goals for 2026, focusing on new language features and industry funding. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=2JQZDZ3HD&amp;id=J1oQhmrd7&amp;id=LEUKhS9TX&amp;id=OB0PmskmR&amp;id=RDdwB12c8&amp;id=Tkv00rlgU&amp;id=bwhwikrid&amp;id=nPJvF6tYy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux kernel 7.0 improves Intel TSX and UDP performance</strong>: Linux 7.0 changed the default Intel TSX mode to ‘auto’ for performance and achieved a 12% UDP receive performance improvement on 100Gbit NICs by inlining <code>timecounter_cyc2time()</code>. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=feLrRFW3p&amp;id=mdQGXm2CW&amp;id=s1iSS5CBn" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI will make you obsolete, unless you buy our tools</strong>: According to some ‘industry leaders,’ 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs, including software engineering, could vanish in 1-5 years thanks to AI. The solution? Immediately adopt paid AI tools and experiment daily. Because, clearly, the only thing standing between you and total obsolescence is a subscription and a healthy dose of FOMO, as if AI is a magic bullet and not just another tool. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=jQIyW7C3o&amp;id=lGyFb7XTB&amp;id=waJpUtc5V" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents build a C compiler for $20,000, it’s terrible</strong>: Anthropic’s experiment had 16 Claude AI agents build a C compiler for $20,000, resulting in a 100,000-line codebase that struggles with basic compilation and lacks essential components. Apparently, even with compiler construction being a thoroughly documented problem, AI agents frequently broke existing functionality when adding new features. So much for autonomous software development, maybe they should try reading a book. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/D7CXYuXPP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI is transforming data analytics, but humans are still essential (for now)</strong>: AI is supposedly transforming data analytics by automating everything from cleaning to report generation, making it accessible to ‘non-technical users.’ But don’t worry, human oversight is still ‘essential’ for validation, ethics, and strategy. So, AI will do all the grunt work, but you still get to be the grown-up in the room, making sure it doesn’t accidentally declare your company bankrupt. Progress! <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Mwx7DfisA" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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