<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>.NET 11, Windows 11, and Erlang/OTP 29.0-rc1 drop</strong>: Microsoft just dropped .NET 11 Preview 1, bringing some serious upgrades like Zstandard compression, CoreCLR on WebAssembly, and JIT compiler improvements. They also released Windows 11 26H1, but only for new Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 hardware, and removed .NET Framework 3.5 as a Windows Feature on Demand component, meaning you’ll need a standalone installer now. Meanwhile, Erlang/OTP 29.0-rc1 is out with native records and multi-valued comprehensions, and SSH now defaults to quantum-resistant key exchange. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4y7L7j8R0&amp;id=BbEN4kYM7&amp;id=fTCktIrzF&amp;id=YEAeTDtDo" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI disbands safety team as AI security risks escalate</strong>: OpenAI decided to disband its mission alignment team, which was supposed to focus on safe and trustworthy AI. Apparently, routine reorganization is more important than ensuring AI doesn’t go rogue. This follows the earlier disbanding of their superalignment team, so clearly, safety is a top priority. Meanwhile, GitGuardian just bagged $50M to tackle the explosion of secrets and non-human identities driven by AI adoption, which is probably a good idea since AI deepfakes and social engineering attacks are getting scarily good. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=IO6hLocFc&amp;id=MZmobK75f&amp;id=NhCMJ1Tfp&amp;id=QEFiurih6&amp;id=a3FxaIBGB&amp;id=bbgCShUl6&amp;id=mmQEWnSC4" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>xAI co-founders and engineers depart amidst controversy</strong>: xAI is seeing a mass exodus, with nine engineers, including two co-founders, jumping ship. More than half of the founding team is gone, citing desires for more autonomy and smaller teams to build frontier AI. This all happens as xAI faces regulatory scrutiny over Grok’s deepfake generation and an upcoming IPO. Seems like a stable environment for a cutting-edge AI company. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Am4GYAifG" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Python 3.15.0 alpha 6 released</strong>: Python 3.15.0 alpha 6 is out, bringing a new high-frequency statistical sampling profiler and JIT compiler upgrades for better performance. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/F85IqCQtk" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>VS Code 1.109 enhances AI capabilities</strong>: VS Code 1.109 introduces new AI-powered features like agent clarifying questions, MCP apps support, and expanded AI model options through GitHub Copilot. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/QJP16aVAU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>ESLint 10.0.0 goes all-in on flat config</strong>: ESLint 10.0.0 has dropped, completely removing support for <code>eslintrc</code> files and making flat config the only option, which should be fun for monorepos. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/eQ0JUyyzE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Broadcom’s monorepo success story</strong>: Broadcom successfully unified 177+ software projects into a single monorepo using Nx, achieving a 70% cache hit rate and cutting CI times to 29 minutes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/0esOYLd2k" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>DOCX editing in the browser with React</strong>: A new open-source React component, <code>docx-js-editor</code>, allows for WYSIWYG editing of Microsoft Word DOCX files directly in the browser without server dependencies. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/iCAMwgQqg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Safari 26.3 boosts performance and SPA control</strong>: Safari 26.3 now includes Zstandard compression for faster content delivery and AbortSignal support for the Navigation API, improving SPA control. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/BItQUD2U2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PyTorch Foundation expands ecosystem</strong>: The PyTorch Foundation is expanding its scope, now hosting vLLM, DeepSpeed, and Ray, with a new Executive Director to scale operations and business execution. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2JQZDZ3HD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI skill scanners: false security or malware?</strong>: Apparently, some folks think AI skill scanners for agent marketplaces are the bee’s knees, but this article claims they’re just ‘false security’ and might even be malware. Because, you know, regex pattern matching is totally going to stop sophisticated attacks. Who needs behavioral analysis when you have keywords? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/REdcjExfJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Generative AI: the new burnout accelerator</strong>: A Harvard Business Review study found that generative AI is making tech workers put in longer hours, take on more tasks, and reduce breaks. Initially, it boosts productivity, but then it’s just workload creep, cognitive fatigue, and burnout. Who knew giving people tools to do more work would result in them doing more work? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/mEvZkBSFL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft’s AI-powered DMCA oopsie</strong>: Microsoft filed a DMCA takedown against an indie game, Allumeria, claiming it infringed on Minecraft. They then withdrew it the next day. The developer suspects an ‘AI enforcement service’ was behind it. Because nothing says ‘fair and balanced’ like an AI blindly issuing takedowns that can crush indie creators. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=W0AVdHzi0&amp;id=cwohqkFc0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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