<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft’s February patch tuesday addresses zero-days and AI vulnerabilities</strong>: Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday includes fixes for six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, a significant jump from last month. Critically, it also addresses AI prompt injection flaws in GitHub Copilot and various IDEs, which could lead to remote code execution and expose sensitive developer credentials. Organizations should prioritize these updates immediately, as reported by Krebs on Security. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=zk4Rm0PBv&amp;id=BOPPPXswR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Platform engineering teams face critical 12-month value window</strong>: Platform engineering teams are under pressure to demonstrate measurable value within their first year, with over 40% failing to do so. Early and consistent measurement using metrics like DORA and SPACE is crucial for justifying investment and proving ROI to stakeholders. Without quantifiable data, these initiatives risk being defunded, emphasizing the need for clear impact assessment. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3neA1QsEe" 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, brings significant security vulnerabilities and governance concerns. From prompt injection leading to remote code execution to the crisis of managing non-human identities, security frameworks are struggling to keep pace. Companies like GitGuardian are raising significant funding to address these gaps, highlighting the urgent need for robust AI security solutions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=FBoFtrAqF&amp;id=0rQwEgnbB&amp;id=QRBfTNO1G&amp;id=ZVqULJLz3&amp;id=gUwIhEnZO&amp;id=l8YCDT7qf&amp;id=mmQEWnSC4&amp;id=UhlBeqTGk&amp;id=BOPPPXswR&amp;id=i2YjgAdJA" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>FastAPI cloud simplifies deployment with single command</strong>: FastAPI Cloud, backed by Sequoia Capital, offers a new platform for deploying FastAPI applications with a single <code>fastapi deploy</code> command, handling HTTPS, auto-scaling, and Kubernetes infrastructure. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5Mzv43k5F" 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 point-and-click ingestion and AI-powered debugging. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/DckO36Vaq" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Erlang/OTP 29.0-rc1 introduces native records and quantum-resistant SSH</strong>: Erlang/OTP 29.0-rc1 brings new features like native records and multi-valued comprehensions, along with SSH defaulting to quantum-resistant key exchange, while dropping 32-bit Windows builds. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/fTCktIrzF" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Amazon EKS auto mode enhances logging for managed kubernetes</strong>: Amazon EKS Auto Mode now provides enhanced logging capabilities through CloudWatch Vended Logs, allowing users to configure log delivery from managed components to various AWS logging services. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Cz6yy5eBn" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenSearch serverless introduces collection groups for cost savings</strong>: Amazon OpenSearch Serverless launched Collection Groups, enabling shared compute resources across multiple collections to reduce costs while maintaining security isolation, particularly useful for multi-tenant workloads. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5AicsK9Gn" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AWS elastic beanstalk now supports github actions for deployments</strong>: AWS Elastic Beanstalk now integrates with GitHub Actions, simplifying automated application deployments by handling package creation, S3 uploads, version management, and environment monitoring directly from GitHub repositories. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/P3wZVEdCT" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Predictive engineering aims to prevent cloud system failures</strong>: Reactive IT operations are becoming obsolete as predictive engineering, using ML models and digital twin simulations, aims to anticipate and prevent cloud system failures before they occur, moving towards self-optimizing and self-healing infrastructure. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/0QjOh52ng" 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>: Apparently, AI models have reached an “inflection point” where they can complete complex tasks autonomously, leading to predictions of 50% job elimination in white-collar roles within 1-5 years. The solution? Immediately adopt paid AI tools and experiment daily, because the window for competitive advantage is closing. Sounds like a classic fear-mongering sales pitch to me, conveniently ignoring the actual challenges and human oversight still required. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/lGyFb7XTB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents will end “clicking buttons” on the web</strong>: A new Chrome standard, WebMCP, promises to end the era of “AI agents clicking buttons” by letting websites expose structured tools directly to in-browser AI. While it’s a step towards more robust AI interaction, let’s not pretend AI agents were ever truly “clicking buttons” in the human sense. It’s just a more elegant API for what they were already doing, which is parsing and interacting with web elements. The hype is strong with this one. <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>Replit’s AI builds mobile apps in minutes, no coding required</strong>: Replit demoed a mobile app builder that supposedly lets you create, test, and publish apps to app stores “within minutes” using natural language, “without traditional coding.” While impressive for a demo, this conveniently glosses over the inevitable debugging, edge cases, and actual deployment complexities that make real-world app development anything but a few minutes of chat. It’s a great vision, but let’s keep our feet on the ground. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/qWp2u9GdQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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