<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft patch tuesday addresses zero-days and AI vulnerabilities</strong>: Microsoft’s February 2026 Patch Tuesday is a big one, tackling 59 vulnerabilities, including six actively exploited zero-days. What’s particularly concerning for our industry is the patching of critical remote code execution flaws in GitHub Copilot and multiple IDEs like VS Code and JetBrains. These stem from AI prompt injection vulnerabilities, highlighting a new attack vector that could expose sensitive credentials and infrastructure keys, as reported by Krebs on Security. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/zk4Rm0PBv" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents are rapidly deploying, bringing security and policy challenges</strong>: AI agents are quickly moving into enterprise applications, with predictions of 40% adoption by 2026, promising significant efficiency gains. However, this rapid deployment is outpacing security and governance frameworks, leading to vulnerabilities, employment displacement concerns, and algorithmic opacity. Experts like Stuart Russell and Yoshua Bengio warn that competitive pressures are pushing autonomous systems into production without adequate safety measures, as highlighted by articles from GitGuardian and Threat Wire. <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=BOPPPXswR&amp;id=i2YjgAdJA&amp;id=oUCth2teJ&amp;id=uxvhPzT2r" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Open source sustainability crisis and maintainer burnout</strong>: The open-source software ecosystem is facing a sustainability crisis, with companies profiting from the unpaid labor of maintainers who are experiencing burnout and a lack of support. High-profile incidents like Heartbleed and XZ Utils expose critical dependencies maintained by overworked individuals. Lotte Pitcher at NDC London 2026 emphasized that consumers must reframe their support for OSS as risk reduction, not charity, by sponsoring projects and contributing time. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/aIx715a23" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Generative AI increases tech worker workload and fatigue</strong>: A Harvard Business Review study found that generative AI, while boosting initial productivity, led to tech workers taking on more tasks, working longer hours, and experiencing increased cognitive fatigue and burnout. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/mEvZkBSFL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New open-source LLM 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 744B parameter open-source 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. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/bOspGaOnW" 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>ESLint 10.0.0 removes legacy configuration support</strong>: ESLint 10.0.0 will drop support for <code>.eslintrc</code> files, making flat config the sole option, aiming to improve monorepo resolution and eliminate legacy patterns. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/eQ0JUyyzE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Wine project progresses on photoshop 2025 linux compatibility</strong>: Wine developers are actively working on patches, including an XMLSerializer implementation, to enable Adobe Photoshop 2025 to run on Linux, with initial installer functionality already achieved. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/zwEGOiEOu" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Amazon OpenSearch Serverless introduces collection groups</strong>: Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now offers Collection Groups, allowing multiple collections to share compute resources (OCUs) for cost reduction while maintaining security isolation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5AicsK9Gn" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Datadog and GitHub Copilot launch AI-powered testing tools</strong>: Datadog introduced Code Coverage with AI-generated tests, and GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET is now generally available, both aiming to automate test generation and reduce maintenance overhead. <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>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI will eliminate 50% of white-collar jobs in 1-5 years</strong>: An unnamed ‘industry leader’ is predicting that advanced AI models, capable of autonomous multi-hour tasks, will eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs across law, finance, medicine, and software engineering within 1-5 years. The solution? Immediately adopt paid AI tools and experiment daily. Because nothing says ‘responsible prediction’ like an anonymous source pushing a product and creating FOMO. Good luck with that. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/lGyFb7XTB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Recruitment is ‘hunger games’ driven by AI</strong>: Suzi Edwards-Alexander claims technical recruitment is ‘fundamentally broken’ and a ‘race to the bottom’ driven by AI, comparing it to the Hunger Games. While recruitment can be tough, blaming AI for systemic issues like stress-inducing processes and a focus on ‘culture-fit’ rather than ‘culture-add’ seems a bit dramatic. Maybe the problem isn’t the tools, but how we choose to use them? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LD0ov49gc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>TikTok’s local feed is all about community, not data</strong>: TikTok launched a new ‘Local Feed’ feature in the U.S., displaying content from nearby locations, which ‘leverages users’ precise location data.’ But don’t worry, it’s ‘opt-in’ and ‘aims to help small businesses’ and ‘connect users with their local communities.’ Because when a social media giant wants your precise location, it’s always for the good of the community, not, you know, targeted advertising or anything. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Uzz9Y8FmK" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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