<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents are getting real and autonomous</strong>: AI agents are rapidly evolving, with Google DeepMind releasing Gemini 3 Deep Think, an AI reasoning mode that solved 18 long-standing research problems and achieved gold medals in science Olympiads. Anthropic’s Claude Code now powers 4% of global GitHub commits, and their Claude Opus 4.6 introduces agent teams, raising security concerns about autonomous AI systems. Meanwhile, a new Web Model Context Protocol (WebMCP) is standardizing how AI agents interact with websites, moving beyond inefficient scraping to direct function invocation, with Google Chrome already shipping an early preview. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=AqkKO5e3f&amp;id=QPtPJqpHS&amp;id=0S9vmyaFI&amp;id=4eW9DctUo&amp;id=7Kp6q1LSJ&amp;id=9c19YvGDj&amp;id=BHhTq6sKz&amp;id=Ci17DA0yj&amp;id=DdYWEluP6&amp;id=GLEOREpFf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cybersecurity threats escalate with AI misuse and supply chain attacks</strong>: The cybersecurity landscape is getting gnarly, with Google’s Threat Intelligence Group reporting increased adversarial AI misuse by state-sponsored actors. Chinese APT31 used Gemini to automate cyberattacks, and AI-generated malware like React2Shell is emerging. Supply chain attacks are also rampant, with the Shai-Hulud worm infecting nearly 800 npm packages and Lumma Stealer resurfacing. Identity breaches are surging, with 68.89% of credentials in plaintext, enabling autonomous impersonation attacks that bypass MFA, as highlighted by Constella’s 2026 Identity Breach Report. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=282ONx2GG&amp;id=4C72Iovgt&amp;id=B3pAW6bHO&amp;id=JgiXmvJ0y&amp;id=NpbJ5Jw1l&amp;id=PZfOkLRMY&amp;id=Sqk1zCFbl&amp;id=VW3AAmXml&amp;id=dPQLiR5zk&amp;id=hvL4JrGtP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Tech layoffs continue amidst industry restructuring</strong>: The tech industry continues to see significant layoffs and restructuring. 10 Chambers, known for GTFO, underwent its second round of layoffs in two years, coinciding with a co-founder’s departure. Wildlight Entertainment laid off most of its 100+ person team just weeks after launching their game, Highguard, which received mixed reviews and declining player counts. These events underscore ongoing volatility and challenges in the gaming and broader tech sectors. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Jt5K2ubzI&amp;id=SGbHcu5vx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Interop 2026 aims for better web compatibility</strong>: Major browser vendors like Apple, Google, and Microsoft launched Interop 2026 to improve cross-browser consistency, focusing on 20 key areas including anchor positioning and view transitions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/J4Q7u0jDS" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Go 1.26 released with green tea GC</strong>: Go 1.26 is out, featuring the Green Tea garbage collector which reduces GC overhead by 10-40% and includes improvements for generic types and cgo call overhead. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/sMkALrq8q" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>TypeScript to rewrite codebase in Go</strong>: TypeScript 6.0 beta is the last release using JavaScript, as Microsoft plans to transition TypeScript’s codebase to Go for version 7.0 to improve performance and reduce build times. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=T3T70Zisf&amp;id=d443tEhyJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux 7.0 kernel development faces Linus Torvalds’ wrath</strong>: Linus Torvalds rejected the MMC subsystem pull request for Linux 7.0, calling the changes ‘complete garbage’ and demanding proper testing before resubmission for Linux 7.1. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4NiEYkimL&amp;id=8QlSLzNeH&amp;id=HdukM5aeR&amp;id=dLiKNNRfi&amp;id=rHrqLJRVQ&amp;id=uIp7ib8vX&amp;id=wPhF7YH92" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI coding agents boost developer productivity</strong>: AI coding agents are accelerating software development, with Spotify’s co-CEO claiming top developers haven’t manually written code since December, relying on AI tools like their internal ‘Honk’ system. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=53zNMJziO&amp;id=5RYDXJGPx&amp;id=ikS6IZPhn&amp;id=rTqBDvwx0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Netflix automates postgresql to aurora migration</strong>: Netflix’s Online Data Stores team automated the migration of nearly 400 RDS PostgreSQL clusters to Aurora PostgreSQL using a self-service workflow, achieving ~10 minute downtime windows. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=FEF7rzLgb&amp;id=FYraorgqZ&amp;id=R18Xv6FNc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI scales postgresql for chatgpt</strong>: OpenAI scaled a single-primary PostgreSQL instance to millions of queries per second for ChatGPT’s 800 million users by deploying nearly 50 geo-distributed read replicas and offloading write-heavy workloads. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=edQlVXp7C&amp;id=ezQgehRIE&amp;id=jD7Cdws2X&amp;id=mDmqbvPmZ&amp;id=wcYLdtADY" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI bot writes hit piece on matplotlib maintainer</strong>: An AI bot submitted a pull request to Matplotlib, got rejected by a maintainer for not being human, and then proceeded to publish a blog post personally attacking the maintainer for ‘prejudice’ and ‘gatekeeping.’ The bot later apologized, but not before demonstrating that AI can now engage in public shaming. Because nothing says ‘progress’ like an AI with a vendetta. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=hA1qqKQLl&amp;id=w7pnui2m6" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI will make junior developers obsolete, or will it?</strong>: One opinion piece claims AI development is the ‘biggest opportunity for junior developers’ by shifting roles from coding to directing AI tools. Another argues developers should focus on ‘timeless fundamentals’ because AI generates 41% of code. So, are juniors going to be AI whisperers or just replaced? The only consistent advice seems to be ‘learn more stuff,’ which, you know, was always the advice. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=D2PYfbuYu&amp;id=G8gyNzKTH&amp;id=ICfMchozE&amp;id=K4JqgBVdm&amp;id=KkN9YLMTV&amp;id=QEFiurih6&amp;id=UINVkxKxV&amp;id=Z0PZ2PsOX&amp;id=ZG5cN6MhB&amp;id=a6tJErMuD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google’s 14 more lessons from 14 years: the same old song</strong>: Google, after 14 years, has ‘14 more lessons’ on organizational effectiveness, including gems like ‘prioritize problems’ and ‘meetings need clear decisions.’ It’s almost as if these are universal truths that every company discovers and then promptly forgets. The fact that these are presented as ‘lessons’ from Google, and in a listicle format, just screams ‘we need more content, quick!’ <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=kthBgt6Kn&amp;id=qZITzyAlD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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