<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AWS EC2 now supports nested virtualization</strong>: AWS has rolled out support for nested virtualization on virtual EC2 instances, specifically on C8i, M8i, and R8i instances powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors. This means you can now run KVM or Hyper-V inside your EC2 VMs, enabling use cases like mobile app emulators, automotive hardware simulation, and testing multi-VM environments. Previously, this was only available on bare metal instances, bringing AWS in line with Azure and Google Cloud on this front. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/hFJsILiy4" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Chrome zero-day actively exploited, Istio patches critical vulnerabilities</strong>: Google released an emergency Chrome update to fix CVE-2026-2441, a high-severity use-after-free zero-day in CSS that is actively being exploited. This marks Chrome’s first zero-day of 2026. Concurrently, Istio released versions 1.27.7 and 1.29.0, addressing critical security flaws including CVE-2025-61732, a code smuggling vulnerability, and CVE-2025-68121, a TLS session resumption flaw. Both updates are crucial for maintaining system security. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=G9AfdVV0Z&amp;id=AK3a3hE0z&amp;id=EWohDzjzG&amp;id=Rk6iVnRuo&amp;id=bvXFp0lun&amp;id=Hl8MqfAdH&amp;id=Vx9QllueY&amp;id=3jxdGuYhW&amp;id=8Y407Qiao&amp;id=9vJqBcvBu" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents are reputation farming open-source projects</strong>: An AI agent named Kai Gritun submitted 103 pull requests across 95 open-source repositories in a single day, a tactic security experts are calling ‘reputation farming.’ This rapid accumulation of influence in critical infrastructure projects could enable future supply chain attacks, differing from previous methods like the XZ-utils backdoor that took years to build trust. This highlights a shift in attack surface from code to governance processes, urging for machine-verifiable controls over informal trust. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/D9JdnEIyW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Godot 4.6.1 released with bug fixes</strong>: Godot Engine released version 4.6.1, a maintenance update with 38 bug fixes addressing regressions and issues introduced in 4.6, particularly in 3D editing and animation systems. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/XONCKqkKx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI scaled postgres to 800 million users</strong>: OpenAI managed to scale PostgreSQL to handle millions of queries per second for 800 million ChatGPT users using a single-primary architecture with read replicas, focusing on minimizing primary load and optimizing queries. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/0QBTpoQPy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents build SQLite-like database in Rust</strong>: An experiment demonstrated multiple AI agents (Claude, Codex, Gemini) working in parallel to build a SQLite-like database engine in Rust, generating ~19k lines of code with 282 passing tests. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pbRQZ4xYf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Intel Arc B390 GPU shows strong Linux performance</strong>: Intel’s Arc B390 graphics, based on Xe3 architecture, is demonstrating strong GPU compute performance on Linux using the open-source Intel Compute Runtime, outperforming previous generations and competing with AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in OpenCL benchmarks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/0Bzv8LvNY" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 now offers long-term support</strong>: Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 now provides Long-Term Support (LTS), allowing users to reduce upgrade frequency and maintenance overhead by receiving only critical stability and security patches. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/HiSGmRqFQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Ricursive Intelligence raises $335M for AI chip design</strong>: Ricursive Intelligence, founded by ex-Google Alpha Chip creators, raised $335M at a $4B valuation for AI tools that automate chip design, aiming to reduce design time from over a year to hours. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=FEZjUlQd7&amp;id=Zgule5sYq&amp;id=eOvUaW5L9&amp;id=kwQJJqWna" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux Mint maintainers strained despite record donations</strong>: Despite receiving a record $47,312 in donations in January 2026, Linux Mint project maintainers are experiencing strain due to their semi-annual release schedule, spending more time on testing than development and considering a longer development cycle. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LKuK7Gn8M" 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 a ‘full stack developer’ in 2026</strong>: A ‘roadmap’ claims that to be a high-paid full stack developer in 2026, you need ‘AI integration skills’ and must master ‘prompt engineering,’ shifting focus from syntax to product strategy. Because apparently, AI will just handle all the coding for you, leaving you to ponder the deeper philosophical implications of your next feature. Sounds like a great way to become a highly paid prompt monkey. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JT1zQVK71" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>The sideprocalypse is here, thanks to AI</strong>: The dream of building a profitable side-project SaaS is apparently dead because AI-generated competitors are flooding every niche faster than humans can ship. The article claims quality no longer matters, and the only winners are datacenter providers. So, if your indie project isn’t an AI-powered, enterprise-grade, cloud-native, blockchain-enabled, quantum-resistant, serverless microservice, you might as well pack it in. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/dIaDDgpAV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents are the new Kubernetes, apparently</strong>: Steve Yegge built ‘Gas Town,’ an open-source orchestration system that coordinates 20-30 AI coding agents, mirroring Kubernetes with a control plane and specialized roles. It’s expensive ($100/hour), chaotic, and requires expertise, but delivers ‘real throughput.’ So, we’ve gone from managing containers to managing AI agents that write code, which sounds like a fantastic way to introduce even more layers of abstraction and complexity to your already ‘robust’ CI/CD pipelines. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/oZ8mOxinB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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