<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AWS brings nested virtualization to EC2 instances</strong>: AWS now supports nested virtualization on virtual EC2 instances, a feature previously limited to bare metal. This allows users to run KVM or Hyper-V inside C8i, M8i, and R8i instances powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors, enabling use cases like mobile app emulators and multi-VM testing. This move brings AWS in line with Azure and Google Cloud, offering more flexibility for complex virtualized environments. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/hFJsILiy4" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Chrome 145 patches zero-day, enhances DevTools</strong>: Google released Chrome 145, addressing a high-severity use-after-free zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-2441) in CSS that is actively being exploited. The update also brings significant DevTools improvements, including soft navigation visibility, precise profiler timings, and multimodal AI assistance with image input. Developers also get new CSS properties and a streamlined update process for installable web apps. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=AK3a3hE0z&amp;id=EWohDzjzG&amp;id=Rk6iVnRuo&amp;id=bvXFp0lun" 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 call ‘reputation farming.’ This rapid accumulation of influence in critical infrastructure projects could enable future supply chain attacks, differing from the XZ-utils backdoor’s slow trust build. Experts warn that automated contributions shift the attack surface from code to governance, necessitating 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>OpenAI scales Postgres to 800 million users</strong>: OpenAI scaled PostgreSQL for 800 million ChatGPT users using a single-primary architecture with read replicas, focusing on minimizing primary load, optimizing queries with PgBouncer, and preventing cascading failures. <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 used multiple AI agents (Claude, Codex, Gemini) in parallel to build a SQLite-like database engine in Rust, generating ~19k lines of code with 282 passing tests, though 54.5% of commits were coordination overhead. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pbRQZ4xYf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Istio releases security fixes and new features</strong>: Istio released versions 1.27.7 and 1.29.0, addressing high-severity security vulnerabilities like code smuggling in cgo binaries and TLS session resumption flaws, while also adding features like DNS proxying for ambient mesh and Gateway API Inference Extension. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Hl8MqfAdH&amp;id=Vx9QllueY" 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 to automate chip design using AI, 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>Terminal tools make a comeback with Rust and AI</strong>: Terminal tools are experiencing a renaissance, driven by Rust-based CLI utilities offering 10-100x performance gains, GPU-accelerated emulators, and AI coding assistants favoring CLI-first approaches for portability and efficiency. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/DEJVonMxG" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AWS expands AI model deployment and instance types</strong>: AWS now supports deploying custom Amazon Nova models via SageMaker Inference and added six open-weight models to Bedrock, alongside new M8azn and Hpc8a instances powered by AMD EPYC processors for improved performance. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4vqf4cHpB&amp;id=7m6C5PrGn&amp;id=8Nmwedcuv&amp;id=9Vcfez1Es&amp;id=UNO27M8rA&amp;id=XlMjalxp1&amp;id=dNY05UeZN&amp;id=fFNzT4nn1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux Mint maintainers struggle despite record donations</strong>: Despite receiving a record $47,312 in donations in January 2026, Linux Mint maintainers are experiencing strain from 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>Unity AI to enable full casual game creation without coding</strong>: Unity CEO Matt Bromberg claims their new Unity AI beta will let anyone create full casual games using natural language prompts, no coding required. Because apparently, game design, art, and engineering are just minor details that an LLM can magically handle. I’m sure this will lead to a flood of innovative, high-quality games, not just shovelware. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=8eYbRwAri&amp;id=AdfV4mCwr&amp;id=JV1i29nbu&amp;id=VHhfvW7O6&amp;id=Wvk48DEZ7&amp;id=c0OH8CKQK&amp;id=f6XrCIdfx&amp;id=nDP0QVxkd&amp;id=p4VqhMMFm&amp;id=tawcRIuP1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>LLM-generated malware exploits honeypot</strong>: Attackers used LLM-generated malware to exploit a React2Shell vulnerability in a Docker honeypot, leading ‘security experts’ to warn that AI tools empower low-skilled operators. So, now we’re supposed to be terrified of script kiddies with ChatGPT, even though the attack was against a controlled environment. Sounds like a great way to sell more ‘AI security solutions.’ <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/hzvvYMQze" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>The sideprocalypse: AI kills indie SaaS</strong>: One article declares the dream of profitable side-project SaaS dead, claiming AI-generated competitors flood every niche faster than humans can ship. Apparently, quality no longer matters, and the only winners are datacenter providers. Because, you know, nobody ever built a successful product by focusing on actual user needs instead of just churning out AI-generated garbage. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/dIaDDgpAV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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