<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents are transforming software development, but not without growing pains</strong>: AI agents are rapidly advancing, with tools like GitHub’s Agentic Workflows and Replit’s mobile app builder enabling natural language-driven development. Spotify claims its top developers haven’t written manual code since December, relying on AI. However, this shift introduces new challenges: AI-generated code often has higher defect rates and security vulnerabilities, and open-source maintainers are overwhelmed by low-quality AI contributions, as noted by Godot’s co-founder. The focus is shifting from coding to architectural design, prompt engineering, and rigorous verification. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Sq7jBWt9y&amp;id=pXH2kAFYs&amp;id=qWp2u9GdQ&amp;id=FbzHThFRg&amp;id=38Z3GoNhC&amp;id=ZG5cN6MhB&amp;id=ZcyyWp9ek" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI demand continues to reshape hardware and infrastructure</strong>: The insatiable demand for AI is causing a global memory shortage, with Western Digital selling out its entire 2026 hard drive capacity to AI companies. NVIDIA’s Blackwell Ultra platform promises up to 50x higher throughput and 35x lower cost per token for agentic AI workloads, driving major cloud providers to deploy these systems. This intense demand is also creating critical bottlenecks in electrical infrastructure, with 2-7 year wait times for transformers, potentially hindering the US’s competitive edge in AI. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=w4htkmXsV&amp;id=XLkxKsrjj&amp;id=26XUA8lbK&amp;id=3CcXKuvOW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New AI models and tools push the boundaries of capability and accessibility</strong>: Google released Gemini 3 Flash, a new AI model combining frontier-level intelligence with high speed and low cost, excelling in coding and multimodal tasks. MiniMax launched its M2.5 foundation model, trained with reinforcement learning, achieving state-of-the-art performance in coding and agentic tool use at a fraction of the cost of competitors. These models are being integrated into developer tools like Windsurf and are driving the development of specialized AI agents for various tasks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=KpugFpJBL&amp;id=VQt2ETdNG&amp;id=XlMjalxp1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Rust continues to gain traction for performance and security</strong>: Rust’s ecosystem is maturing with new GUI frameworks and WGPU for graphics, making it a strong choice for performant CLI/TUI tools and backend development, especially when paired with AI code generation for deterministic validation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=cSIn1S3oJ&amp;id=LYg98DMrO&amp;id=yAZ2E3TMl" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Heroku’s decline prompts migration to modern PaaS alternatives</strong>: Heroku has entered maintenance mode with no new feature development, pushing developers to migrate to alternatives like DigitalOcean App Platform, Railway, or Render, which offer better value and modern features like Bun runtime and AI tooling. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=qAmp5MSPU&amp;id=8hW9KxOYQ&amp;id=O46mujbgp" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>React ecosystem sees shifts in preferences and tooling</strong>: The 2025 State of React survey indicates TanStack is gaining popularity over Next.js, which faces criticism for complexity and vendor lock-in, while the React Compiler receives positive feedback and AI-assisted coding reinforces React’s dominance. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=6haOMq9X6&amp;id=tEzN0YnW4&amp;id=r82S642wz" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>TypeScript 6.0 beta released, future compiler in Go</strong>: TypeScript 6.0 Beta is the last version based on the current JavaScript codebase, with future versions (7.0+) moving to a Go-based compiler, promising new features and simplified tsconfig settings. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=G6N7NtGJp&amp;id=tEzN0YnW4&amp;id=r82S642wz" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PostgreSQL and DuckDB enhance data management and analytics</strong>: DuckDB’s ecosystem expands with a native MSSQL extension and official Vortex file format support, while OpenAI scaled PostgreSQL to 800 million ChatGPT users using a single-primary architecture with read replicas and extensive optimization. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=R7cn159nD&amp;id=0QBTpoQPy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New tools simplify Git workflows and AI agent management</strong>: GitButler, a GUI tool by GitHub co-founder Scott Shakon, simplifies Git workflows with virtual branches and AI-powered commit messages, while Pi-mono provides an open-source monorepo for building AI agents and managing LLM deployments. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4LhOlpsLJ&amp;id=HqlcQoZ8a" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Web platform advancements improve performance and developer experience</strong>: Safari Technology Preview 237 introduces new CSS selectors and API support, while the December 2025 Baseline digest highlights broader cross-browser support for features like the Event Timing API and CSS <code>@scope</code>, improving web performance and accessibility. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=x3cE694JZ&amp;id=MCpuVh68U&amp;id=BItQUD2U2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI-generated code: The future of 'good enough' software</strong>: Apparently, AI coding tools are so good now that they’ll write 90% of your code, leading to a future of ‘mediocre software’ if developers don’t bother to understand what they’re shipping. Because who needs craftsmanship when you can have ‘AI slop’ that’s bloated, insecure, and full of beginner-level mistakes? Sounds like a real step forward for software quality. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=sI20cmZZQ&amp;id=gvdBYayNu&amp;id=rObMrNtnR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents: What Apple intelligence should have been</strong>: Some folks are claiming OpenClaw, an AI agent with ‘significant security vulnerabilities and high operational costs,’ is what Apple Intelligence ‘should have been.’ Because nothing says ‘innovation’ like a system that stores credentials in plain JSON, costs $128/month for a single cron job, and has ‘malicious community skills.’ Clearly, Apple missed a golden opportunity to build a ‘self-inflicted root kit’ for its users. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=l9nJMN2FZ&amp;id=Mx18Wv9Wt&amp;id=mcpWOltJw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://AI.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">AI.com</a>: $78 million for a website that didn’t even work</strong>: The <a href="http://Crypto.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Crypto.com</a> CEO bought <a href="http://AI.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">AI.com</a> for $70 million and spent $8 million on a Super Bowl ad, only for the website to crash because it was running on Cloudflare’s free tier. The ad was confusing, the product unclear, and it immediately asked for credit card details. A masterclass in ‘betting on buzzwords’ and proving that money can’t buy competence, or a decent hosting plan. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=2ymo3nIhO&amp;id=4oFCC2pHc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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