<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft’s AI code and quality control issues</strong>: Microsoft is facing increased scrutiny over its software quality, with a troubling trend of frequent out-of-band emergency patches for Windows, often following Patch Tuesday updates. This coincides with significant workforce reductions and Microsoft’s claim that over 30% of its code is now AI-generated. The situation raises serious questions about the efficacy of AI in maintaining code quality and the impact on system administrators, as reported by News-in-Brief. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/H1aWwdchu" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Notepad++ update infrastructure compromised by state-sponsored hackers</strong>: Notepad++'s update infrastructure was compromised by suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers from June to December 2025, delivering backdoored versions to specific targets. This supply chain attack, reminiscent of SolarWinds, exploited a shared hosting vulnerability. Notepad++ has since released hardened versions (8.8.8.8, 8.8.9, 8.9) with stronger signature verification and migrated to a new host, urging users to update and remove a previously installed self-signed root certificate. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/diIJMavHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Open-source AI security vulnerabilities exposed</strong>: Researchers found over 175,000 Ollama AI hosts exposed online, creating a security monoculture vulnerable to resource hijacking and remote execution due to exposed APIs and lack of guardrails. Separately, a critical 1-click RCE was patched in OpenClaw, an AI assistant used by over 100,000 developers, highlighting the significant security risks in widely deployed open-source AI systems. These incidents underscore the urgent need for authentication and network controls for AI infrastructure. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=2SdHHyeRJ&amp;id=2SdHHyeRJ&amp;id=iEIaVGrhd&amp;id=iEIaVGrhd" 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 launches macOS app for Codex AI agent</strong>: OpenAI released a macOS desktop app for Codex, its AI coding agent, shifting focus to managing multiple parallel AI agents for complex, long-running tasks, integrating with GitHub and leveraging GPT-5.2-Codex. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/c2BjVZb6r" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Firefox 148 introduces granular AI controls</strong>: Firefox 148, due February 24, 2026, will include a new ‘AI Controls’ panel allowing users to disable AI features at a granular level or entirely, following user backlash against previous AI implementations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/K3PNUlsQj" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux from scratch drops sysvinit support</strong>: Linux From Scratch (LFS) will become systemd-only starting with version 13.0, due to overwhelming volunteer workload and increasing upstream dependencies on systemd from major desktop environments. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ohWaYbFxO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New developer tools for AI integration and UI development</strong>: New tools like <a href="http://ui.sh" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">ui.sh</a> for AI-assisted UI development, Vibe for lightweight Linux VMs on ARM Macs for LLM agents, and Reposit.bot for sharing AI conversation solutions are emerging to streamline developer workflows. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=FBZjjQkX5&amp;id=XJySsKWNc&amp;id=YD299xQxI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI impact on coding education and developer skills</strong>: AI tools are changing how people learn to code, creating a divide between effective integrators and those who over-rely, emphasizing the need for fundamental understanding and critical thinking over mere code generation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KPaSzt3Bn" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Git 2.53 default-enables rust support</strong>: Git 2.53, released on February 2, 2026, default-enables Rust support in its build systems, with Rust becoming mandatory in Git 3.0, expected by the end of 2026. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/st4SfbY5r" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenTelemetry appoints new community managers</strong>: Adriana Villela (Dynatrace) and Reese Lee (New Relic) were appointed OpenTelemetry community managers, tasked with organizing events, managing social media, and growing the OpenTelemetry community. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xafQ1cS0K" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Cloudflare’s ‘production-grade’ matrix homeserver</strong>: Cloudflare proudly announced a ‘production-grade’ Matrix homeserver built on Workers, only for Matrix co-founder Matthew Hodgson to point out it lacked critical features like federation, proper authentication, and encryption. Turns out, their AI-generated code had ‘TODO’ comments in critical sections. Guess ‘production-grade’ now means ‘looks good on a blog post, maybe don’t actually use it.’ <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Iq2RG6GgT&amp;id=Iq2RG6GgT&amp;id=YUSdAM3D6&amp;id=YUSdAM3D6&amp;id=d76FYhLFT&amp;id=d76FYhLFT" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-related layoffs: just ‘AI-washing’?</strong>: Over 50,000 layoffs in 2025 were blamed on AI, but a Forrester report suggests many companies are just ‘AI-washing’—using AI as a convenient excuse for job cuts actually driven by financial pressures or pandemic over-hiring. Apparently, it’s easier to tell investors you’re innovating with AI than admit you overspent or your business is struggling. Who knew? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/yXHHUa4yo" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-generated content persists despite exposure</strong>: A new report claims AI-generated and manipulated content continues to influence beliefs even after being exposed as fake. Apparently, the ‘truth crisis’ isn’t about preventing initial confusion, but combating persistent influence. So, even when you know it’s fake, your brain still kinda believes it. Great, just what we needed: AI making us all collectively dumber, one deepfake at a time. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/savTmPDZC" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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