<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Key Kubernetes projects are retiring</strong>: The cloud native ecosystem is seeing significant shifts, with Ingress NGINX and Kubernetes Dashboard projects retiring by March 2026. This consolidation suggests a maturing landscape where older, less maintained projects are being phased out, pushing developers towards newer, more actively supported solutions. Meanwhile, Cluster API v1.12 was released with in-place updates, indicating continued evolution in managing Kubernetes clusters. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/EdFbm39PB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Wix redefines engineering roles with AI</strong>: Wix introduced the “xEngineer” model, integrating AI into engineering roles to broaden ownership across the development lifecycle. This initiative aims to evolve engineering responsibilities, particularly in DevOps and SRE, by using AI to interpret signals, triage failures, and reduce cognitive load. The goal is to empower engineers to focus on judgment rather than mechanical analysis, maintaining human accountability while leveraging AI support. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/1ESLU5xBs" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New open-source Kubernetes dashboard ‘Radar’ emerges</strong>: A new open-source Kubernetes dashboard called Radar has been released, built as a single Go binary with an embedded React frontend. It offers real-time cluster visibility through topology graphs, event timelines, and Helm management without requiring cloud logins or agents. Radar aims to address limitations of existing tools like Lens and k9s, providing a local, efficient solution for Kubernetes visibility. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=DiEunA7dc&amp;id=a3wJg58hN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Expo SDK 55 beta drops legacy architecture</strong>: Expo SDK 55 beta is out, mandating the New Architecture for React Native 0.83.1 and React 19.2.0, and introducing Hermes bytecode diffing for 75% smaller updates. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/81Gy831us" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>WebAssembly turns 10, expands beyond browsers</strong>: WebAssembly (WASM) celebrated its 10th anniversary, evolving into a foundational technology for edge platforms, serverless runtimes, and embedded systems, promising lightweight, composable modules. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/XjOBMuNCm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Svelte gets a faster type checker</strong>: A new experimental type and compiler warning checker, <code>svelte-fast-check</code>, claims to be up to 24x faster than <code>svelte-check</code> for Svelte and SvelteKit projects by leveraging TypeScript 7 (tsgo). <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/6aMfl6kdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Native PHP releases major mobile development updates</strong>: Native PHP released major updates, making mobile development free and open source with a slimmed-down core, native UI components, simplified hot reloading, and cross-platform builds. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/bRf9BXT9O" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Elixir forum celebrates 10 years, plans for LLMs</strong>: The Elixir Forum celebrated its 10th anniversary with significant growth and announced structural changes to adapt to Large Language Models and evolving user behavior. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/lMXgCoFLh" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>DataDog releases PostgreSQL tracing extension</strong>: DataDog released <code>pg_tracing</code>, a PostgreSQL extension for server-side distributed tracing, generating spans for database queries and operations, and supporting OpenTelemetry. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Xfr0u4GSj" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Yelp builds back-testing engine for ad optimization</strong>: Yelp developed a back-testing engine to simulate changes to its ad budget allocation system, using ML models and Bayesian optimization to safely predict outcomes before production deployment. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/v8CgpJvzN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI code generation: faster code, slower everything else</strong>: Apparently, AI code generation accelerates production by 55% but then shifts bottlenecks to verification, increasing review times by 91% in high-AI-usage teams. So, we’re just moving the mess around, making it someone else’s problem, and calling it progress. Microsoft’s emergency patches and claims of 30% AI-generated code suggest they’re living this dream. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=CUMsxmpoK&amp;id=H1aWwdchu&amp;id=KYToiOjQs&amp;id=TCb4dVj23" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI bubble burst predicted for 2026</strong>: A Norwegian developer is predicting the AI bubble will burst in 2026, leading to higher prices and lower quality AI services because companies can’t monetize their massive investments. He’s also warning against outsourcing cognitive work to AI, claiming it generates unmaintainable code. So, basically, the future of AI is expensive, bad, and will make your codebase a nightmare. Sounds about right. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/NEIMwAdHs" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>ChatGPT’s web search: hidden for your ‘convenience’</strong>: OpenAI apparently makes it difficult to enable web search in ChatGPT, even though the model frequently hallucinates without it. The UX actively discourages search, leading to questions about whether they’re prioritizing cost savings over accuracy. Because who needs correct information when you can just make stuff up and save a few bucks, right? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0hvZGEXEr&amp;id=vgyq27hp2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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