<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>OpenAI introduces harness engineering for software development</strong>: OpenAI has unveiled “Harness Engineering,” an internal AI-driven methodology that uses Codex agents for large-scale software development, including code generation, testing, and CI workflows. A five-month internal experiment reportedly shipped a beta product with one million lines of code, all generated without manual source code. This shifts engineers’ roles to designing environments and specifying intent, with structured feedback via declarative prompts, as noted by Martin Fowler. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/dPCNsAxds" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cloudflare R2 local uploads launch</strong>: Cloudflare has launched “Local Uploads” for its R2 object storage service, currently in open beta, which aims to reduce cross-region write latency by up to 75%. Data is written to the nearest Cloudflare PoP and then asynchronously replicated to the bucket’s home region, making objects immediately accessible. This feature, comparable to AWS S3 Transfer Acceleration, comes at no additional cost beyond standard operations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/XbGrpoJDs" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>EFF updates open-source policy for AI-assisted coding</strong>: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) updated its open-source contribution policy, requiring contributors to understand submitted code and ensure all comments and documentation are human-authored. This approach shifts accountability upstream, focusing on disclosure and explanation rather than attempting to detect AI-generated code, which analysts praise for sidestepping the “unsolvable AI-detection problem.” <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/W3yzAhjLd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Datastar simplifies modern web development</strong>: Datastar is an 11 KB backend-driven hypermedia framework that unifies HTMX and Alpine.js functionalities, using Server-Sent Events for real-time push updates and offering features like reactive signals, DOM morphing, and built-in multiplayer support. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/GKcflwWUw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>.NET 11 preview 1 released with async improvements, zstandard, and C# 15</strong>: .NET 11 Preview 1 introduces runtime-level async improvements, Zstandard compression support, and new C# 15 language features, signaling the direction for the next major .NET release. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=QBAQQNpLN&amp;id=xPZZ4nMO0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AWS enables event-driven architectures for RDS SQL server</strong>: AWS now allows Lambda function triggers directly from RDS for SQL Server database events, enabling event-driven architectures using stored procedures to write messages to SQL Server’s ERRORLOG, which CloudWatch Logs then detects to invoke Lambda functions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KzhIuYzeh" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Exploring inception: a new design paradigm</strong>: Inception is a new AI-powered design tool that uses a chat interface and LLMs to generate HTML and Tailwind CSS code, focusing on rapid ideation and experimentation rather than traditional design controls. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/g9hioZwpx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kotlin devs diversify: android is 25% now</strong>: The Kotlin community has seen a significant shift, with Android developers now making up only 25-30% of the user base, down from 75% in 2017, indicating growing adoption of Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform for iOS. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/82WpaCPRf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Three questions to go from thinking like a scrappy to senior dev</strong>: To transition from a ‘scrappy’ to a senior developer, focus on deliberate code choices, ensuring testability, and writing maintainable code that others can easily understand and take over. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Q6nxtV15i" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cloudflare outage on February 20, 2026</strong>: Cloudflare experienced a 6-hour outage affecting its Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) service due to a software bug that unintentionally withdrew approximately 1,100 BGP prefixes from the network. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/hy3FNhBxD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Unity CEO says AI will soon make entire games</strong>: Unity’s CEO is apparently claiming that AI will soon be able to prompt entire casual games into existence using natural language. While rapid prototyping is a thing, the idea that AI will replace professional game developers for anything beyond a Flappy Bird clone is, shall we say, optimistic. Maybe they should focus on making their engine less of a nightmare first, as Code Monkey points out. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/VkFal2xDM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google VP warns that two types of AI startups may not survive</strong>: Google Cloud VP Darren Mowry is warning that AI startups relying on thin LLM wrappers or aggregation without deep differentiation are doomed. Shocking, I know. It’s almost like building a business solely on someone else’s API without adding real value is a bad idea. Who would’ve thought? He’s bullish on ‘vibe coding platforms,’ which sounds like something out of a bad sci-fi movie. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/djwfpUzVm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI promotes local codex developer meetups</strong>: OpenAI is promoting community meetups for Codex developers to “create and ship projects.” Because nothing says organic community building like a corporate-sponsored ambassador program to get you to build stuff for their ecosystem. It’s definitely not a thinly veiled marketing tactic to get more people hooked on their tools, nope, not at all. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/kpaXVeVV9" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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