<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>OpenAI introduces AI-driven harness engineering</strong>: OpenAI has unveiled “Harness Engineering,” an internal AI-driven methodology that uses Codex agents for large-scale software development. This approach, which produced a beta product with one million lines of code without manual writing, shifts engineers’ roles to designing environments and specifying intent. Martin Fowler noted this as a valuable framing of AI-enabled software development, as reported by OpenAI and amplified by KumiliLeela. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/dPCNsAxds" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cloudflare R2 launches local uploads for faster writes</strong>: Cloudflare has introduced “Local Uploads” for its R2 object storage service, currently in open beta. This feature significantly reduces cross-region write latency by allowing data to be written to the nearest Cloudflare PoP and then asynchronously replicated to the bucket’s home region. Objects are immediately accessible, and there are no additional costs, as reported by Renato Losio and Cloudflare. <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) has updated its open-source contribution policy to address AI-assisted coding. The new policy requires contributors to fully understand submitted code and ensure all comments and documentation are human-authored, shifting accountability upstream rather than relying on AI detection. Analysts praise this approach 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 unifies HTMX and Alpine.js for modern web dev</strong>: Datastar is an 11 KB backend-driven hypermedia framework that combines the functionalities of HTMX and Alpine.js, using Server-Sent Events for real-time updates and supporting various Python web frameworks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/GKcflwWUw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>MEO brings live/source toggle to VS Code markdown editing</strong>: MEO is a VS Code extension that enhances markdown editing with a live/source toggle in a single tab, a floating formatting toolbar, and inline table editing, eliminating the need for split previews. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/EmywxdHOH" 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 SQL Server’s ERRORLOG and CloudWatch Logs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KzhIuYzeh" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PostgreSQL 19 adds hot standby status to psql prompt</strong>: PostgreSQL 19 introduces a new <code>%i</code> prompt escape for psql, allowing users to quickly see if a connected server is a primary or standby, simplifying management in replicated environments. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/nQ1LJvlCo" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Sandkasten offers self-hosted sandbox for AI agents</strong>: Sandkasten provides a self-hosted sandbox runtime for AI agents, offering stateful Linux sandboxes with persistent shell sessions and file operations using native Linux primitives, without Docker. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/kdJWJknAe" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>.NET 11 Preview 1 released with async improvements and C# 15</strong>: .NET 11 Preview 1 is out, featuring 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>Kotlin community diversifies beyond Android</strong>: KotlinConf 2025 highlights a significant shift in the Kotlin community, with Android developers now making up only 25-30% of attendees, down from 75% in 2017, and growing adoption of Kotlin Multiplatform. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/82WpaCPRf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Meta’s AI identity verification is a dumpster fire</strong>: A digital marketing agency is reporting that Meta’s AI identity verification system is automatically banning new specialist accounts, often within hours, making it impossible to run ads. Appeals are useless because you can’t log in to appeal. So, while Meta is busy pushing its AI-powered future, it can’t even get basic account management right for legitimate businesses, as detailed in a Hacker News post. Maybe they should try some human intelligence for a change? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/llEdpZB7r" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Anthropic clarifies ban on third-party Claude tools</strong>: Anthropic has “clarified” its policy, explicitly banning third-party tools from accessing Claude subscription accounts, effectively shutting down token arbitrage. This, of course, is framed as protecting their revenue model, while OpenAI conveniently takes the opportunity to publicly endorse third-party tools for its own Codex subscriptions. It’s almost like they want you to pay full API rates, as The Register reports. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/vOr3Aub97" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google VP warns about thin AI startups</strong>: A Google Cloud VP is warning that AI startups relying on thin LLM wrappers or aggregation without deep differentiation are doomed. He’s basically saying if you’re just slapping a UI on someone else’s model, you’re toast. Because, apparently, Google, who makes a lot of money from people using their infrastructure, is suddenly concerned about the long-term viability of startups that don’t innovate enough, as TechCrunch reports. How very altruistic of them. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/djwfpUzVm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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