<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Google’s embedding model deprecation causes vendor lock-in</strong>: Google deprecated its <code>text-embedding-004</code> model, rendering existing vectors useless for a production RAG-based movie recommender. This highlights a critical vendor lock-in issue: embedding models create incompatible vector spaces, making migration difficult. The solution involved re-embedding the entire dataset and a blue/green deployment, emphasizing that embedding models should be treated as infrastructure and designed for change, as detailed in the original post. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xhDI1zj4i" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Databricks launches Lakebase for AI workloads</strong>: Databricks launched Lakebase, a new PostgreSQL-compatible database specifically for AI workloads. It aims to merge operational database capabilities with their lakehouse architecture, offering a serverless OLTP database with compute-storage separation. Key features include instant data branching, point-in-time recovery, and unified access controls, integrating directly with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. It’s GA on AWS, with Azure in preview and GCP planned. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/56RHAShlB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux kernel 7.0 rc1 released, Rust support cemented</strong>: The Linux kernel 7.0 rc1 has been released, with Linus Torvalds humorously attributing the major version bump to his dislike of large numbers, not a significant feature milestone. This release solidifies Rust support, brings faster cache clearing, non-disruptive kernel updates, and updated AMD/Intel silicon support. It also includes performance improvements for RISC-V and LoongArch, and the removal of a legacy IBM ThinkPad modem driver. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/cYP8biu57" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Non-coding tasks kill developer productivity</strong>: A developer’s 10-second code fix took 10 hours due to non-coding tasks like fighting sandboxed environments, CUDA conflicts, and build system issues, highlighting that LLM tools don’t help with these common productivity sinks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/OBIqfWI7x" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Fileless privilege escalation in hybrid AD environments</strong>: A red team case study details a 13-step fileless privilege escalation attack chain, moving from a low-privileged domain user to Domain Admin and Azure AD Global Admin in hybrid Active Directory environments. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/u1TVqzV8C" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Rust RwLock underperforms Mutex in read-heavy workloads</strong>: A hands-on investigation found Rust’s <code>RwLock</code> performed 5x worse than <code>Mutex</code> for a read-heavy LRU tensor cache due to cache-line ping-pong, suggesting <code>Mutex</code> might be better for very short critical sections. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/rFMs5918e" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft Project Silica advances glass storage</strong>: Microsoft’s Project Silica achieved a breakthrough in glass-based data storage, extending it from expensive fused silica to common borosilicate glass, with accelerated aging tests suggesting data longevity of at least 10,000 years. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KqLBpGspa" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenClaw Gateway launches AI agent orchestration dashboard</strong>: OpenClaw Gateway’s ‘Mission Control’ is an open-source AI agent orchestration dashboard built with Next.js 14 and TypeScript, offering real-time event streaming, Docker support, and a Kanban board for tracking AI agent progress. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/l0KLAjYGc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>JDK 24 brings major security enhancements</strong>: JDK 24 introduces significant security enhancements, including post-quantum cryptography support (ML-KEM, ML-DSA), core cryptography improvements, PKI updates, and the permanent removal of the Security Manager. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/TLN02dr7b" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>ChatDetector uses LLMs to find RM-API misuse</strong>: ChatDetector, an LLM-powered system, detects resource management API misuse in software by employing a ReAct-inspired framework and two-dimensional prompting, ethically reporting 115 security bugs across six popular libraries. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/UGo4Ea1t8" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Anthropic’s Claude compiler video draws criticism</strong>: Anthropic released a marketing video showcasing Claude autonomously building a C compiler capable of compiling Linux, SQLite, Lua, and Doom. Critics, however, are calling out the “dishonest framing,” suggesting the actual goal was merely a stress test of Claude’s ability to run autonomously for an extended period, not a straightforward demonstration of compiler-building prowess. Because, you know, AI building a compiler is totally believable without any human intervention. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/vGYk0DbTO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Neiry tests bio-drones: pigeons with neural interfaces</strong>: Neiry, a deeptech company, announced early real-world testing of ‘bio-drones’—live pigeons fitted with neural interfaces, solar panels, and cameras, claiming they can cover 400 km daily for infrastructure inspection and search-and-rescue. They also claim “privacy compliance” through on-device processing, which sounds perfectly reassuring for pigeons with cameras and brain implants flying over your house. What could possibly go wrong? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/m7v8MA0Dh" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Meta patents AI for deceased user simulation</strong>: Meta was granted a patent for an AI system designed to simulate a user’s social media activity, including posting and chatting, using an LLM trained on their past data, specifically for when a user is ‘absent’ from the platform. Because nothing says ‘respect for the deceased’ like an AI chatbot pretending to be them on Facebook. Ethical concerns? Mental health concerns? Nah, just another patent for the metaverse. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/AeW0pHCcd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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