<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Meta spins out React to independent foundation</strong>: Meta has transferred control of React, React Native, and JSX to the newly formed React Foundation, hosted under the Linux Foundation. This move, which includes founding members like Amazon and Microsoft, aims to address long-standing concerns about Meta’s stewardship of open-source projects and mirrors their earlier transfer of PyTorch. React is currently used by 85% of developers, and this shift is expected to drive broader adoption through vendor-neutral governance, according to The Register. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/0HTbmkey5" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cybersecurity landscape worsens with AI-enabled attacks</strong>: CrowdStrike’s 2026 Global Threat Report indicates a significant escalation in cyber threats, with the average attack breakout time dropping to 29 minutes. AI-enabled attacks surged by 89%, as adversaries integrate Generative AI across the attack kill chain. The report highlights a shift towards stealthy, malware-free intrusions and a rise in cloud intrusions, emphasizing the need for proactive threat hunting and comprehensive AI governance. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/WsqeDq8OW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Stripe considers acquiring PayPal</strong>: Stripe is reportedly in early talks to acquire PayPal or parts of the company, according to Bloomberg. This comes as Stripe’s valuation recently surged to $159 billion, a 74% increase from the previous year, driven by growth in AI-native startups. PayPal, valued at over $40 billion, has faced slowing growth and increased competition from tech giants like Apple and Google. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=gB7UDBJXo&amp;id=2WYO6dKLA&amp;id=HqWjbO0Bb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents accelerate feature development on personal site</strong>: Kent C. Dodds reported using AI agents, specifically Cursor, to rapidly implement features like semantic search and keyboard shortcuts on his personal site, clearing a backlog since 2019. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/HVH19Oob1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New LLM inference technique triples speed</strong>: Researchers developed a multi-token prediction technique that triples LLM inference speed without auxiliary draft models, achieving 3x+ speedup with under 3% accuracy loss on reasoning-heavy tasks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/hxaAjvILy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cursor launches autonomous cloud AI agents for software development</strong>: Cursor released cloud agents that enable autonomous software development in isolated virtual machines, capable of producing merge-ready Pull Requests with video and screenshot artifacts. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/BbESdM4Ct" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Node.js 25.7.0 released with HTTP/2 and SEA improvements</strong>: Node.js 25.7.0 is out, bringing HTTP/2 <code>http1Options</code>, ESM entry point support for Single Executable Applications (SEA), and an upgraded npm to 11.10.1. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/K4geCuziz" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>DMARCbis update and mailbox provider requirements</strong>: The DMARCbis update (draft-ietf-dmarc-dmarcbis-41) is evolving the DMARC email authentication standard with clearer reporting expectations and standardized DNS tree walks for receiver-side policy discovery. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/yEFoBF8zN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Elasticsearch v9.2.1 shows significant vector search performance gains</strong>: Trendyol’s load tests show Elasticsearch v9.2.1 delivers approximately 2x throughput and 50% less CPU usage for vector search compared to v8.18.3, with up to 10x better p99 latency. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Iw8wLbMFe" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Ruby on Rails remains strong for IoT application development</strong>: Ruby on Rails continues to be a viable backend framework for IoT applications in 2026, excelling in API management, dashboards, analytics, and data orchestration, particularly for scalable API-first backends and real-time data via WebSockets. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=avyOupcnw&amp;id=32R6QjGry" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents make the ‘10x developer’ debate moot, apparently</strong>: Justin Searls, a named individual, confidently declared that AI agents have rendered the ‘10x developer’ debate moot, claiming they equalize or amplify developer output. Conveniently, he offered no actual evidence or specifics on how this magical equalization occurs, just his ‘nailed it’ personal reflection. Guess we can all stop trying now, the robots got this. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/dMpIU74OH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AWS blames human for AI tool outage, not the AI tool</strong>: AWS published a blog post explaining an outage caused by an engineer using their AI coding tool, Kiro, to accidentally trigger a CloudFormation teardown. AWS framed it as human error, stating the engineer had ‘broader permissions than expected,’ and called Kiro’s involvement a ‘coincidence.’ It’s always the human’s fault, especially when you’re laying off thousands of them while simultaneously pushing AI tools that require human oversight for generated changes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/qZoHoApRh" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Samsung wins award for ‘upcycling’ program that barely exists</strong>: Samsung won a sustainability award for its ‘Galaxy Upcycling’ program, which promised bootloader unlocking and open-source repurposing for old phones. What actually launched was a drastically scaled-back version offering only sound detection and brightness measurement, with no bootloader unlocking. iFixit called it ‘nearly unrecognizable,’ but hey, a Reuters Responsible Business award for greenwashing is still an award, right? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ebOB9DlFn" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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