<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Cloud security startup lands quarter-billion dollar funding</strong>: Upwind Security, a cloud security platform, just bagged a hefty $250 million in Series B funding, pushing its valuation to $1.5 billion. They’re touting 900% year-over-year revenue growth by using an “inside-out” approach to security, analyzing internal signals rather than traditional agentless scanning. This funding is earmarked for expanding their AI security capabilities and preventing developer misconfigurations, according to a company press release. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LGgCBPA2D" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kubernetes ingress NGINX is dead, long live ingress alternatives</strong>: The Kubernetes Ingress NGINX project is officially being archived in early 2026, meaning no more active maintenance or security updates. This affects about half of all cloud-native environments. Users are being pushed to migrate to alternatives like Cilium Ingress or the Gateway API, a move that’s not always straightforward due to custom configurations, as reported by DEVCLASS and CNCF. This highlights the ongoing challenges of open-source project sustainability. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=PptBbhnAu&amp;id=wK9Dxbori" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google cloud rolls out new arm-based instances</strong>: Google Cloud’s new N4A instances, powered by Axion ARM processors, are now generally available. These instances offer up to 64 vCPUs and 512GB RAM, providing a more cost-effective option for web servers, microservices, and containerized applications. Benchmarks show performance improvements over previous generations, making them a solid choice for ARM-native workloads, according to Phoronix. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JvBjVyZ5U" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Open-source swiftui agent skill released</strong>: A new open-source SwiftUI Agent Skill aims to embed SwiftUI expertise into AI coding assistants, helping prevent common pitfalls and reduce technical debt. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LlEDXwb6h" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Claude AI now managing grav cms content</strong>: A developer created an open-source MCP plugin for Grav CMS, allowing Claude AI to directly manage blog content via a JSON-RPC API. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/fBtDP8BjG" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-coded tool for local AI code review</strong>: GitHuman, a local-first tool for reviewing AI-generated code changes, was entirely written by Claude Code and self-reviewed, shifting the code review checkpoint to the staging area. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/M78k9F0lW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux binary compatibility gets a holy grail solution</strong>: A new Linux binary compatibility solution combines musl libc with a custom dlopen implementation to run single static binaries with hardware-accelerated graphics across any Linux distribution. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/M4zcYDS4K" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Percona open-sources database automation platform</strong>: OpenEverest, an open-source platform for automated database provisioning and management on Kubernetes, now supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB with plans for CNCF donation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/hNifCVJEN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GitHub open-sources dependabot proxy</strong>: Dependabot Proxy, an HTTP proxy for authenticating Dependabot with GitHub API and private package registries, has been open-sourced under the MIT license. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/GcL7F5nXS" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>SQLite-compatible edge database launches</strong>: Bunny Database, a new SQLite-compatible managed database service, offers global deployment with automatic scaling and pay-as-you-go pricing, built on libSQL. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/bbnTGzjvp" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI-powered driving instructor will make you a better driver, for a price</strong>: Discovery Insure has launched an AI-powered Advanced Driving Instructor, which uses telematics data and generative AI to create personalized driving goals and rewards. Apparently, this system will make you a better driver by analyzing your bad habits and giving you ‘Discovery Miles’ for not crashing. Because nothing says safe driving like gamified insurance, right? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LsXY4pcoJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Tesla robotaxis crash more than humans, but don’t ask for details</strong>: Tesla’s robotaxi fleet in Austin reportedly has a crash rate three times worse than human drivers for all crashes, and nine times worse for police-reported incidents, despite having safety monitors in every vehicle. To top it off, Tesla redacts all crash narratives in its NHTSA reports, unlike competitors like Waymo who operate truly driverless vehicles and have a better safety record. Transparency? Who needs it when you have a vision? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/M8WkrOIKM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Astrology-based cpu scheduler for linux</strong>: A new Linux kernel CPU scheduler, <code>scx_horoscope</code>, makes scheduling decisions based on astrological principles, using planetary positions, zodiac signs, and lunar phases to determine task priorities. While it actually loads into the kernel and schedules system processes, it’s explicitly for “educational and entertainment purposes only.” Because who needs predictable performance when you can have cosmic alignment for your CPU cycles? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/4O3zUvO4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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