<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI accelerates AWS breach to full admin in 8 minutes</strong>: Threat actors leveraged large language models (LLMs) to breach an AWS environment, escalating from initial access to full administrative privileges in just 8 minutes. The attack started with credentials found in misconfigured public S3 buckets, then used LLMs for reconnaissance, code generation, and real-time decision-making to move laterally and exfiltrate data. This incident, reported by AWS, highlights how AI can drastically speed up cyberattacks, making rapid detection and response more critical than ever. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/6mJxFRcx6" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Snowflake integrates pg_lake for open data standards</strong>: Snowflake has integrated <code>pg_lake</code>, an open-source PostgreSQL extension, into its Snowflake Postgres service, allowing users to work directly with data lakehouses and Apache Iceberg tables via SQL. This move, announced by Snowflake, emphasizes interoperability and open standards, aiming to unify analytical and transactional workloads and prevent vendor lock-in. It also expands their Horizon Catalog to manage Iceberg tables with governance controls, supporting external query engines. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/kBWxo6cQz" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft open-sources rust-based sandboxing project litebox</strong>: Microsoft has open-sourced LiteBox, an experimental library OS written in Rust, designed for application sandboxing with a minimal attack surface. It offers stronger isolation than containers without the overhead of full VMs, supporting unmodified Linux applications and confidential computing with AMD SEV-SNP. While not production-ready, LiteBox aims to enhance security for applications requiring robust isolation, positioning itself as a middle ground between existing virtualization technologies. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/jIlb9nmzq" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Postgres extensions consolidate database functions</strong>: Postgres, with extensions like pg_textsearch, pgvector, and TimescaleDB, is increasingly capable of replacing specialized databases for most companies, reducing operational complexity and data sync issues. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/QtM7zNGDf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Ubuntu expands RISC-V support with new processors</strong>: Canonical will support SpacemiT K3 RISC-V processor with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, targeting one of the first commercially available RVA23-compliant chips, which includes security extensions and vector computing for AI workloads. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/C9IUbBaRM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Dragonfly v2.4.0 improves large file downloads</strong>: Dragonfly v2.4.0 introduces a new Vortex protocol that reduces large file download times by 40-50% and deprecates its Go client in favor of a Rust client, alongside Kubernetes deployment improvements. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/J9H8A1Jwx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Qodo launches multi-agent AI code review platform</strong>: Qodo version 2.0 introduces specialized AI agents with recall and memory to perform senior-engineer-level code reviews, aiming to maintain code quality amidst the proliferation of AI-generated code. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PAc5sU2Jg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>FBI unable to access iPhone data due to lockdown mode</strong>: The FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team was unable to extract data from a Washington Post reporter’s iPhone because Apple’s Lockdown Mode was enabled, demonstrating its effectiveness against forensic tools. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PXLqFkE9O" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Go and Rust show similar code density in language analysis</strong>: An analysis of 35 programming languages found Go (58.78%) and Rust (60.5%) have similar levels of code redundancy, indicating that modern language design doesn’t always reduce boilerplate. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/G5ZeiGhjD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft releases security updates for Go versions</strong>: Microsoft released new builds of Go versions 1.25.7-1 and 1.24.13-1 from its GitHub repository, which include important security fixes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/27vA6E5rB" 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 are disrupting the SaaS business model, apparently</strong>: We’re being told that AI agents are ‘disrupting’ the SaaS business model by shifting from selling software tools to delivering outcomes directly. Because, you know, nobody ever paid for outcomes before. This sounds suspiciously like a fancy new way to package consulting services, but with more buzzwords and less human interaction. Good luck explaining that to the quarterly earnings call. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=UuvYiU3bE&amp;id=WuscJA6Ia&amp;id=c3JtgKgPn&amp;id=uR7Q2jMhV&amp;id=zMRAHcD2R&amp;id=zcMGhz5N7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI is making developers 3x faster, but projects aren’t</strong>: NVIDIA claims their developers are 3x faster with AI coding assistants, yet overall development velocity hasn’t increased. Apparently, the bottleneck has shifted from writing code to ‘coordination, reviews, and handoff wait times.’ So, AI makes the easy part easier, and now we’re just waiting for humans to catch up. Classic. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=1S4Xqhe7b&amp;id=3IeScMbvD&amp;id=B8X6JProz&amp;id=E1ox8iVPF&amp;id=LhvqzBiXd&amp;id=MGWWK0MWO&amp;id=Q6UJ6Gq9Z&amp;id=VHT8GfR8U&amp;id=Wbu0BhyXh&amp;id=hDRUbmwfg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI is a specialized tool, not a conversational companion</strong>: Two Medium articles, published on the same day, are here to tell us that AI should be treated as a ‘specialized tool’ and not a ‘conversational companion.’ Apparently, casual chat-style AI interactions waste computational resources and energy. Who knew that talking to a chatbot could be so environmentally irresponsible? Next, they’ll tell us not to leave the lights on. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4gayVRNfE&amp;id=Rg4aUpuSO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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