<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Intel’s QATlib gets zero-copy DMA, SDS program quietly ends</strong>: Intel released QATlib version 26.02, introducing new APIs for zero-copy Direct Memory Access (DMA) to enhance performance for cryptographic and compression operations by eliminating data copying. Meanwhile, Intel appears to have quietly discontinued its ‘On Demand’ Software Defined Silicon (SDS) program, which allowed customers to activate additional hardware features on Xeon processors via software licensing, a program first introduced in 2021. This suggests a shift in Intel’s strategy regarding hardware feature monetization and performance optimization. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=LA5nVlV55&amp;id=LPtFvSMC9" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Spree Commerce hit with critical PII vulnerabilities</strong>: Two significant security vulnerabilities were disclosed in Spree Commerce. One is a critical Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in <code>spree_api</code> that allows unauthenticated guest users to access other guests’ personal information during checkout by manipulating address IDs. The second, found by GitHub Security Lab, affects the <code>spree_storefront</code> gem, enabling unauthenticated users to view completed guest orders without token validation, posing a risk of PII disclosure through brute force attacks on Order IDs. Patches are available for various Spree Commerce versions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Fb8vvabWN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents are getting more autonomous and risky</strong>: AI agents are evolving rapidly, with new models like Pony Alpha reportedly matching Claude Opus 4.5 performance and GitHub Agentic Workflows enabling automated repository management. However, this autonomy introduces significant security risks, including billing bypasses in GitHub Copilot for premium models and supply chain vulnerabilities from hallucinated npm packages and malicious commands in AI-generated code, as highlighted by TheStandup. Tools like Matchlock are emerging to secure these AI agent workloads by running them in isolated microVMs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4JIVYKasE&amp;id=6XiGDuvrg&amp;id=99RvVncrQ&amp;id=BFb40CqB&amp;id=DVlnW0oAE&amp;id=IR7qapWFD&amp;id=JHFI7hjNP&amp;id=SVJSQF1SS&amp;id=cFuqqwpeZ&amp;id=cIFgh6gRR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Apple’s E-cores outperform Intel’s approach</strong>: Apple silicon Macs achieve superior performance by using Efficiency (E) cores for background processes, keeping Performance (P) cores free for user applications, a design inherited from ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/lJuyIXZKX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Bun v1.3.9 adds parallel scripts and performance boosts</strong>: Bun v1.3.9 introduces parallel and sequential script execution, improves testing with <code>Symbol.dispose</code> support, and enhances performance with SIMD-accelerated RegExp matching and faster string operations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/S5ryyJJXD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>LocalGPT offers a lightweight, local AI assistant</strong>: LocalGPT is a ~27MB Rust-based AI assistant that runs entirely on your machine, featuring persistent markdown memory, autonomous background tasks, and support for multiple LLM providers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/WndaKmd4O" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Heroku is officially winding down</strong>: Salesforce announced Heroku is moving to a ‘sustaining engineering model’ and no longer accepting new enterprise customers, effectively signaling the platform’s end after years of declining investment. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/u738eKfMn" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Zig’s main function gets a major overhaul</strong>: Zig 0.16 introduces a significant change to the main function signature, offering new <code>std.process.Init</code> types for safer access to environment variables, CLI arguments, and allocators. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JUFVy7EEu" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>MySQL explores vector search capabilities</strong>: An article explores different approaches and technical considerations for implementing vector search functionality directly within MySQL databases. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/mu2I01kNt" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Vite needs a new bundler, says Evan You</strong>: Evan You explains that Vite’s reliance on esbuild for dev and Rollup for production creates a dual-bundler dilemma, necessitating a new, unified bundler solution. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/7qQp3YbEQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI will make you 10x productive, just ignore the downsides</strong>: Claims of 10x productivity gains from AI often conveniently ignore critical side effects like quality risks, the increased burden on human understanding for testing, and AI’s tendency to confidently assert false information. Apparently, we’re supposed to just accept ‘90% good enough’ software and the decline of craftsmanship, all while developers suffer from ‘AI fatigue’ due to constant context-switching and reviewing nondeterministic outputs. Sounds like a real win-win, if you ignore all the losing. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0QENbqZDa&amp;id=BJmVQeRm9&amp;id=EfUZYBNep&amp;id=HRdstiR7N&amp;id=osFUQBBRw&amp;id=yGM1loJDg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft’s cloud dependency breaks Notepad</strong>: A Windows 11 user found their Notepad and Snipping Tool broken by a Microsoft Store licensing error, highlighting the ‘brilliant’ move to make basic offline apps dependent on cloud authentication. Because nothing says ‘user control’ and ‘robust operating system’ like your text editor failing because Microsoft’s servers had a bad day. It’s almost like they’re trying to turn Windows into a glorified thin client, one broken app at a time. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KEuw7GCav" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI hacker claims 96% success rate on a benchmark</strong>: Shannon, an ‘autonomous AI hacker,’ boasts a 96.15% success rate on the XBOW Benchmark for finding exploits in web apps. While it sounds impressive, remember that benchmarks are often designed to showcase specific strengths, and the real world is a lot messier than a controlled test. It’s easy to look good when you’re playing on your home turf, but let’s see how it fares against actual, unpredictable, human-built vulnerabilities before we declare Skynet open for penetration testing. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3D8UEk4xc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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