<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI code generation now dominates production, shifting developer roles</strong>: AI code generation tools are reportedly creating 70-90% of production code, fundamentally changing software engineering. Developers are moving from writing code to supervising AI systems, focusing on prompt engineering, orchestration, and ensuring AI-readiness with proper tooling and documentation. This shift, highlighted by InfoWorld and other tech outlets, means engineers need to adapt to new workflows, treat AI as core infrastructure, and develop skills in managing AI agents rather than just coding.</li>
<li><strong>India proposes strict smartphone security, faces industry backlash</strong>: India is pushing for 83 new smartphone security standards, including source code access and 12-month device log storage, aiming to reduce reliance on foreign tech. However, major players like Apple, Samsung, and Google are strongly opposing these measures, calling them unprecedented and a risk to proprietary technology. Reuters reports government documents contradict public statements, suggesting a demand for source code access, raising concerns about regulatory overreach and commercial viability.</li>
<li><strong>Larian Studios clarifies AI policy for new Divinity game</strong>: Larian Studios, known for its critically acclaimed games, announced that its upcoming Divinity title will not use generative AI for art or writing, a decision influenced by community feedback. While they will continue to use AI for idea refinement and development acceleration, any future AI-generated assets would be trained exclusively on their proprietary data, emphasizing ownership and control, as stated in their official announcement.</li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Developers building AI tools for workflow integration</strong>: Developers are actively creating AI chat tools for managing user sessions and context, with projects like a Rust-based full-text search for Claude/Codex data and a Tmux-based CLI for AI agent interaction, as seen on Hacker News.</li>
<li><strong>Motional reboots robotaxi service with AI-first approach</strong>: Motional is relaunching its robotaxi service, shifting from rules-based systems to a foundation model AI architecture, with public ride-hailing targeted for mid-2026 after a $1 billion investment from Hyundai.</li>
<li><strong>Alphabet’s Wing expands Walmart drone delivery network</strong>: Wing, Alphabet’s drone delivery arm, is expanding its partnership with Walmart to include 150 more stores by 2027, aiming to cover 10% of the U.S. population and leveraging larger drones for items like groceries.</li>
<li><strong>Gentoo Linux 2025 review highlights technical progress</strong>: Gentoo Linux’s 2025 review showcases 112,927 commits, four new developers, finalized EAPI 9, and migration planning to Codeberg, alongside new RISC-V and WSL support.</li>
<li><strong>European Commission consults on open source strategy</strong>: The European Commission is consulting on an open source strategy to reduce reliance on US tech giants, aiming to classify open source as critical infrastructure and foster EU-based alternatives.</li>
<li><strong>Telegraf v1.38.0 enhances security with strict environment variable handling</strong>: Telegraf version 1.38.0 now defaults to strict environment variable handling to prevent malicious plugin injection, requiring users to review configurations for compatibility.</li>
<li><strong>Window tiling goes mainstream across operating systems</strong>: Window tiling, once a niche feature, is becoming standard with Windows 11’s Snap Layouts, macOS Sequoia’s native edge tiling, and widespread adoption in Linux distributions like Ubuntu and Pop!_OS.</li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>GenAI projects: 80% failure rate, but it’s not the AI’s fault (wink, wink)</strong>: Apparently, 80% of GenAI projects are crashing and burning, not because the AI models are still glorified autocomplete, but due to ‘lack of production-ready infrastructure.’ The anonymous expert, who rejected 847 GenAI pull requests, insists it’s all about proper config, caching, and prompt versioning. So, it’s not the shiny new toy that’s the problem, it’s just that nobody knows how to build real software anymore, right?</li>
<li><strong>AI code assistants: the new productivity black hole</strong>: Remember when AI was supposed to make us all coding superheroes? Turns out, those AI code generation tools are creating ‘dead zones’ of 5-30 second pauses, fragmenting developer focus and leading to more Slack-checking than actual coding. The brilliant solution? An ‘AI Detox’ protocol, which basically means putting your hands down and staring at the screen while the AI thinks. Because nothing says ‘efficiency’ like forced meditation breaks.</li>
<li><strong>PostgreSQL is the new Redis, if you squint hard enough</strong>: A brave soul claims PostgreSQL can replace Redis for caching, pub/sub, and job queues, with only a ‘small’ 0.1-1ms latency increase. The real magic, apparently, is saving $100/month by consolidating infrastructure. So, if your app is small-to-medium, can tolerate being up to 158% slower, and doesn’t need any of Redis’s actual features, then sure, PostgreSQL is totally the new Redis. What could possibly go wrong?</li>
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