<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Linus Torvalds uses AI for Python tooling</strong>: Even Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, is now using AI coding tools like Google’s Antigravity AI-assist IDE for “vibe coding” on his AudioNoise project. While he still writes core DSP in C, he leveraged AI for the Python visualization tool, streamlining the process between searching for code examples and manual coding. This marks a significant shift in AI adoption by a major open-source leader, as reported across multiple tech blogs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/fe8LDMARY" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Meta secures nuclear power for AI expansion</strong>: Meta is partnering with Vistra, TerraPower, and Oklo to secure up to 6.6 GW of nuclear energy by 2035, aiming to power its expanding AI infrastructure and data centers, including the Prometheus supercluster in Ohio. This move, announced by Meta, highlights the massive energy demands of AI and Meta’s strategy to use nuclear power as a clean and reliable solution. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/elp6Y0W2r" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>India proposes strict smartphone security standards</strong>: India is pushing for 83 new smartphone security standards, including demands for source code access, pre-update notifications, and 12-month device log storage. Major tech companies like Apple, Samsung, and Google are opposing these requirements, calling them unprecedented and invasive. Reuters reports contradict the Indian IT ministry’s public denials of seeking source code, indicating a significant regulatory battle ahead. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/C0BEamxdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>D-Wave acquires Quantum Circuits for gate-model expansion</strong>: D-Wave Quantum is acquiring Quantum Circuits Inc. for $550 million to integrate annealing quantum computing with error-corrected gate-model technology, aiming for a commercially available gate-model system by 2026. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/rdMlkyvEb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>US reauthorizes National Quantum Initiative</strong>: The U.S. has introduced the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act to extend federal coordination of quantum research through 2034, establishing new NIST quantum centers and expanding NASA quantum programs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/fWH0q50O1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Monarch Quantum launches integrated photonics for quantum hardware</strong>: Monarch Quantum has launched with Quantum Light Engines, integrated photonics systems that consolidate optical components for quantum computing, sensing, and communications, using robotic assembly and machine learning. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/VcJjUEDTv" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Gentoo Linux 2025 review highlights technical progress</strong>: Gentoo Linux’s 2025 review shows 112,927 commits, four new developers, finalized EAPI 9, migration planning to Codeberg, and official support for RISC-V bootable images and WSL. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/19Mn2n5YA" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PostgreSQL as a Redis alternative for specific use cases</strong>: A technical article suggests PostgreSQL can replace Redis for caching, pub/sub, job queues, and session storage in small-to-medium apps, leveraging features like UNLOGGED tables and LISTEN/NOTIFY, despite slightly slower per-operation latency. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/X7d3O8Vu2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Wing expands Walmart drone delivery network</strong>: Alphabet’s Wing is expanding its drone delivery partnership with Walmart to include 150 additional stores by 2027, aiming to cover 10% of the U.S. population with services for items like eggs and ground beef. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3ejbcGBv5" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Telegraf 1.38.0 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 and configuration-based attacks, requiring users to review configurations for compatibility. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/VTcea1vlc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI code generation tools: the new focus fragmentation device</strong>: Apparently, those 5-30 second pauses while your AI coding tool ‘thinks’ are actually ‘dead zones’ that destroy deep work and trigger context switching to Slack. The solution? An ‘AI Detox’ protocol where you physically remove your hands from the keyboard. Because, you know, the problem isn’t the tool, it’s your inability to stare blankly at a screen for half a minute without checking memes. This is peak 2026 productivity advice. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=eC9HsHF69&amp;id=infazu71Y&amp;id=uTQFFroPQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GenAI projects: 80% failure rate, but it’s not the AI’s fault</strong>: A practitioner claims 80% of GenAI projects fail, not because the models are bad, but because developers can’t build proper production infrastructure. Apparently, things like config management, prompt versioning, and error handling are revolutionary concepts for AI projects. Who knew that basic software engineering principles were still relevant when dealing with ‘intelligent’ systems? Maybe the AI should just write the infrastructure too. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=ExsMXw27a&amp;id=yocwu10Ql" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI coding tools now generate ‘most’ production code, trust us</strong>: A report, whose precise data source is conveniently ‘not detailed,’ claims AI code generation tools now create 70-90% of production code. Developers are urged to adapt or ‘fall behind,’ challenging AI with ‘real’ tasks and creating custom benchmarks instead of relying on vendor claims. It’s almost as if the industry is trying to convince us that AI is indispensable, even if the evidence is as solid as a prompt-generated hallucination. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LeN1TdPNx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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