<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Linus Torvalds uses AI for Python, not C</strong>: Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, used Google’s Antigravity AI-assist IDE (likely Gemini) for the Python visualization tool in his new AudioNoise project. He calls this ‘vibe coding,’ streamlining the process between searching for code examples and manual coding. However, he programmed the core DSP simulation in C himself, indicating a selective adoption of AI tools, 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 has partnered with Vistra, TerraPower, and Oklo to secure up to 6.6 GW of nuclear energy by 2035. This massive investment aims to power Meta’s AI infrastructure and data centers, including the Prometheus supercluster in Ohio. The move highlights the immense energy demands of AI and Meta’s strategy to ensure reliable baseload power, according to Meta’s official announcement. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/elp6Y0W2r" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Universal Commerce Protocol and Amazon’s AI clash</strong>: Google, Shopify, Walmart, Target, and Etsy launched the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open-source standard to unify e-commerce from discovery to order management. Meanwhile, Amazon’s ‘Buy For Me’ AI feature is reportedly scraping merchant sites and listing products without consent, causing issues like incorrect imagery and exposing wholesale prices. This creates tension between open standards and aggressive AI-driven platform strategies, as reported by tech news and affected merchants. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=7CfzB00S6&amp;id=HH05G9maY&amp;id=MhDEwyYbE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Developers building AI workflow tools</strong>: Hacker News discussions show developers are actively building AI chat tools for session management, full-text search for AI conversations using Rust and Tantivy, and Tmux-based CLI tools for AI agent interaction with terminal scripts. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/sxLN2tj0R" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Python 3.14 to bring performance and free-threading</strong>: Python 3.14, slated for 2026, promises performance gains through lazy imports and official free-threading support, with claims of up to 10x speedups for parallel workloads, alongside new Rust-based type checkers and packaging tools. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/quf6PiAcD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Gentoo Linux 2025 review highlights 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>Motional reboots robotaxi with AI-first approach</strong>: Motional is relaunching its robotaxi service, shifting from rules-based systems to a foundation model-based AI architecture, with employee testing starting in Las Vegas and public ride-hailing targeted for mid-2026. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JFLFFu1SK" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Wing expands Walmart drone delivery</strong>: Alphabet’s Wing is expanding its drone delivery partnership with Walmart, adding 150 stores by 2027 to cover 10% of the U.S. population, building on successful pilots in Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3ejbcGBv5" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://Laraplugins.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Laraplugins.io</a> offers automated Laravel package health checks</strong>: <a href="http://Laraplugins.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Laraplugins.io</a> launched as an automated directory for Laravel package dependency quality, providing health scores based on update recency, compatibility, and code quality, built with Laravel Octane and FrankenPHP for performance. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=39iNKw5Gf&amp;id=NDu5PHZv1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kotlin ecosystem updates and new libraries</strong>: Kotlin Weekly #493 highlights Media3 1.9.0, Block’s migration to Ktfmt and Detekt, detailed guides on dependency injection, Ktor Client internals, and new libraries like Carbon Compose and Jindong for haptic feedback. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/hrjaxjJXZ" 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 are making you unfocused</strong>: Apparently, those AI coding tools you’re using are causing ‘dead zones’ of 5-30 seconds, fragmenting your focus and leading to context switching. The solution? An ‘AI Detox’ protocol, which involves physically removing your hands from the keyboard and closing distracting apps. Because clearly, the problem isn’t the tool, it’s your inability to stare blankly at a screen while it thinks, as suggested by unnamed sources. <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 failing due to ‘infrastructure gaps’</strong>: An anonymous author claims 80% of GenAI projects fail because of a lack of ‘production-ready infrastructure,’ not model capability. They then list seven ‘essential production folders’ like config management and prompt versioning. So, it’s not the hype, it’s just that nobody bothered to put their prompts in version control. Shocking, I know. <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>PostgreSQL is the new Redis, if you squint hard enough</strong>: A technical article suggests PostgreSQL can replace Redis for caching, pub/sub, and job queues, claiming ‘overall’ performance gains by eliminating network hops. Sure, it’s 0.1-1ms slower per operation, but hey, you save $100/month on infrastructure! Just don’t try it for anything over 100k operations per second or if you actually need Redis’s features. It’s a ‘solution’ looking for a very specific, small problem. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/X7d3O8Vu2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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