<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Linus Torvalds embraces AI coding tools for hobby project</strong>: Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, used Google’s Antigravity AI-assist IDE (likely Gemini) for the Python visualization tool in his new open-source AudioNoise project. While he coded the core DSP in C himself, he described AI tools as streamlining the process between searching for code examples and manual coding, a practice he calls ‘vibe coding.’ This marks a significant adoption of AI-assisted coding 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 bets big on nuclear power for AI infrastructure</strong>: Meta has announced partnerships with Vistra, TerraPower, and Oklo to secure up to 6.6 GW of nuclear energy capacity by 2035. This massive investment aims to provide reliable baseload power for Meta’s expanding AI infrastructure and data centers, particularly its Prometheus supercluster in Ohio. The move highlights the immense energy demands of advanced AI and Meta’s strategy to ensure a clean and stable power supply, according to their official announcement. <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, faces industry backlash</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 players like Apple, Samsung, Google, and Xiaomi are opposing these requirements, calling them unprecedented and invasive. While the Indian IT ministry publicly denies seeking source code, leaked government documents suggest otherwise, creating significant tension and regulatory uncertainty in one of the world’s largest smartphone markets, as reported by Reuters. <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>Quantum tech heats up with major acquisitions and SPAC mergers</strong>: D-Wave is set to acquire Quantum Circuits for $550 million to integrate gate-model technology with its annealing systems, targeting a commercial gate-model quantum computer by 2026. Meanwhile, Infleqtion is pursuing a SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp X, aiming to become the first publicly listed neutral-atom quantum technology company with over $540 million in expected proceeds. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=rdMlkyvEb&amp;id=RMchWZxRf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>US reauthorizes National Quantum Initiative, expands research</strong>: A bipartisan bill has been introduced to reauthorize the National Quantum Initiative through 2034, expanding federal quantum research to include new NIST centers, NSF hubs, and NASA programs, with a focus on post-quantum security and supply chain strengthening. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/fWH0q50O1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Developers building AI tools for workflow integration</strong>: Hacker News discussions reveal developers are actively building AI chat tools for session management, full-text search for AI session data using Rust and Tantivy, and Tmux-based CLI tools for AI agents to execute and interact with terminal scripts. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/sxLN2tj0R" 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 applications by leveraging features like UNLOGGED tables and LISTEN/NOTIFY, potentially simplifying infrastructure and ensuring transactional consistency. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/X7d3O8Vu2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux 6.19-rc5 fixes Rust Binder deadlock, adds Intel support</strong>: The latest Linux kernel release candidate, 6.19-rc5, includes a critical fix for a recursive locking deadlock in the Rust Binder driver and adds support for Intel Nova Lake Point S to the MEI driver. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=MbuLWzK6Y&amp;id=njv07kgwC" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Gentoo Linux 2025 review highlights technical milestones</strong>: Gentoo Linux’s 2025 year-in-review showcases 112,927 commits, four new developers, finalization of EAPI 9, migration planning to Codeberg, and official support for RISC-V bootable images and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/19Mn2n5YA" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Python 3.14 to bring performance gains and free-threading</strong>: Python 3.14, slated for 2026, is expected to introduce lazy imports for performance boosts and official free-threading support, alongside a revamped PEP process and growing adoption of Rust-based type checkers and packaging tools like uv and Hatch. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/quf6PiAcD" 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: the 70-90% myth and the ‘AI Detox’</strong>: Apparently, AI code generation tools now create 70-90% of production code, according to some unnamed report. This magical statistic is then used to justify an ‘AI Detox’ protocol, where developers must physically remove their hands from the keyboard during AI generation to avoid ‘focus fragmentation.’ Because, you know, the real problem isn’t the AI’s output quality, but your inability to stare blankly at a screen for 30 seconds. This sounds less like best practice and more like a new form of corporate mindfulness, probably sold by the same consultants pushing ‘synergy.’ <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=LeN1TdPNx&amp;id=eC9HsHF69&amp;id=infazu71Y&amp;id=uTQFFroPQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GenAI project failure rates: it’s not the model, it’s your ‘production folders’</strong>: An anonymous expert claims 80% of GenAI projects fail, not because the models are bad, but because developers lack ‘production-ready infrastructure.’ The solution? Seven essential production folders, including prompt versioning and provider abstraction. So, all those failed projects just needed a better folder structure and some caching? It’s almost as if the ‘expert’ reviewed 847 pull requests and decided the problem was everyone else’s engineering, not the inherent challenges of deploying unreliable black boxes. Shocking. <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 insiders poisoning their own well: because ‘existential threat’ is the new ‘disruption’</strong>: A group of ‘AI industry insiders’ has launched ‘Poison Fountain,’ encouraging websites to feed poisoned data to AI crawlers. Their noble goal? To undermine AI systems because they view AI as an ‘existential threat.’ So, instead of, say, advocating for regulation or ethical guidelines, they’re opting for digital sabotage. It’s a bold strategy, Cotton, let’s see if it pays off for them, or if it just makes the internet even more unusable for everyone else while they pat themselves on the back for ‘saving humanity.’ <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ULQiNTTAZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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