<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents are not replacing developers, they’re just fancy APIs</strong>: The hype around “AI agents” is mostly investor-driven rebranding of existing automation, according to a technical analysis. While AI can assist, practical experience shows AI-generated code often lacks context, creates technical debt, and requires more refactoring than writing from scratch. Developers are still essential for reasoning through complexity and ensuring architectural integrity, as highlighted by multiple practitioners and sources like Rebeloper and Hacker News. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4rJ96gwiU&amp;id=STWE5tRXe&amp;id=UAphs9F5B&amp;id=euzGVQGzQ&amp;id=iukrPGTg6&amp;id=m6P4U0J0b&amp;id=wCQfiCXDa&amp;id=DSeK6EEPJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Shopify deprecates tracking cookies, Hydrogen storefronts must update</strong>: Shopify is deprecating its <code>shopify_y</code> and <code>shopify_s</code> tracking cookies in 2026. Hydrogen storefronts using React Router on Oxygen must upgrade by April 30, 2026, to maintain accurate visitor and session attribution in Shopify Analytics. The necessary fixes are available via the Hydrogen CLI tool in releases from 2024.7 to 2025.7, as confirmed by Shopify’s official communication. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=QzarOUOVo&amp;id=yU3ZcbWbA" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>NVIDIA and Lilly team up for a $1B AI drug discovery lab</strong>: NVIDIA and pharmaceutical giant Lilly announced a $1 billion AI co-innovation lab at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. The lab aims to revolutionize drug discovery by integrating computational modeling with experimental wet labs, leveraging Lilly’s biopharmaceutical expertise and NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure, including the DGX SuperPOD. This initiative seeks to model biological complexities more accurately and accelerate new molecule discovery, though operational details remain scarce. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/TcHQkCPbq" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft pushes unified AI governance and expands marketplace</strong>: Microsoft is recognized as a leader in Unified AI Governance Platforms by IDC MarketScape, integrating responsible AI standards across its ecosystem and offering over 11,000 AI models and 4,000 applications in its marketplace. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=VuTiPUrsF&amp;id=XdBf9IqBR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>NVIDIA enhances enterprise AI security with BlueField</strong>: NVIDIA’s Enterprise AI Factory validated design now includes BlueField cybersecurity and acceleration features, offering hardware-accelerated, zero-trust security for AI workloads through partnerships with major security vendors. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=SCEwsKfyS&amp;id=WxRVVmFMH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New JavaScript compiler Porffor targets WebAssembly and native code</strong>: Porffor is an ahead-of-time JavaScript compiler aiming for 50x smaller binaries and significant speed improvements for serverless, game engines, and embedded systems, though it currently lacks garbage collection and web API support. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=xTAvQVuAU&amp;id=xU3ZYAZlY" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>KDE Plasma 6.6 nearing release, 6.7 development begins</strong>: KDE developers are finalizing Plasma 6.6 for a February 2026 release while simultaneously starting feature implementation for Plasma 6.7, indicating a productive development cycle. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Htkecunm3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI solves a long-standing Erdos problem</strong>: GPT 5.2 Pro has reportedly solved Erdos problem #281, a previously open mathematical problem, marking a significant milestone for AI in mathematical research, as noted by mathematician Terence Tao. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pRkd3CPEF" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New programming language Kip uses Turkish grammar for types</strong>: Kip is an experimental programming language that leverages Turkish grammatical cases in its type system to define argument relationships in functions, allowing for flexible argument ordering and exploring the fusion of linguistics with type theory. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=f4hbmP6tB&amp;id=kTJVodinv" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI data centers face a massive skilled worker shortage</strong>: The booming AI data center construction is creating an unprecedented demand for skilled workers, with projections showing a need for nearly 400,000 more construction workers by 2033 in the U.S., particularly electricians and engineers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JE89HgTw1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>NVIDIA’s latest gaming tech: More hype, less independent verification</strong>: NVIDIA just dropped DLSS 4.5, G-SYNC Pulsar, and a bunch of other RTX enhancements, promising 240+ FPS path-traced gameplay and 1,000Hz+ motion clarity. Conveniently, all these claims, benchmarks, and performance metrics come directly from NVIDIA’s own marketing materials, with zero independent or third-party assessments. It’s almost like they want us to believe their own hype without question. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/jXjzYY9vI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Claude Co-work: A taste of AGI, if you can get it to work</strong>: Anthropic’s Claude Co-work is supposed to bring Claude Code’s power to your desktop, organizing files and executing terminal commands. But apparently, this “taste of AGI” comes with broken authentication, UI glitches, and confusing permissions, making it more of a frustrating appetizer than a revolutionary meal. Maybe they should focus on making it functional before calling it a glimpse into the future. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=3e5iSak1o&amp;id=OemgIV2rY" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents in gaming: Still struggling with basic spatial reasoning</strong>: Developers are proudly showcasing AI agents playing Pokémon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, demonstrating some rule-based reasoning. Yet, these cutting-edge AIs still struggle with basic tasks like inferring Pokémon types or designing park layouts, often making faulty assumptions. It seems the “AI plays X” headlines are more about showing off novelty than actual intelligence, reminding us that common sense is still far from common in AI. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=6IAZSWIz1&amp;id=NVzHSqkMx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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