<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents in software development: hype vs. reality</strong>: The promise of AI agents revolutionizing software development is facing a reality check. While some developers find AI helpful for structured tasks like migrating a blog, others report significant issues. Teams using AI for SwiftUI views, for instance, found that initial success quickly turned into architectural debt, leading to refactors that took longer than building from scratch, as reported by Rebeloper. This highlights a growing disconnect between AI hype and practical, sustainable software engineering, a sentiment echoed by <a href="http://DevTools.fm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">DevTools.fm</a>, which notes that 2023’s predictions of AI replacing developers were largely unfounded. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=6XeVWOBXO&amp;id=STWE5tRXe&amp;id=UAphs9F5B&amp;id=euzGVQGzQ&amp;id=iukrPGTg6&amp;id=m6P4U0J0b&amp;id=wCQfiCXDa" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>NVIDIA’s AI push: from drug discovery to retail and security</strong>: NVIDIA is expanding its AI footprint across diverse sectors, announcing a $1 billion AI co-innovation lab with Lilly for drug discovery, as reported by TechCrunch. Concurrently, NVIDIA is rolling out open-source AI blueprints for retail, including a Multi-Agent Intelligent Warehouse system and a Retail Catalog Enrichment tool, as detailed by NVIDIA’s own announcements. They’re also bolstering enterprise AI security with BlueField-enhanced validated designs, integrating with major cybersecurity partners to offer hardware-accelerated, zero-trust security for AI workloads. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=TcHQkCPbq&amp;id=O5KxwsHsv&amp;id=dliP781v1&amp;id=SCEwsKfyS&amp;id=WxRVVmFMH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Chrome 145 beta brings new CSS and web APIs</strong>: Chrome 145 beta is here, packed with new CSS features like <code>text-justify</code>, column wrapping, and percentage values for <code>letter-spacing</code> and <code>word-spacing</code>. Developers also get customizable select listboxes. On the API front, there’s the Navigation API destination exposure, WebGPU subgroup uniformity, and ECMAScript Map upsert methods. The new Origin API also allows programmatic comparison of web origins, making cross-origin checks easier. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=oWgZOWIXh&amp;id=opNGD5YZ9" 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 doubles down on AI governance and marketplace</strong>: Microsoft is recognized as a leader in Unified AI Governance Platforms by IDC MarketScape, integrating responsible AI standards across its ecosystem and expanding its marketplace with over 11,000 AI models and 4,000 applications. <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 boosts local AI with new GPUs and software</strong>: NVIDIA announced significant performance upgrades for AI video and image generation on RTX GPUs, including 3x faster 4K video generation and 60% VRAM savings with ComfyUI optimizations, all running locally for privacy and low latency. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4rJ96gwiU&amp;id=JItr1KihQ&amp;id=bXoqeH8eP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI solves a long-standing math problem</strong>: GPT 5.2 Pro has reportedly solved Erdos problem #281, a previously unsolved mathematical challenge, marking a significant milestone for AI in mathematical research, according to mathematician Terence Tao. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pRkd3CPEF" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Shopify deprecates tracking cookies, requires Hydrogen storefront updates</strong>: Shopify will deprecate <code>shopify_y</code> and <code>shopify_s</code> tracking cookies in 2026, requiring all Hydrogen storefronts using React Router on Oxygen to upgrade by April 30, 2026, to maintain accurate visitor and session attribution. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=QzarOUOVo&amp;id=yU3ZcbWbA&amp;id=zoNDLvNFD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>KDE Plasma 6.6 nearing release, 6.7 in development</strong>: KDE developers are finalizing Plasma 6.6 for a February 2026 release while simultaneously beginning 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>New JavaScript compiler Porffor targets embedded systems</strong>: Porffor, a new ahead-of-time JavaScript compiler, aims to produce significantly smaller and faster binaries for WebAssembly and native code, targeting serverless, game engines, and embedded systems. <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>Black Basta ransomware leader targeted by EU and INTERPOL</strong>: Ukrainian and German authorities have identified Oleg Nefedov as the alleged leader of the Black Basta ransomware group, adding him to the EU Most Wanted and INTERPOL Red Notice lists after internal chat logs exposed the group’s operations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/O0PAVFWl9" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents: old wine in new bottles?</strong>: Apparently, the ‘revolutionary’ concept of AI agents is just a fancy new name for good old API and web automation, according to some technical experts. It seems the hype is more about investor excitement and financial gains than any groundbreaking technological leap. So, while the marketing teams are busy rebranding, the actual progress still relies on the same machine-readable data and APIs we’ve always had. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4rJ96gwiU&amp;id=J1BKrq2u6" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>NVIDIA’s gaming announcements: more marketing than substance?</strong>: NVIDIA is touting DLSS 4.5 with ‘Dynamic Multi Frame Generation’ and G-SYNC Pulsar monitors with ‘1,000Hz+ effective motion clarity,’ all targeting their new RTX 50 Series GPUs. While the claims of ‘supercharging gameplay’ and ‘enhanced performance’ are abundant, every single metric and performance claim comes directly from NVIDIA itself. No independent testing, no industry reactions, just pure, unadulterated corporate optimism. Color me surprised. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=jXjzYY9vI&amp;id=5ceYZHV0v" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI in gaming: still struggling with basic concepts</strong>: Developers are proudly showcasing AI Pokémon battle opponents and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 agents, but it seems these ‘intelligent’ systems still can’t grasp basic spatial reasoning or domain-specific knowledge. The Pokémon AI infers types incorrectly, and Claude Code struggles with pathway layouts. It’s almost as if throwing a general AI at a specialized problem without proper context leads to… well, exactly what you’d expect. But hey, at least they’re logging the AI’s faulty reasoning for transparency! <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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