<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents are here, but they need adult supervision</strong>: AI agents are transforming development workflows, but they’re not magic. Full-time users of tools like Cursor emphasize the need for a ‘plan mode’ before execution, custom context management, and rigorous code reviews. As SwiftLee points out, AI amplifies both discipline and shortcuts, meaning you still need to be a competent engineer to use them effectively. Meanwhile, GitLab’s new Duo Agent Platform aims to orchestrate multiple AI agents across the software development lifecycle, from planning to security, suggesting a future where AI assists, but doesn’t replace, human oversight. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=R9WyVAVPv&amp;id=Mf14DaB5G" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft Intune forces app updates for security</strong>: Microsoft Intune will soon require all iOS and Android enterprise apps to update to the latest SDK versions by January 19, 2026. Apps that don’t comply will be blocked from launching, impacting both Microsoft and third-party applications. This isn’t optional; it’s a ‘kill switch’ for non-compliant apps, according to reporting. Admins need to monitor app update status and use conditional access policies to avoid service interruptions, as this move is primarily driven by enhanced security features like PIN enforcement and biometric authentication. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PNEoUht10" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AMD Zen processors vulnerable to StackWarp attack</strong>: A new hardware vulnerability, StackWarp (CVE-2025-29943), affects AMD Zen generations 1 through 5, including EPYC processors. This flaw allows privileged attackers to execute arbitrary code inside SEV-SNP protected confidential virtual machines by exploiting an undocumented control bit. While AMD has issued microcode updates, additional patches are coming in April 2026, and users are advised to disable hyperthreading on critical systems as a temporary mitigation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/9DURDnZX3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Rust expands platform support and redefines its value</strong>: Socket now offers General Availability for Rust and Cargo support, providing dependency analysis and SBOM generation for Rust projects, while a keynote at NDC TechTown 2025 argues Rust’s primary value is program correctness enforced by its static type system, not just memory safety. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=O8W5FyqYs&amp;id=UzbpNQhI8" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>DuckDB ecosystem grows with new features and AI integration</strong>: The DuckDB ecosystem saw updates including full DML support for Iceberg, browser-based Iceberg queries via DuckDB-Wasm, and new extensions like Onager for graph analytics, with MotherDuck’s MCP server enabling AI agents to perform analytics through natural language. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/T0eFsI0Yd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft open-sources XAML Studio for community development</strong>: Microsoft has open-sourced XAML Studio under the .NET Foundation, making its lightweight prototyping tool for XAML UI development available on GitHub for community contributions, with version 2.0 bringing UI redesigns and deeper WinUI 3 integration. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/hUJrXK08w" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PHP 8.4 introduces breaking changes for http_build_query()</strong>: PHP 8.4’s backward-incompatible change to <code>http_build_query()</code> now serializes backed enums by value and errors on non-backed enums, potentially breaking legacy code, leading to new URI toolkit libraries offering <code>QueryString::compose()</code> with various compatibility modes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/FEB00NeSK" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>jQuery 4.0 released after a decade, drops legacy browser support</strong>: jQuery 4.0.0 is out, marking its 20th anniversary with a major cleanup release that removes deprecated features, drops support for Internet Explorer 10 and older, and aligns with modern ES modules and W3C event specifications. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=5SOCKxGlX&amp;id=dThF1vPz2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-powered tools simplify web app and game development</strong>: <a href="http://Pythagora.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Pythagora.ai</a> generates full-stack applications from text prompts, while a new book teaches ‘vibe coding’ for games using Python with AI assistants like Gemini and Copilot, both aiming to lower the barrier to entry for non-developers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=LklGkgpse&amp;id=LpF1NSIQw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Malicious browser extensions and mods target users and developers</strong>: New malware campaigns are exploiting trust in browser and developer tools, with ‘NexShield’ mimicking uBlock Origin to install ModeloRAT, and malicious Visual Studio Code extensions delivering Evelyn Stealer, highlighting the need for vigilance against sophisticated social engineering and supply chain attacks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=5pEDZn9jd&amp;id=6yrMvtkuD&amp;id=oWlthzs3f" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI coding assistants: the flickering light bulb of productivity</strong>: Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson, along with AWS CEO Matt Garman, is here to remind us that AI coding tools are still unreliable and inconsistent, often producing code that’s hard to maintain. Apparently, they’re not quite ready to replace junior developers, let alone understand system architecture. So much for the AI revolution making everyone a 10x engineer; seems like we still need humans to actually think. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2IKuR9DJZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Enterprise PCs: AI features? Nah, just give me a good price</strong>: Despite 54% of new laptops having NPUs and 25% featuring ‘next-gen AI hardware,’ enterprise buyers are still prioritizing price, battery life, and performance. It seems the ‘compelling AI applications’ just aren’t there yet to justify the extra cost. Dell even admitted they overemphasized premium models. Who knew businesses wanted practical value over marketing hype? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/4Trj7zDav" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>The incredible overcomplexity of a radio button: because native HTML is too simple</strong>: Modern UI libraries like Shadcn and Radix are turning a simple HTML radio button into a multi-dependency, hundreds-of-lines-of-React monstrosity. They’re rebuilding it from scratch with ARIA attributes instead of using native inputs, which, by the way, have been perfectly styleable for 30 years. This isn’t innovation; it’s just making things unnecessarily complicated, violating ARIA best practices, and degrading performance for a feature that already works. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/cuZVekEgv" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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