<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft Intune enforces mandatory app updates</strong>: Microsoft Intune will require all iOS and Android enterprise apps to update to the latest SDK versions by January 19, 2026. Apps failing to meet these requirements will be blocked from launching, impacting both Microsoft and third-party applications, as reported by multiple sources. This move, driven by security enhancements like PIN enforcement and biometric authentication, means organizations must update or face service interruptions. There is no opt-out, making compliance critical for all Intune-managed apps. <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 processors (generations 1-5), including EPYC 7003, 8004, 9004, and 9005 series. This flaw allows privileged attackers to execute arbitrary code within SEV-SNP protected confidential virtual machines, bypassing memory encryption. AMD has issued microcode updates, with more scheduled for April 2026, and advises disabling 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>
<li><strong>GitLab launches Duo Agent Platform for AI orchestration</strong>: GitLab has released its Duo Agent Platform, enabling orchestration of multiple AI agents across the software development lifecycle. This platform, detailed in GitLab’s official announcement, includes a Planner Agent for project management and a Security Analyst Agent for automated vulnerability triage. It also features a central AI Catalog for agent discovery and management, aiming to boost operational efficiency and security automation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/R9WyVAVPv" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>jQuery 4.0 released after 10 years</strong>: jQuery 4.0 has been released, marking its 20th anniversary with a major cleanup that removes deprecated features and drops support for Internet Explorer 10 and older versions, focusing on modern browser compatibility and a smaller filesize. <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>Microsoft open-sources XAML Studio</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 featuring a UI redesign and deeper WinUI 3 integration. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/hUJrXK08w" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Intel updates LLM-Scaler-Omni for Arc Graphics</strong>: Intel has updated its LLM-Scaler-Omni product, enhancing support for ComfyUI and SGLang on Intel Arc Graphics hardware, improving multi-modal generative AI capabilities for image, voice, and video generation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/XBX3pzO5M" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Rust gains official Cargo and supply chain support</strong>: Socket has announced general availability for Rust and Cargo support, offering dependency analysis, SBOM generation, and supply chain visibility for Rust projects, addressing risks beyond memory safety like typosquatting and malicious build scripts. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/O8W5FyqYs" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft issues emergency patch for Windows 11 shutdown bug</strong>: Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band update (KB5077797) for Windows 11 23H2 to fix a critical bug from the January Patch Tuesday that prevented proper shutdown, restart, or hibernation, also addressing Remote Desktop authentication issues. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=u2UYa6XNM&amp;id=KR0gCuX2r" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New language models GLM-4.7-Flash and Differential Transformer V2 released</strong>: GLM-4.7-Flash, a 30B-A3B Mixture of Experts (MoE) model, and Differential Transformer V2, with a revamped attention mechanism, have been released, both claiming improved performance and efficiency for language model deployment and training. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0sHlXeafO&amp;id=a35LKDHC2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Akamai expands edge AI infrastructure</strong>: Akamai is advancing its edge AI infrastructure, leveraging its Linode acquisition to deploy AI inferencing capabilities in approximately 100 cities globally, prioritizing proximity to users for low-latency AI workloads. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/BM9i2Ilhw" 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 gift that keeps on giving… technical debt</strong>: Apparently, AI coding tools are so ‘transformative’ that they’re now generating SwiftUI code with business logic baked directly into views, making it utterly untestable. And let’s not forget the ‘invisible coupling’ from boolean flag navigation that seems clever until refactors break everything. It seems AI is great at generating code that looks good on paper but quickly becomes a maintenance nightmare, proving that a human touch is still needed to avoid architectural disasters, as Rebeloper points out. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/yIClekHIh" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI coding tools: Still not replacing junior devs, apparently</strong>: Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson and AWS CEO Matt Garman are out here saying AI coding tools are unreliable, inconsistent, and can’t match junior developers in understanding system architecture or long-term code maintenance. So, while the hype machine keeps churning, it seems the ‘AI will replace all developers’ narrative is still mostly hot air, especially for those who actually need to build and maintain complex systems. Who knew context and understanding were still important? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=2IKuR9DJZ&amp;id=Y8gY63ibF" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>The incredible overcomplexity of the Shadcn radio button</strong>: In a stunning display of modern web development, UI libraries like Shadcn and Radix are now rebuilding simple HTML radio buttons from scratch, requiring multiple dependencies, hundreds of lines of React, and several kilobytes of JavaScript. Because, you know, native HTML radio buttons, which have been perfectly styleable with basic CSS for 30 years, just aren’t ‘modern’ enough. This isn’t just overcomplexity; it’s a masterclass in how to degrade performance and violate ARIA best practices 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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