<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents are getting smarter, but also riskier</strong>: AI agents are rapidly evolving, with new tools like Anthropic’s Claude Co-work enabling desktop automation and Google’s Conductor providing context-driven development for Gemini CLI. However, this increased capability comes with significant security risks. Anthropic’s Cowork, for instance, has an unpatched prompt injection vulnerability that allows file exfiltration, as reported by PromptArmor. This highlights a growing concern that AI agents, while powerful, are introducing new attack vectors that traditional security measures can’t handle, as noted by The Hacker News. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=3e5iSak1o&amp;id=s11rN52dz&amp;id=qjYQj2ENJ&amp;id=jaKSkIh92&amp;id=rAHVvRPEj&amp;id=hOkZZEdlQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>The AI gold rush is hitting a wall of reality</strong>: Despite massive investments and hype, the AI industry is facing a ‘trough of disillusionment.’ Gartner predicts global AI spending to reach $2.52 trillion by 2026, but MIT research cited by Moody’s shows 95% of enterprises aren’t seeing ROI from their AI investments. OpenAI, for example, is reportedly losing $11.5 billion quarterly, relying on circular financing to stay afloat, according to business press. This suggests a growing skepticism about the financial viability of aggressive AI infrastructure spending, as noted by The New Stack. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=TNaBNlpBz&amp;id=DQh9IAXNl&amp;id=j0xF0WiVr&amp;id=kkiD8rbdD&amp;id=rN9O2D75a" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft open-sources XAML Studio and disrupts cybercrime</strong>: Microsoft has open-sourced XAML Studio under the .NET Foundation, aiming to foster community collaboration for rapid UI prototyping. In a more impactful move, Microsoft also led the disruption of RedVDS, a crimeware-as-a-service platform that facilitated phishing and fraud campaigns globally, as reported by multiple reliable sources. This operation, involving Europol and German law enforcement, took RedVDS offline, highlighting Microsoft’s active role in combating cybercrime. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=hUJrXK08w&amp;id=B3gSK2e83" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI coding assistants are changing developer roles</strong>: AI coding agents are shifting the bottleneck in software development from execution to problem definition, creating a new ‘Product Engineer’ role that blends technical skills with deep customer understanding, as highlighted by The New Stack. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=ruSCTD0Fh&amp;id=sifgyKGyd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GitHub Copilot gets smarter with repository-specific memory</strong>: GitHub Copilot now features an opt-in ‘memories’ system that learns and documents coding preferences and project guidelines, aiming to improve code consistency and speed up onboarding, according to GitHub’s blog. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/nCmOnsQS3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Small language models are gaining enterprise traction</strong>: Enterprises are increasingly favoring Small Language Models (SLMs) over LLMs due to lower costs, reduced latency, and better fit for well-defined tasks like invoice parsing and contract classification, as discussed in InfoWorld. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=HX43N3MkE&amp;id=J1BKrq2u6&amp;id=PF1ZIcrmV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cloudflare acquires Astro, commits to open source</strong>: Cloudflare has acquired The Astro Technology Company, but promises to keep the Astro web framework open-source, MIT-licensed, and platform-agnostic, with the entire team joining Cloudflare to continue development. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=a23rECuU6&amp;id=6Yvvs8a9F&amp;id=yRAOJZmiR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Node.js and Ruby get security and bugfix updates</strong>: Node.js released versions 20.20.0 LTS and 25.3.0 with multiple security fixes, while Ruby 4.0.1 addresses bugfixes, both focusing on stability and security. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=DwsoMgMKH&amp;id=WX4br4Zyw&amp;id=Yy5NFIIOM&amp;id=Zr0Dv9dwZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft Intune enforces critical mobile app updates</strong>: Microsoft is mandating updates to its Intune Mobile Application Management service by January 19, 2026, blocking outdated iOS and Android apps, including Microsoft’s own, from launching if not updated. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PNEoUht10" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AMD EPYC processors show Linux performance gains</strong>: AMD EPYC 8004 ‘Siena’ processors are demonstrating significant Linux performance improvements with newer Ubuntu releases and kernel updates, with further gains expected for upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/85IZs9OZ7" 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 ultimate productivity hack, or just a fancy spell checker?</strong>: Cursor and Claude Code are touting ‘dynamic context discovery’ and ‘code simplifier agents’ to make AI coding more efficient. Apparently, they’ve boosted pull request merge rates and reduced code duplication. But developers are already skeptical, questioning if these ‘advances’ are just adding more token costs and complexity without real practical value, as noted by Cursor’s product team and community sentiment. It’s almost like throwing more AI at AI’s problems isn’t always the magic bullet. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=nGGCLLBtk&amp;id=po93HZAKj&amp;id=6k9ppA468&amp;id=BIveqqqj1&amp;id=p3khbP8jU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>NVIDIA’s CEO: ‘AI skeptics are just doomers, ignore them!’</strong>: Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s CEO, is publicly dismissing AI skeptics and calls for regulation as a ‘doomer narrative’ that threatens innovation. Funny how the guy whose company is making billions from the AI boom wants everyone to just keep calm and code on, without asking too many questions about job displacement or misinformation. It’s almost like he has a vested interest in keeping the hype train rolling, as pointed out by multiple articles scrutinizing his statements. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=1vSR1HgdF&amp;id=JJAsCgIZe" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-generated code: functional, but architecturally unsound. What could go wrong?</strong>: Senior Android and SwiftUI developers are finding that AI-generated code, while functional, is often architecturally unsound, leading to issues like improper coroutine handling, state management errors, and excessive view re-renders. So, while your AI might churn out code faster than you can say ‘technical debt,’ you’ll still need a human to clean up its mess and ensure your app doesn’t collapse under its own weight. It seems AI is great at writing, not so great at thinking, according to professional reviews. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=O3swuQWEt&amp;id=Oj1MubZPP&amp;id=QjH25jlip" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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