<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI coding tools: productivity gains, quality concerns, and new roles</strong>: AI coding assistants like Cursor are showing significant productivity gains, with one report indicating a 46% increase in daily throughput for individual developers. Salesforce even deployed Cursor company-wide to 20,000 engineers, reporting double-digit gains in cycle time and code quality. However, a CMU study found that while initial productivity spikes, code quality (warnings, complexity) declines long-term, suggesting AI-generated code needs rigorous human oversight. This shift is redefining developer roles, emphasizing high-level architectural skills and a ‘VC mindset’ for managing AI agents, as discussed in multiple analyses. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=EZUXhYwRZ&amp;id=XkFn8TQqF&amp;id=7KqSlBkW9&amp;id=BJsnyHclD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Open-source projects push back on AI-generated ‘slop’</strong>: The LLVM compiler project and cURL have both taken steps to combat a surge of low-quality, AI-generated contributions. LLVM now requires a ‘human in the loop’ policy, banning AI-generated code without thorough human review, while cURL ended its bug bounty program entirely due to an overwhelming influx of ‘AI slop’ reports. This highlights a growing concern in the open-source community about maintaining code quality and project integrity against automated, low-effort submissions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=DXhDzQ15v&amp;id=zNsgAYHqy&amp;id=ssDvZHbZq" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>LastPass users targeted by phishing campaign</strong>: LastPass users are being hit with a phishing campaign sending fake urgent maintenance emails, claiming users need to back up their vaults within 24 hours. These emails redirect to spoofed sites designed to steal master passwords. LastPass has warned users that they never ask for master passwords via email, and the campaign leverages social engineering tactics and holiday timing for increased effectiveness, as reported by The Hacker News. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=TCuZthJYG&amp;id=btyfpzMTN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>PHP 8.6 introduces partial function application</strong>: PHP 8.6 is set to include Partial Function Application (PFA), allowing developers to create closures with flexible parameter binding using placeholders, enhancing functional programming patterns and complementing the new pipe operator. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/NdU9ZcZUX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>jQuery 4.0 drops legacy browser support</strong>: jQuery 4.0 has been released, removing support for Internet Explorer 10 and Microsoft Edge Legacy, integrating Trusted Types and Content Security Policy, and migrating to ES modules for a more modern web development experience. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=uMYmsakGM&amp;id=Cp1cdd7od" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New Ruby framework CMDx uses CERO pattern</strong>: CMDx is a new Ruby framework that organizes business logic with composable command objects, implementing the CERO (Compose, Execute, React, Observe) architectural pattern, featuring typed attributes, built-in validation, and structured logging. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LmcMOfqU8" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Go developer survey 2025: satisfaction and challenges</strong>: The 2025 Go Developer Survey shows 91% satisfaction with Go’s cohesiveness and tooling, but highlights challenges in identifying best practices, missing language features (like enums), and concerns about AI-generated code quality. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/1aHMO98uB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>SmartOS: a Type 1 hypervisor for modern virtualization</strong>: SmartOS, an illumos-based Type 1 hypervisor, offers both OS and hardware virtualization, running entirely from RAM and leveraging ZFS, DTrace, and Zones for robust storage, debugging, and containment. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=o8QQXN3MF&amp;id=Y5ez7xwcB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-powered UI builder Shadcn Studio MCP launched</strong>: Shadcn Studio MCP is an AI-powered tool that integrates with IDEs to generate production-ready UI components, blocks, and pages for React, Next.js, Vite, and Laravel, aiming to boost frontend development efficiency. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=84wxnOe0I&amp;id=ncQILOQ9m" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Ubisoft mandates full office return amid restructuring</strong>: Ubisoft is mandating a full five-day office return for all employees as part of a major restructuring into five ‘Creative Houses,’ aiming to boost collaboration and cut €200 million in costs, alongside canceling six projects including the Prince of Persia remake. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/n85Q90uin" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Palantir CEO: AI will solve immigration (and all your problems)</strong>: Palantir CEO Alex Karp, speaking at the World Economic Forum, declared that AI will eliminate the need for large-scale immigration in Western economies, except for ‘specialized skills.’ This bold claim comes as Deutsche Bank, Gartner, and PwC all report widespread industry skepticism and ‘troughs of disillusionment’ regarding AI’s actual ROI. So, while everyone else is wondering if AI can even make a decent spreadsheet, Karp’s out here solving global labor markets. Impressive, if you ignore all evidence to the contrary. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3s1vrBGbY" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-powered geothermal exploration: trust us, bro</strong>: Zanskar, an AI-driven geothermal startup, just raised $115 million claiming conventional geothermal could hit 1 terawatt, blowing the DOE’s 60-gigawatt estimate out of the water. Their ‘novel’ approach uses supervised machine learning and Bayesian evidential learning to find hidden geothermal sites. Conveniently, all these impressive numbers and projections come directly from Zanskar itself, with zero independent verification. It’s almost like they’re trying to justify that $115 million, or perhaps they’ve just cracked the code on infinite energy and the DOE is simply too old-school to see it. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5U9R3y3j3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>ChatGPT UI replication: because looking good is more important than working</strong>: Apparently, ChatGPT can now replicate Apple demo UIs ‘visually’ but completely misses the underlying system constraints, leading to implementations that ‘break under performance load.’ It’s like getting a beautifully rendered blueprint for a house that collapses when you try to live in it. The solution? ‘Proper mentoring’ for ChatGPT. Because, you know, the AI just needs a good talking-to to understand that memory leaks aren’t a feature. Maybe it should try some egoless programming. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=LQOYGhWvV&amp;id=CnbHlxpML" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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