<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft deprecates SCOM packs, pushes Azure monitoring</strong>: Microsoft is deprecating System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Packs for SQL Server Reporting Services, Power BI Report Server, and SQL Server Analysis Services by January 2027. This forces organizations to migrate to Azure-based monitoring solutions like Azure Monitor and Azure Arc, which requires registering on-premises servers with Microsoft’s cloud. Analysts warn this shift could increase exposure to Microsoft’s license compliance audits, as greater visibility into customer environments might reveal non-compliance issues, especially for repurposed development licenses. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Lyoqg9qSt" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Intel faces server CPU supply constraints for AI data centers</strong>: Intel has warned it cannot meet the surging demand for server CPUs required by AI workloads in data centers, leading to a 13% drop in its share price. Despite operating all manufacturing facilities at full capacity, the company faces supply constraints and manufacturing lag times. CEO Lip-Bu Tan expressed disappointment, noting that demand for server CPUs alongside AI chips is the unexpected spike, further complicated by a global memory chip shortage and lower-than-expected yields for Intel’s 18A manufacturing technology. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/4urCLb8ya" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Critical RCE vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central</strong>: A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) has been discovered in Trend Micro Apex Central, allowing attackers to remotely load arbitrary DLLs with SYSTEM privileges via SMB shares. The flaw exploits an opcode that invokes the Windows API LoadLibraryExA with user-controlled paths, requiring no shellcode or EDR evasion. This vulnerability, along with null pointer dereference bugs, highlights a significant risk for enterprise security management, with no patch or vendor response timeline yet provided. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/bkT31Gnrl" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Cloudflare acquires Astro team, launches new innovations</strong>: Cloudflare acquired the Astro team, a front-end framework known for its island architecture, to compete with Vercel and Next.js, and released Astro 6 beta with a redesigned development server and built-in content security policy. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/YjrrID6EW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Rust 1.93 updates musl library and improves networking</strong>: Rust 1.93 has been released, upgrading the bundled musl library to version 1.2.5, which significantly improves DNS resolver reliability for static Linux binaries, especially when handling large DNS records and interacting with recursive name servers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/wF6DW7Hp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AWS launches EC2 M4 Max Mac instances</strong>: AWS has released M4 Max Mac instances for EC2, utilizing Apple M4 Max chips to offer up to 25% better application build performance for Apple platform apps, available in US East (N. Virginia) and US West (Oregon) regions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/DEbhYteDE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GitHub Copilot CLI integrates organizational context</strong>: GitHub Copilot CLI now incorporates Work IQ, allowing AI agents to access organizational data from documents, emails, meetings, and SharePoint via a single MCP server, enabling them to compare code against company specifications and reconstruct undocumented architecture. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/AnhMtsEYf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Vercel json-render for AI-driven UI generation</strong>: Vercel launched json-render, an open-source tool that allows AI to generate JSON representations of user interfaces from natural language descriptions, using predefined components to ensure brand consistency and shifting frontend development towards agentic behavior definition. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5RKyfi3u8" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>SkyPilot Volumes for high-performance AI storage</strong>: SkyPilot Volumes launched as a storage solution for AI workloads, providing persistent, high-performance storage by mounting Kubernetes Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs) to clusters, offering 10-100x faster data access than object storage and simplifying Kubernetes configuration. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/bOTPCdgMB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PostgreSQL proxy PgDog switches to Rust for 5x faster parsing</strong>: PgDog’s PostgreSQL proxy switched from Protobuf to direct C-to-Rust bindings, achieving 5x faster query parsing and 10x faster deparsing speeds, resulting in an overall 25% performance improvement for the proxy by improving CPU cache locality and eliminating memory allocation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Mya0HcQzB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Anthropic CEO predicts AI will replace software engineers in 6-12 months</strong>: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, speaking at Davos, boldly declared that AI models could handle most, if not all, software engineering tasks within 6-12 months. He even claimed some Anthropic engineers already use AI to write code, reducing humans to mere editors. While he admitted uncertainty, it sounds like another classic case of an AI CEO overpromising a timeline, probably to keep the hype train rolling and investors happy, conveniently ignoring the complexities of real-world software development. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/0fyNmKnQE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI coding agents are disrupting developer workflows and education</strong>: Jeffrey Wei, an ed-tech platform founder, claims AI coding agents led to a 40% staff reduction at his company and that his personal productivity is at an all-time high. He now acts as an ‘architect and reviewer’ rather than a coder. This narrative, while convenient for those pushing AI adoption, conveniently sidesteps the broader implications for job displacement and the potential for AI-generated ‘code slop’ that still requires human expertise to untangle. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KfJ8s7nDm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Open-source maintainers are fed up with AI-generated ‘slop’</strong>: Open-source projects like TL Draw, Curl, and Zig are reportedly restricting external contributions due to a flood of low-quality, AI-generated pull requests. Maintainers are calling this ‘AI slop’—code that looks superficially useful but introduces technical debt and overwhelms review processes. It seems the dream of AI democratizing coding is actually just democratizing bad code, forcing experienced developers to clean up the mess. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/9Rmqfgu76" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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