<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>CISA warns of active exploitation in VMware vCenter</strong>: CISA has confirmed active exploitation of a critical heap overflow vulnerability (CVE-2024-37079) in VMware vCenter Server, with a CVSS score of 9.8. This flaw allows remote code execution and can be chained with others for root access to ESXi. Federal agencies are mandated to patch by February 13, 2026, highlighting the severity of this issue, as reported by CISA. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/sI8icXzRd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents are breaking traditional IAM security</strong>: AI agents are fundamentally incompatible with traditional Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems, creating significant authorization risks. Their ability to compile broad, persistent permissions across multiple users without clear ownership or audit trails makes conventional access protocols ineffective. This lack of oversight creates pathways for authorization bypasses, especially with ‘organizational agents’ shared across teams, according to security analyses. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/nUFRFzE1V" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft and IBM push quantum development forward</strong>: Microsoft is upgrading its Quantum Development Kit with AI-assisted programming, integrating GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code to lower barriers for quantum development. Meanwhile, IBM Quantum Platform continues to focus on cloud-based access to real quantum hardware, emphasizing Qiskit for programming and error mitigation strategies. Both aim to bridge the gap between current error-prone qubits and future fault-tolerant systems. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=7ZfY82yLW&amp;id=MiiMPahSr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Google Cloud opens public datasets via Apache Iceberg</strong>: Google Cloud now offers public datasets, like the NYC Taxi dataset, through the Apache Iceberg REST Catalog on BigLake, allowing read-only access by any compute engine supporting the Iceberg protocol without infrastructure setup. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/tn371FITl" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft Aspire expands language support</strong>: Microsoft’s Aspire platform now supports JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, and Java, broadening its appeal for distributed application development beyond .NET, with a hackathon incentivizing AI/ML projects. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/gRAkh5lrI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Compyle slashes cloud terminal latency</strong>: Compyle reduced cloud development environment terminal latency from 200ms to 14ms by implementing a warm pool, removing a socket server middleman, and deploying multi-regional sandbox pools closer to users. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2R6Ajv0Sw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Skip tool open-sourced for cross-platform mobile development</strong>: Skip, a tool that converts Swift code for native iOS and Android apps, has been fully open-sourced, removing all paywalls and shifting to community funding via GitHub Sponsors. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/7snXi8ahF" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.1 adds DLSS override and fixes</strong>: DXVK-NVAPI version 0.9.1 introduces environment variables for manually overriding DLSS scaling ratios and fixes startup crashes in several games, including ‘Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor’ and ‘The Last of Us Part 2’. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/6hOCF9MBP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Newelle AI assistant for GNOME adds local LLM support</strong>: Newelle, the AI assistant for the GNOME desktop, now supports local large language models via llama.cpp and can execute system commands, expanding its utility beyond cloud AI APIs like Google Gemini and OpenAI. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Au9UNs8LJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Crane converts Rocq code to C++</strong>: Crane, a new software extraction system, converts Rocq (formerly Coq) codebases into modern, memory-safe, performant C++, with an alpha version released including installation guides and configuration options. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/B5jYHLBzT" 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 agents: the new energy hogs</strong>: Turns out, your AI coding agent isn’t just generating questionable code; it’s also guzzling electricity. According to Tech Lead Digest, a single Claude Code session uses about 138 times more energy than a typical chatbot query. So, while you’re busy ‘optimizing’ your workflow, your AI is running the equivalent of an extra dishwasher cycle. Efficiency, right? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ex1Cm3GIg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents and context windows: a token economy for the ages</strong>: We’re told that ‘code mode’ for AI agents can reduce token usage by up to 98.7%, which is apparently a huge win for ‘context window exhaustion.’ So, instead of just making LLMs smarter, we’re building elaborate systems to manage their short-term memory problems. And of course, it’s all ‘open-source’ and ‘vendor-agnostic,’ because nothing says innovation like solving a problem that shouldn’t exist in the first place. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=F3rJpKxUE&amp;id=mcXaLHnCP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI and software engineering: now it’s all about SRE, apparently</strong>: Two identical articles are here to inform us that AI has made code-writing ‘much easier,’ so now the real challenge for software engineers is ‘operational excellence and reliability.’ Because before AI, software was just magically reliable, right? Now, building a ‘working demo is straightforward,’ but maintaining it is the new Mount Everest. Who knew AI’s biggest contribution would be making SRE even more critical? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/otuC5YedQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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