<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Yann LeCun launches AMI Labs to build ‘world models’</strong>: Yann LeCun, a prominent figure in AI, has launched AMI Labs, a new startup focused on developing ‘world models’ for intelligent systems. The company aims to offer an alternative to current large language models by emphasizing persistent memory, reasoning, and safety. AMI Labs, co-founded with Alex LeBrun, is reportedly seeking funding at a $3.5 billion valuation and plans offices in Paris, Montreal, New York, and Singapore, as reported by various tech outlets. They’re targeting high-stakes sectors like healthcare and robotics, but no actual products or tech demos have been shown yet. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/CvMr0F9gc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Oracle’s Orasort patent expires, open source databases eye adoption</strong>: Oracle’s patent for the ‘Orasort’ sorting algorithm has expired after 20 years, opening the door for its adoption in open-source databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL. The algorithm, which combines common prefix skipping, adaptive quicksort/radix sort, and key substring caching, claims to offer up to a 5x performance improvement. Mark Callaghan, the inventor, confirmed the technical details and benefits. This could be a significant boost for open-source database performance, with maintainers already considering integration. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/aheyA2T6F" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>TikTok’s new privacy policy expands data collection</strong>: TikTok’s updated U.S. privacy policy now explicitly collects precise GPS location data from U.S. users, tracks AI interactions (prompts and outputs), and expands its ad network data use for targeted advertising across the web. Users must accept these terms to continue using the app. While concerns about ‘immigration status’ collection were raised, privacy lawyers clarified this disclosure is legally mandated by state laws like CCPA and isn’t a new collection practice, as reported by multiple sources. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=BFPMM0rX7&amp;id=nbFKCoxnX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>LLM-powered apps challenge traditional observability</strong>: Traditional observability methods (logs, metrics, traces) are insufficient for LLM-powered applications due to their probabilistic nature, multi-step processes, and constant updates, requiring new approaches like tracking prompt versions, agent pipeline tracing, and monitoring token usage. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2NT8yV81n" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux 6.19 kernel adds ASUS Armoury driver</strong>: The Linux 6.19 kernel now includes the ASUS Armoury driver, enhancing support for ASUS ROG gaming devices, including ROG Ally handhelds and various ROG laptops. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/rvv41Cn0C" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Firefox on Linux gets HDR video and fractional scaling improvements</strong>: Firefox on Linux now supports HDR video playback via Wayland’s color-management-v1 protocol and features reworked fractional scaling for cleaner 125% display, alongside a new asynchronous rendering pipeline for smoother window state changes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=EAailnS1Q&amp;id=L52fmdTI4" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GNU C Library 2.43 brings C23 features and system call support</strong>: GNU C Library 2.43 has been released, expanding C23 language support, adding mseal and openat2 system call wrappers for Linux, improving FMA performance on AMD Zen processors, and enabling 2MB transparent hugepages for malloc on AArch64. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/4kkaXLeFv" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Wix releases React Native UI component library</strong>: Wix has launched React Native UI Lib, a new UI component library for React Native applications, offering pre-built, customizable components with integrated theme management and modifier-based styling, supporting React Native 0.73. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3XpEcphch" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>SQLite excels with many small queries due to in-process design</strong>: SQLite’s in-process architecture minimizes latency for numerous small queries, making the ‘N+1 query’ pattern less of a performance concern compared to client/server databases, allowing for better code separation and maintainability. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/mONDU6Ybx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Chromium’s strict C++ feature adoption and restrictions</strong>: Chromium’s C++ style guide strictly defines permitted and banned features from C++11 to C++23, prohibiting <code>std::shared_ptr</code> and exceptions, and favoring <code>base::</code> utilities over standard library equivalents due to toolchain, security, and performance concerns. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/n7nlquFI1" 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 tools: the ‘hidden’ features and the ‘skilled new engineer’ metaphor</strong>: Apparently, some developers are ‘discovering’ undocumented ‘Swarms’ features in Claude Code, turning the AI into a ‘team lead’ that delegates to specialist agents. Meanwhile, the ‘experts’ are still telling us to treat AI coding assistants like ‘skilled new engineers’ who need ‘targeted, relevant inputs.’ So, is it a team lead or a junior dev? Make up your mind, or maybe just admit it’s a fancy autocomplete that occasionally writes something useful. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=BCMHZegjN&amp;id=LMNhcIFC9&amp;id=kVmMac2gZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Software estimation: still a political game, not engineering</strong>: According to some ‘senior engineers,’ software estimation is ‘fundamentally impossible’ and just a ‘political tool’ for managers to negotiate resources. They suggest engineers should focus on communicating ‘unknowns’ and building ‘trust’ with management through ‘pragmatic compromise.’ So, after decades, we’re still pretending estimates are about engineering, when everyone knows it’s just a dance to get the timeline management already decided on. Good to know some things never change. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=HxseyW07U&amp;id=vTe4dHYnt" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-powered educational app for kids: because what could go wrong?</strong>: Sparkli, a startup by ex-Google employees, just secured $5 million to build an AI-driven app for kids aged 5-12 that generates multimedia content on-demand for subjects like financial literacy. They claim it creates content in two minutes and has ‘built-in safety features.’ Because nothing says ‘safe and educational’ like an AI churning out financial advice for elementary schoolers without any independent third-party assessment. What could possibly go wrong with an algorithm teaching your kids about money? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/CoMIJ1Dxu" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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