<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents are changing software development, for better or worse</strong>: AI coding agents are now deeply embedded in developer workflows, with 85% of developers using them and 41% of code being AI-generated. This shift, highlighted by sources like Tech Lead Digest, democratizes code creation but introduces significant security risks like prompt injection and credential exposure. Organizations need robust governance and zero-trust architectures to manage these new threats. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s Claude Code is evolving into a terminal-based agent, capable of project-wide analysis and documentation, but its recent ban on third-party API access has sparked controversy and led to the emergence of open-source alternatives like OpenCode. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=9XKw67enr&amp;id=3wv1aKzIr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Europe pushes for digital sovereignty, reducing reliance on US cloud giants</strong>: Europe is making moves to reduce its heavy dependence on US cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, which currently control about 70% of the region’s market. Recent outages and concerns over data privacy under US legal frameworks are driving initiatives like Germany’s shift to open-source alternatives and joint development of sovereign digital platforms by France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy. The EU is also drafting a Cloud and AI Development Act to mandate data localization and enhance infrastructure security, aiming to safeguard critical services and citizen data, as reported by various European officials. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/BxeJ5ByjW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Hardware wallet scam nets $282 million in crypto</strong>: A single victim lost approximately $282 million in Bitcoin and Litecoin due to a hardware wallet social engineering scam. The attacker quickly converted much of the stolen funds to Monero and bridged Bitcoin across multiple blockchains, complicating recovery efforts. This incident, reported by blockchain investigator ZachXBT, highlights the persistent risks of social engineering despite advancements in security measures, even as overall crypto exploit losses have declined. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/1fY01VpIR" 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 releases Go package for structured LLM interactions</strong>: Google launched jsonschema-go, a Go package for JSON Schema, enabling schema creation, validation, and inference from Go types, primarily targeting structured interactions with large language models. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/QUtLwKAlO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>LLM inference bottlenecks are in memory, not compute</strong>: The main bottleneck for large language model inference is memory and interconnect, particularly during the autoregressive Decode phase, leading to research opportunities in high-bandwidth flash, processing-near-memory, 3D memory-logic stacking, and low-latency interconnects. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/t0LNVAkom" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PostgreSQL adopted as dead letter queue at Wayfair</strong>: Wayfair is using PostgreSQL as a Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) for its event-driven systems, redirecting failed Kafka events to a PostgreSQL table for improved visibility, queryability, and operational simplicity in managing retries. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/eKm9n1imv" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Turbopuffer ANN v3 achieves impressive vector search latency</strong>: Turbopuffer’s ANN v3 system boasts 200ms p99 query latency for 100 billion vectors at 1,000 QPS, utilizing hierarchical clustering, binary quantization for 16-32x compression, and selective reranking to maintain 92% recall. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/EHAeemnne" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux kernel formalizes succession plan for Linus Torvalds’ repository</strong>: The Linux 6.19 kernel now includes a formal document outlining a succession process if Linus Torvalds’ mainline Git repository becomes inaccessible, with a 72-hour protocol for maintainers to ensure continuity. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/EogQGzxtg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>MIT develops low-error superconducting nanowire memory</strong>: MIT researchers have created a 4x4 superconducting nanowire memory array with a bit error rate of 10⁻⁵, storing data using magnetic flux and operating at 1.3 Kelvin, addressing scalability and error rate challenges in superconducting memory. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/UFLhnkgMo" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google Cloud enables Iceberg REST Catalog for public datasets</strong>: Google Cloud now allows read-only access to public datasets via the Apache Iceberg REST Catalog through BigLake, supporting query engines like Spark, Trino, Flink, and BigQuery without requiring infrastructure setup. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/tn371FITl" 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 real bottleneck is your imagination, not the tech</strong>: An opinion piece suggests that the main limitation of AI coding agents isn’t their technical capability, but rather programmers’ lack of creativity in finding innovative uses for them. Apparently, we’re all just too dull to leverage these powerful tools, reducing their impact. So, next time your AI assistant churns out boilerplate, remember, it’s not the AI’s fault; it’s your uninspired brain holding it back. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3vC5OgaHL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Quantum cloning breakthrough: because the no-cloning theorem was just a suggestion</strong>: A new quantum protocol claims to enable ‘encrypted cloning’ of quantum states, supposedly circumventing the no-cloning theorem—a foundational principle of quantum mechanics. The article, conveniently devoid of specific researchers, institutions, or technical details, touts this as a ‘breakthrough’ for quantum data storage and security. One has to wonder if ‘encrypted cloning’ is just a fancy way of saying ‘we found a loophole, trust us, bro.’ <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/z7OYuDS7t" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft to replace Windows with Linux: a bold prediction or just wishful thinking?</strong>: A prediction is circulating that Microsoft might eventually ditch Windows for a Linux-based OS, styled to look like Windows, citing Windows 11’s user experience woes and Microsoft’s ‘growing engagement’ with Linux. The article even draws parallels to Apple’s BSD-based macOS. While it’s fun to imagine, the piece itself admits such a move is ‘implausible,’ making this less a prophecy and more a speculative fan-fiction for Linux enthusiasts. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pec0CpaQE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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