<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI coding tools: hype vs. reality</strong>: Turns out, AI coding tools are great for generating boilerplate and simple apps, but they’re still pretty bad at complex stuff, especially in production. LinkedIn engineers found that even advanced models like GPT-OSS need a lot of human help to train effectively, fixing issues like log-probability mismatches and memory inefficiencies. Meanwhile, a developer who spent 10,000 hours with Claude Code found that while it’s innovative, its agent-driven workflow is too slow for real coding. And let’s not forget the Cursor CEO who claimed AI built a browser in a week, but independent developers found it barely compiled and heavily reused existing code, as reported by Simon Willison. So, while AI can automate typing, it’s not doing the thinking yet. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=CAykziagK&amp;id=L2hSWhbgY&amp;id=DovPZUpOP&amp;id=EHuoSn58k&amp;id=MaSOGAXc9&amp;id=dSFznJ0W1&amp;id=na9DuypUm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft pushes AI into everything, including your old apps</strong>: Microsoft is going all-in on AI, integrating it into everything from Notepad and Paint to Word and Azure. Notepad and Paint are getting AI-powered features like text generation and coloring books, while Word’s new Agent Mode lets Copilot draft and format documents. Azure is also expanding its storage to handle massive AI workloads, and Microsoft is even building its own AI inference chip, the Maia 200, to power its services. It’s clear Microsoft wants AI everywhere, but some features are hardware-limited, and the push for AI might be coming at the expense of Windows 11 stability, as noted by TechLinked. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=JTjjU1lE2&amp;id=Ek2Lh1A69&amp;id=4kNrEEPPk&amp;id=kL7SskePD&amp;id=HBgJElvHn&amp;id=fDSp3OUaH&amp;id=KR0gCuX2r" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents are here, but they’re still pretty dumb</strong>: AI agents are supposed to be the future, but they’re still struggling with basic tasks. A new benchmark, Apex-Agents, found that even top models like Gemini 3 Flash and GPT-5.2 only achieved 24% accuracy on real-world white-collar tasks. They struggle with integrating context across platforms and tools, which is a pretty big deal if you want them to do anything useful. And while OpenAI is trying to make its models more ‘epistemologically humble’ to reduce hallucinations, the fact that ChatGPT and Claude are citing a biased, AI-generated encyclopedia called Grokipedia isn’t exactly inspiring confidence, as reported by SDpas3mop. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=OsmrZ9UpM&amp;id=SDpas3mop&amp;id=l0OCyxW2P" 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 expands AI and data services</strong>: Google Cloud is making moves to attract more enterprise customers, expanding its Rapid Migration and Modernization Program (RaMP) with incentives for migrating SAP, Oracle, and data analytics workloads. They’ve also opened a new cloud region in Bangkok, Thailand, and launched Gemini for Government, a FedRAMP High-authorized AI platform for US public sector agencies. BigQuery is getting new GenAI functions and multimodal data support, while Firestore’s Enterprise query engine is getting over 100 new pipeline operations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=TAv94ntS3&amp;id=q4YiqDxYX&amp;id=Fm4JFG1tC&amp;id=9kdSue3WD&amp;id=QveySfCUI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Rust-based tools are making things faster</strong>: Rust is showing up everywhere, making things faster and more efficient. Zerobrew, a new Rust-based package manager for macOS, claims to be 5-20x faster than Homebrew. VoidZero’s Oxfmt, a Rust-based code formatter, is 30x faster than Prettier. And zlib-rs 0.6, a Rust implementation of zlib, adds AVX-512 support for performance gains on AMD Zen 4+ and Intel Xeon processors. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Mu2gAc20u&amp;id=CeKnBbrIS&amp;id=dIKTdK0cf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New tools for AI agent development</strong>: The AI agent ecosystem is growing with new tools like Agent Flywheel, an open-source tool for setting up AI coding environments on a VPS, and Packmind, which centralizes engineering standards for AI coding assistants. Anthropic also released an open-source code-simplifier agent to clean up AI-generated code, though some developers are skeptical about its value. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=xBP8EMs83&amp;id=qtHDc25Yt&amp;id=BIveqqqj1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kotlin and Java get performance and feature boosts</strong>: The Java and Kotlin ecosystems are seeing a lot of activity. JetBrains released Exposed 1.0, a major update to its Kotlin SQL library with R2DBC support and enhanced Spring Boot integration. IBM Semeru Runtimes is offering major Java performance gains with InstantOn and Cloud Compiler, while OpenJDK received its January 2026 security and bug fix updates. Quarkus is also advancing with build-time optimizations and reactive programming approaches. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=LoeUGB7Zw&amp;id=ryRxD0Ba2&amp;id=lCVfDILKh&amp;id=dDhJlW3mg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux desktop environments are evolving</strong>: Linux desktop environments are getting some love. MX Linux 25.1 adds dual init support, allowing users to choose between systemd and SysVinit. CachyOS 2026 ISO makes Wayland the default display server and replaces SDDM with KDE’s Plasma Login Manager. However, KDE Plasma 6.6 is dropping FreeBSD support and increasing systemd reliance, which might be a bummer for some users. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=hEaaVnp21&amp;id=s9MgnyNoL&amp;id=satawafBY" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New JavaScript features and frameworks</strong>: The JavaScript ecosystem is buzzing with new releases. jQuery 4.0 is out after 20 years, modernizing compatibility with ES modules. Microsoft’s Aspire framework now has first-class JavaScript support, and Google Chrome 144 features a native &lt;geolocation&gt; HTML element. Elysia.js is offering type-safe APIs for Bun, and Coi, a new language compiling to WebAssembly, claims superior performance over React and Vue. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=24f3Jsfa5&amp;id=pGvKxqMl2&amp;id=iOGOTjzat" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New tools for web development and design</strong>: Web developers are getting a bunch of new tools to play with. Strapi launched <a href="http://Fimo.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Fimo.ai</a>, an AI-native CMS optimized for live web production, while Vercel released json-render, an open-source tool for dynamically generating UIs using AI. Agentation is a new tool for visually annotating webpage elements to improve interactions with AI coding agents, and ChartGPU is an open-source WebGPU-based charting library for high-performance data visualization. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=f5IhxeEO5&amp;id=5RKyfi3u8&amp;id=X5SAbWuH6&amp;id=bruP1nBn4" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI will replace all jobs in 6-12 months, says AI CEO (again)</strong>: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is back at Davos, claiming AI will replace most software engineering tasks in 6-12 months. This is the same guy who made similar predictions in early 2023, which, surprise, didn’t happen. Meanwhile, other tech leaders like Ryan Dahl and Linus Torvalds are also jumping on the ‘humans writing code is over’ bandwagon. It’s almost like they’re trying to scare us into buying more AI tools, or maybe they just really want to believe their own hype. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0fyNmKnQE&amp;id=lMnVwtEMR&amp;id=7WOFbf92G" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-generated code: the new ‘fast fashion’ of software development</strong>: Apparently, AI coding tools are so good that they’re leading to ‘vibe coding’ and ‘fast fashion’ in software development. This means disposable code, inconsistent output, and a ‘race to the bottom’ where speed trumps quality. And guess what? Tailwind Labs just laid off 75% of its staff because developers are using AI to generate code and access documentation, bypassing their site. So, AI is not only making our code worse, but it’s also killing open-source projects. What a time to be alive! <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=vz4g5mSDD&amp;id=aDodkq3hd&amp;id=PBAzOX1yL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI sovereignty: because every country needs its own AI, apparently</strong>: Nations are projected to invest $1.3 trillion by 2030 in AI infrastructure to pursue ‘AI sovereignty.’ But apparently, full AI autonomy is ‘unachievable’ due to global supply chain dependencies. So, instead of actual independence, we’re getting ‘orchestrated sovereignty’ where countries specialize and form strategic partnerships. It’s almost like they’re trying to justify massive spending on AI while admitting they can’t actually control it. And let’s not forget the energy consumption of these AI data centers, which is apparently comparable to running a dishwasher, according to some unnamed experts. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=FOAwwJRHP&amp;id=jDJWUdYgk&amp;id=SHvatqNcH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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