<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Agentic engineering tools and platform shifts</strong>: A new wave of macOS-native terminals like CMAX and Superset are emerging to orchestrate multiple AI agents in parallel using git worktrees for task isolation. Experts like Simon Willison and Justin Searls are advocating for a shift toward ‘agentic engineering,’ where the developer’s role moves from writing code to defining problems and using dual-loop BDD to verify agent output. This transition is supported by new infrastructure like Avalonia’s MCP servers, which allow agents to inspect running apps and documentation directly. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=ALuLcDJZk&amp;id=CumBQGDGa&amp;id=BMZXKgVaW&amp;id=nUNCPicmg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GlassWorm malware hits Open VSX registry</strong>: Security researchers at Socket have identified over 72 malicious extensions on the Open VSX registry impersonating popular tools like ESLint, Prettier, and Claude Code. The GlassWorm campaign uses a sophisticated multi-stage attack where clean extensions later update to include hidden dependencies that deliver loader malware via VS Code’s automatic installation. Developers are urged to audit extension dependencies and restrict installations to trusted publishers as some malicious packages remain live. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=yKzLDg3bN&amp;id=7qAB3XlzU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Bcachefs 1.37 stabilizes erasure coding</strong>: The Bcachefs 1.37 release marks a major milestone with the stabilization of its erasure coding implementation, providing RAID-like data redundancy after years of development. This version also introduces Linux 7.0 compatibility, faster recovery from unclean shutdowns, and a continued migration of user-space components to Rust. The project’s documentation has expanded significantly, signaling a push toward production readiness for the file system. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Nvzov0IYi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Avalonia UI shifts VS Code extension to paid license</strong>: The newly rewritten XAML-parity extension for VS Code is now part of the paid Avalonia Accelerate tier, though free for small organizations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=I5gILgxNy&amp;id=RDfVaJWvK" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>MiniMax 2.5 leads in JavaScript coding benchmarks</strong>: Local LLM testing shows MiniMax 2.5 outperforming Llama 3 and Mistral on JS accuracy, while Llama 3 70B remains the king of Python and reasoning. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pTqWtC5DZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>WordPress 7.0 adds native custom CSS and dimensions</strong>: The upcoming release introduces first-class block support for width, height, and per-instance custom CSS stored in block attributes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=3xregKloE&amp;id=v2k0fI8Iw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenJarvis framework for local first AI agents</strong>: Stanford researchers released an open-source Rust-based framework for building on-device agents that prioritize energy and latency over cloud calls. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/UjBsvfRxN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Z80 Sans font disassembles opcodes via OpenType</strong>: A novel project uses OpenType substitution tables to turn a font into a functional Z80 disassembler, proving font engines are effectively Turing-complete. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/NHBet6OKX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AMD prepares RDNA4 support for Linux 7.1</strong>: New kernel driver updates include enablement for GFX 12.1 targets and AI-assisted color management improvements for Linux desktops. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/wNmbuXcek" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>JetBrains sunsets Code With Me collaboration tool</strong>: The real-time collaborative coding feature will be unbundled as a plugin in version 2026.1 before full deactivation in 2027. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3UKmL0NfO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>The 30 minute app myth meets reality</strong>: While ‘vibe-coding’ influencers claim you can ship apps in minutes, a recent 100-hour post-mortem of a Farcaster app shows that production-readiness still requires grueling UI iteration, AWS plumbing, and security audits. AI is great at generating a prototype, but it doesn’t have the ‘taste’ or engineering discipline to handle launch-day failures or edge cases. Engineering experience still matters, even if the hype cycle says otherwise. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=8mHkiEYNC&amp;id=yDU0YQOtJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Amazon blames users for AI induced outages</strong>: After internal AI tools like Amazon Q and Kuro caused massive production outages—including one that killed 99% of North American orders—Amazon’s brilliant solution was to blame ‘user error.’ They are now mandating senior engineer sign-offs for AI code, despite having just laid off 16,000 of the very engineers needed for that oversight. It’s a classic corporate move: spend billions on next-token predictors and then act surprised when they lack context for production environments. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Nu2d4YyjL&amp;id=PUmEAEdtU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>IPv4x and the dream of backward compatibility</strong>: A new ‘thought experiment’ proposes IPv4x, a 128-bit extension to IPv4 that would have supposedly saved us from the ‘slow and painful’ IPv6 transition. While the nostalgia for a NAT-free world is touching, proposing a protocol that requires updating every DNS and DHCP server on earth as a ‘simpler’ alternative is peak architectural bikeshedding. It’s a solution for a world that doesn’t exist, ignoring the reality that the IPv6 ship sailed a decade ago. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/MgAj9qPB2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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