<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Netflix solves O(n) container mount bottleneck</strong>: Netflix engineers identified a critical performance regression when migrating to containerd with user namespaces, where kernel idmap mounts generated O(n) operations per layer. This triggered global VFS mount lock contention, causing 30-second timeouts on multi-NUMA Intel systems, while AMD’s chiplet architecture proved more resilient. A fix contributed upstream to containerd reduces operations to O(1) by mapping the common parent directory, effectively eliminating the bottleneck. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/cKVVAN6ve" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Critical ReDoS vulnerabilities patched in minimatch</strong>: Three high-severity vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-27904, 27903, 26996) were fixed in the ubiquitous <code>minimatch</code> npm package, which handles nearly half a billion weekly downloads. These flaws involve catastrophic backtracking in nested glob patterns that can stall the Node.js event loop for seconds. Socket has released free certified patches that can be applied via CLI without requiring a full dependency tree upgrade. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2WnWCE8iO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Firefox JIT exploit earns 50k at Pwn2Own</strong>: Security researcher Manfred Paul demonstrated a remote code execution exploit in Firefox by targeting a bounds check elimination bug in the JIT compiler. The flaw stems from an optimization error in <code>TryEliminateBoundsCheck</code> that ignores 32-bit integer overflow semantics after bitwise operations are optimized away. Mozilla has initiated a rapid patch process following the successful disclosure. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xT7pzcADS" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Claude Code adds parallel agents for batch migrations</strong>: New <code>/simplify</code> and <code>/batch</code> commands use git worktrees and parallel agents to automate large-scale code quality improvements and migrations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/sq7rTuWl2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux 7.1 introduces socket extended attributes</strong>: The upcoming kernel includes patches for subscheduler support, HR tick timer optimizations, and extended attributes for sockets. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/T0tOfwEhy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Argo CD 3.3 introduces PreDelete hooks</strong>: The release completes the sync lifecycle with hooks for safe resource teardown and adds shallow cloning to speed up large monorepo fetches. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/J931yCKTd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Metamorphic testing uncovers 21 bugs in ZK compilers</strong>: The MTZK framework identified critical flaws in industrial zero-knowledge compilers that could allow the generation of invalid proofs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/89yzay3k6" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Systemd v260 officially drops SysV init support</strong>: The latest version of systemd removes legacy SysV init script compatibility, marking a final transition for modern Linux distributions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/T0tOfwEhy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>NVIDIA open sources Aerial CUDA RAN libraries</strong>: NVIDIA is pushing AI-RAN into the mainstream by open-sourcing its accelerated RAN libraries and joining the Linux Foundation’s OCUDU initiative. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/N9cHfOw6g" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>KnightOS brings Unix like environment to z80 calculators</strong>: A community-driven OS for TI-83/84 calculators provides a full userspace and SDK for low-level systems programming on legacy hardware. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/cxEf4nFsl" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>OS level age verification is the new privacy nightmare</strong>: California and Colorado are pushing for OS-level age verification, a move that SavvyNik notes creates an impossible compliance burden for privacy-focused Linux distros. It’s a classic case of ‘think of the children’ legislation that ignores the technical reality of open-source software and decentralized development. Expect a future where your kernel needs to see your ID before you can run <code>ls</code>. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/T0tOfwEhy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI RAN is the latest telecom buzzword salad</strong>: MWC 2026 is drowning in ‘AI-native 6G’ and ‘Agentic AI workloads’ running on cell towers, according to NVIDIA and T-Mobile. While massive MIMO optimization is real, the industry is desperately rebranding standard signal processing as ‘AI’ to justify expensive hardware refreshes. It’s the same 5G hype cycle, just with more ‘agentic’ marketing fluff sprinkled on top. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=N9cHfOw6g&amp;id=PJftzADbd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>The AI kill switch for browsers</strong>: Firefox 148 is introducing an ‘AI kill switch,’ which sounds impressive until you realize it’s just a toggle for features that shouldn’t have been forced into a browser in the first place. We’ve reached a point where ‘not having AI’ is marketed as a premium feature. It’s a bold strategy to solve a problem that the industry spent the last two years creating. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/T0tOfwEhy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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