<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>CanisterWorm targets npm with blockchain C2</strong>: A self-spreading worm named CanisterWorm is currently infecting the npm ecosystem by stealing tokens via compromised GitHub Actions. Once active, it installs a persistent Linux backdoor and automatically republishes itself to every package the victim can access. Security researchers note the Command and Control infrastructure runs on the Internet Computer Protocol, making it nearly impossible to take down through traditional means. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/nKe1S4RDg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cursor admits Kimi base for Composer 2</strong>: The team behind the popular Cursor editor acknowledged that their new Composer 2 model is built on Moonshot AI’s Kimi k2.5, a Chinese open-source model. While Cursor claims they provided 75% of the compute for fine-tuning, the lack of initial disclosure has raised eyebrows regarding geopolitical sensitivities in AI development. This follows a trend of ‘wrapper’ startups struggling to differentiate their underlying models from frontier providers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2O2HmWwMM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Vercel Workflow adds end to end encryption</strong>: Vercel has introduced automatic E2EE for its Workflow product, securing all step arguments, payloads, and stream data using AES-256-GCM. Each deployment now receives unique keys with per-run derivation via HKDF-SHA256, ensuring that even Vercel cannot inspect sensitive customer data. This move targets enterprise security requirements for long-running, data-heavy background tasks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/0r6jV9CyY" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>React Native 2026 survey shows 80 percent new architecture adoption</strong>: Expo Router and NativeWind continue to dominate the ecosystem while AI-assisted workflows become standard for 90% of developers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3jRmoGbOi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Manyana introduces CRDT based version control</strong>: BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen released a proof-of-concept that guarantees merges never fail by using a weave history structure. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ErDrcgZ9t" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>ZeroPath brings AI native vulnerability fixing to RSAC</strong>: The YC-backed startup combines program analysis with LLMs to generate mergeable PRs that fix verified security exploits. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5p9F6EuUW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Claude Stitch challenges Google in AI design</strong>: New workflows pairing Claude Opus 4.6 with front-end design skills are outperforming Google’s native design agents for production UI code. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Saxs4lW6R" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Appwrite Arena benchmarks LLM backend knowledge</strong>: A new open-source benchmark shows GPT-5.4 leading in Appwrite API proficiency when documentation context is provided. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Iisw50c6I" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>JavaScript bloat stems from atomic architecture and legacy polyfills</strong>: Analysis shows dependency trees are inflated by trivial one-liner packages and code targeting browsers that no longer exist. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/bfsLARiuR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Temper language targets multi runtime translation</strong>: A new language designed by a former Google engineer allows writing libraries once and transpiling them to Java, JS, Python, and C#. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/y7ODiLHuf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Jensen Huang wants to pay engineers in AI tokens</strong>: Nvidia’s CEO suggested that half of an engineer’s base salary could be paid in ‘AI tokens,’ a move critics call a transparent attempt to inflate compensation packages without spending actual cash. These tokens don’t vest, don’t appreciate, and certainly won’t help you with a mortgage application. It’s essentially company scrip rebranded for the GPU era. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/03LaAXXJF" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Amazon’s Transformer phone is a hardware hallucination</strong>: Amazon is reportedly working on an AI-native smartphone to ‘eliminate app stores,’ despite the catastrophic failures of the Humane Pin and Rabbit R1. Given Amazon’s track record with the Fire Phone and the projected 13% decline in smartphone shipments, this feels like a desperate attempt to find a home for Alexa. Building a phone to save a voice assistant is like building a car because you have a nice set of fuzzy dice. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/qNbywR4ri" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>The myth of the dying coder</strong>: The narrative that AI is killing programming is being pushed by people who think ‘coding’ is just typing syntax rather than managing complexity. While AI tools are great at generating boilerplate, they actually increase the need for senior engineers to manage the resulting architectural mess and security vulnerabilities. If anything, we’re just moving from being writers to being very stressed editors of mediocre interns. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=03LaAXXJF&amp;id=Y5vSQxzM2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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