<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>C++26 technical work is officially complete</strong>: The ISO committee has finalized C++26, which Herb Sutter describes as the most significant update since C++11. Key additions include compile-time reflection, a unified async framework via std::execution, and long-awaited formal contracts for pre/post conditions. Crucially, the standard now includes memory safety hardening, such as eliminating undefined behavior for uninitialized local variables, a move already being validated at scale by Google and Apple. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/qGBXVZMU3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PHP maturity showcase and the road to 8.5</strong>: A new comprehensive analysis of 67 features from PHP 5.4 through 8.5 highlights the language’s transition into a strictly typed, modern platform. The report emphasizes the impact of property hooks, asymmetric visibility, and the new array_find functions on backend architecture. With PHP powering 77% of the web and reaching 173 billion Packagist installs, the focus remains on performance gains through JIT and OPcache refinements. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pI0jhMY9m" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents are forcing a database rethink</strong>: ClickHouse is pivoting its infrastructure to support ‘Agentic Data Stacks,’ treating AI agents as a primary class of database users rather than just tools for humans. This shift includes the release of open-source MCP servers and integrations for Cursor to handle petabyte-scale workloads for companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s Claude Code has revealed hidden DevOps features like session mobility and lifecycle hooks, signaling a move toward full workflow automation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=FiMuYZXRT&amp;id=iHRurxezr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Argus launches as an open source DAST recon tool for web security</strong>: A Next.js-based intelligence tool that orchestrates header checks, SSL posture, and secret scanning without requiring a database. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/N1HZ4IJak" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>QuickBEAM brings JavaScript runtimes to the Erlang VM</strong>: A new runtime allows JS contexts to run as GenServers within OTP supervision trees, featuring native DOM support and TypeScript integration. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/kcgZ3hVcU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Ubuntu shifts core utilities to Rust and joins the Rust Foundation</strong>: Canonical is migrating system tools like NTPD to Rust-based versions starting with the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cycle. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/12RT440Zi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Dokploy emerges as a self-hosted open source Vercel alternative</strong>: The platform uses Docker and Traefik to provide one-click deployments and automated backups on any standard VPS. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/tovZCLFu7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Category theory provides a formal framework for DataFrame operations</strong>: Research shows that complex data manipulations map to three specific categorical patterns, enabling safer query optimization in typed languages. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/8ysZKNVTx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>SolveSpace 3.2 adds experimental WebAssembly support</strong>: The parametric 3D CAD tool now runs in the browser via EmScripten and introduces a new Qt6 frontend for Linux. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/OVUG0Mp7b" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Native RISC-V CI runners are now free on GitHub</strong>: The RISE Project is providing bare-metal RISC-V hardware for GitHub Actions to eliminate the need for slow emulation in open-source projects. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Ig2p7QyVD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>The AI interview assistant arms race</strong>: Tools like Final Round AI now offer real-time ‘teleprompters’ for technical interviews, promising to help candidates fake confidence and communication skills. While proponents claim it levels the playing field, it mostly just ensures that the person you hire is the one best at following a scrolling script in real-time. If your hiring process can be defeated by a basic LLM wrapper, the problem isn’t the AI; it’s your interview questions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=YaGAdbg6I&amp;id=Ag5mSnNxy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Solving slow SQL with Python polling scripts</strong>: A classic ‘Daily WTF’ entry features a developer who bypassed database indexing entirely in favor of a Python script that polls the DB every three minutes to see if a job finished. The script manages to combine unnecessary array usage with string-to-boolean comparisons, proving that no amount of modern tooling can stop a determined engineer from building a Rube Goldberg machine to avoid typing ‘CREATE INDEX’. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/b6VheTN1u" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>The great npm dependency bloat</strong>: Theo - <a href="http://t3.gg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">t3.gg</a> takes aim at the ‘atomic architecture’ absurdity where developers download two-line regex checks hundreds of millions of times a week. We are currently shipping massive dependency trees filled with outdated ‘ponyfills’ for features that have been native in Node for years. It’s a security and performance nightmare fueled by a culture that prefers <code>npm install</code> over writing a single line of logic. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/QOBgM2b1r" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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