Flutter 3.38 and Dart 3.10 introduce dot shorthand syntax, 16KB Android page size support, and iOS 26 compatibility. Google launched Gemini 3 with their new Antigravity IDE, while Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.5 and OpenAI announced GPT 5.1 Codex models, intensifying competition in AI-powered development tools. Security researchers identified vulnerabilities in agentic coding tools, highlighting risks like data exfiltration and prompt injection. The piece includes a decision matrix for choosing between manual coding and AI assistance based on prompting versus coding effort.
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