Code Like A Girl

Phil Eaton

freeCodeCamp

Hacker News

Jakarta EE

<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Intel QATlib gets zero-copy DMA, SDS program quietly disappears</strong>: Intel’s QuickAssist Technology (QAT) library, QATlib, just dropped version 26.02, bringing new APIs for zero-copy Direct Memory Access (DMA). This is a big deal for cryptographic and compression operations, as it cuts out unnecessary data copying, which should boost performance. Meanwhile, Intel seems to have quietly killed its “On Demand” Software Defined Silicon (SDS) program, which let customers activate extra Xeon features via software licenses. Guess that pay-per-use hardware model didn’t quite pan out. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=LA5nVlV55&amp;id=LPtFvSMC9&amp;id=lJuyIXZKX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Spree commerce hit with critical PII disclosure vulnerabilities</strong>: Two critical security vulnerabilities were found in Spree Commerce. One is an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in <code>spree_api</code> that lets unauthenticated guests snag other guests’ personal info during checkout by messing with address IDs. The other, in <code>spree_storefront</code>, allows unauthenticated users to view completed guest orders with just an Order ID, bypassing token validation. Both could lead to PII disclosure, so if you’re running Spree, patch up now. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Fb8vvabWN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Zig 0.16 revamps main function for safer process initialization</strong>: Zig 0.16 just landed with a major overhaul to the <code>main</code> function signature, now offering three variants for safer access to environment variables, CLI arguments, and allocators. The old methods for accessing these were axed due to safety concerns on non-Windows platforms. This change aims to provide more robust and explicit control over process initialization, which is crucial for building reliable systems. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JUFVy7EEu" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Go-based VPN client in Docker gets major updates</strong>: Gluetun, a lightweight Go-based Docker VPN client, now supports 25+ providers, OpenVPN/Wireguard, DNS over TLS, and proxy servers, all in a tiny 41MB Alpine image. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/1oudaDRLr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Bun v1.3.9 brings parallel scripts and performance gains</strong>: Bun v1.3.9 introduces parallel and sequential script execution, improved testing with <code>Symbol.dispose</code>, and performance boosts via SIMD-accelerated RegExp and faster string operations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/S5ryyJJXD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>LocalGPT: a lightweight, local AI assistant in Rust</strong>: LocalGPT, a Rust-based AI assistant, runs entirely on your machine with a ~27MB binary, offering persistent markdown memory, autonomous tasks, and multi-LLM provider support. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/WndaKmd4O" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Global shift away from US tech platforms accelerates</strong>: Countries are increasingly ditching U.S. tech platforms over data security and political influence concerns, opting for homegrown alternatives and privacy-focused services. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/MSeCcaYtN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Simpler quantum circuits perform better on noisy hardware</strong>: Researchers found that on noisy quantum hardware, simpler, less entangled circuits often outperform theoretically optimal ones for quantum channel discrimination. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/voFLwOeYI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Heroku officially winding down new enterprise customers</strong>: Heroku is effectively dead, moving to a “sustaining engineering model” and no longer accepting new enterprise customers, pushing users to alternatives like Render and <a href="http://Fly.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Fly.io</a>. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/u738eKfMn" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Nuclear reactors feasible for offshore vessel propulsion</strong>: VARD’s NuProShip II project demonstrated the feasibility of integrating small 4th-gen nuclear reactors into offshore vessels, promising zero emissions and extended range. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/0ZyfDm9eW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>New “stealth” AI model claims to outperform Claude Opus 4.5</strong>: Pony Alpha, a “free stealth model” on Open Router, supposedly matches or beats Claude Opus 4.5 with a 200K context window and “strong tool-calling accuracy.” And it runs at 18 tokens per second! Sounds like another one of those “too good to be true” claims that will inevitably disappoint when you actually try to use it for anything serious. But hey, it’s free, so what’s the worst that could happen? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=cIFgh6gRR&amp;id=BFb40CqB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GitHub Copilot billing bypass lets you use premium AI for free</strong>: Apparently, GitHub Copilot has a billing bypass vulnerability where you can use a free model to launch subagents for premium AI models like Claude Opus 4.5. This was reported to Microsoft, who then redirected it to a public bug report. So, not only is the security of AI agent marketplaces a mess, but now we’re getting free rides on the premium models. What could possibly go wrong with unbilled, unmonitored AI agents running wild? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=99RvVncrQ&amp;id=l4yo9VPjl" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents are making IDEs “secondary” in development</strong>: AI coding agents are supposedly shifting development from IDEs to “orchestration-based systems,” making IDEs “secondary.” OpenAI’s Codex app and Anthropic’s Claude Cowork are leading this “third wave.” Because, you know, we all just love debugging complex, multi-agent orchestrations instead of, you know, writing code in a coherent environment. This sounds less like progress and more like a new layer of abstraction to hide the fact that the AI still can’t write a decent <code>for</code> loop without hallucinating. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/eOJpI2xsI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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