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<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Meta and Google double down on AI infrastructure and models</strong>: Meta is launching Meta Compute, a massive AI infrastructure scale-up aiming for tens of gigawatts of power capacity, directly competing with hyperscalers for generative AI dominance. Meanwhile, Google released Gemini 3, a multimodal AI platform with a 1M+ token context window, and Veo 3.1 for native vertical video generation. These moves signal an escalating arms race in AI capabilities and the underlying compute power, as reported by Meta and Google themselves. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=2S31ZjKRT&amp;id=NEGZugNBg&amp;id=kwRMqebwB&amp;id=qjYQj2ENJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI shifts open source economics and licensing</strong>: AI is fundamentally changing open source. Tailwind CSS saw an 80% revenue drop due to AI-driven documentation caching, forcing projects to shift licensing to AGPL-3.0 to deter AI training. Open source maintainers are overwhelmed by low-quality AI-generated contributions, leading to stricter rules. Success now hinges on monetizing hosted cloud services, not documentation, as reported by various tech outlets. This highlights a critical challenge for open-source sustainability and business models. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=2a8HRxzCb&amp;id=Ml47Y2Hd6&amp;id=g50WJmopi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft AI data center expansion faces backlash</strong>: Microsoft’s ‘Community-First AI Infrastructure’ initiative, promising to cover power costs and minimize water usage, is a direct response to widespread public backlash against its data center expansions. Activist groups in 24 U.S. states are protesting environmental and social impacts, leading Microsoft to abandon projects in Wisconsin. The IEA projects global data center electricity demand to more than double by 2030, intensifying scrutiny on energy and water consumption, as reported by multiple sources. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/jqtBl3Jnb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Node.js releases security updates</strong>: Node.js 20.20.0 (LTS) and 25.3.0 (Current) were released, addressing multiple CVEs and enhancing security controls, particularly for filesystem and network operations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=DwsoMgMKH&amp;id=Wy4br4Zyw&amp;id=Zr0Dv9dwZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Compose Multiplatform 1.10 launches with stable hot reload</strong>: JetBrains released Compose Multiplatform 1.10, featuring a stable Hot Reload 1.0.0 that allows dynamic updates to running apps without losing state, significantly boosting developer productivity. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=qzPVbng9O&amp;id=y1ZFPOP5i" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New Linux malware targets cloud and containers</strong>: Check Point Research identified VoidLink, a new Linux malware framework written in Zig, designed to infiltrate cloud and container environments like Docker and Kubernetes, using advanced rootkit techniques and a modular plugin system. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/uJaIfhgHH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Document databases get CDC, graph query, and analytics boosts</strong>: ClickHouse introduced a MongoDB CDC connector for real-time data replication, while Couchbase launched a native graph model layered on its JSON document store, enhancing analytics and data modeling flexibility. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=7I7Rcjdo9&amp;id=rH4O7BWiv" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>WordPress 7.0 to drop PHP 7.2/7.3 support</strong>: The WordPress core team is preparing for version 7.0, which will discontinue support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3, aligning with ongoing platform updates and potentially impacting older installations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xho5u0zys" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Bun 1.3.6 released with archive handling and performance boosts</strong>: Bun v1.3.6 introduces Bun.Archive for tarball creation/extraction, a JSONC parser, and significant performance improvements across various operations, including 3.5x faster Response.json(). <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Wx4br4Zyw&amp;id=Wy4br4Zyw&amp;id=Yy5NFIIOM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GCC 16 and JDK 27 bring security and architecture updates</strong>: GCC 16, expected in March-April 2026, will support AMD Zen 6 and Armv9.6-A CPUs, making C++20 the default. JDK 27, due September 2026, will feature post-quantum hybrid key exchange for TLS 1.3. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=MZNI2dhHP&amp;id=fybiaWluM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Anthropic’s token crackdown: because sharing is for suckers</strong>: Anthropic, in a move that screams ‘we need more money,’ is now strictly enforcing its terms, preventing users from using Claude Code tokens with third-party tools like Cursor and Open Code. Apparently, allowing developers to build workflows around their models was just too generous, and now you either use their entire stack or pay significantly higher API prices. Developers are, predictably, thrilled about this sudden shift, especially since it coincides with peak popularity. Who needs goodwill when you can have a captive audience? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=DEqFrm707&amp;id=jcpFkjQkx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents: the next big thing to fail without guardrails</strong>: Agentic AI is being touted as the solution for everything from NHI management to cybersecurity, promising to automate all your problems away. But Gartner, bless their cynical hearts, predicts 40% of these projects will fail by 2027, not because the AI is bad, but because companies can’t implement basic guardrails. So, while the marketing promises proactive security and efficiency, the reality is more likely to be a Chevrolet chatbot-level disaster if you don’t bother with governance. Shocking, I know. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=9X1ifJmCu&amp;id=QnCK3ryB4" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Apple’s Creator Studio: because creative professionals love subscription bundles</strong>: Apple just unveiled Creator Studio, a subscription bundle for creative apps like Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro, priced at $12.99/month. Because what every creative professional really wants is another monthly fee, especially when the apps were previously available for a one-time purchase. They’re even throwing in Pixelmator Pro for iPad and some ‘AI-driven features’ in Final Cut Pro. It’s almost like they think adding ‘AI’ makes everything better, even when it’s just another way to lock you into their ecosystem. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/gpfpGVE8Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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