A quick roundup of developer news since the last digest.
Releases
- Python 3.15.0 is out: The Python core team shipped the new feature release of the language, which is available to download now. python.org
- Bevy 0.20: The Rust game engine published its latest release with a new batch of engine and ECS changes. Bevy
- jj 0.46.0: The Jujutsu version control system cut a new release. GitHub
- OpenSSH 10.6 breaks two features on purpose: The release drops compression and username handling behaviors that the maintainers consider security liabilities, so check your configs before upgrading. The New Stack
Platforms & infrastructure
- Deno is joining Cloudflare: The Deno team announced it is becoming part of Cloudflare, a notable consolidation for the JavaScript runtime ecosystem. Deno
- On-demand profiling for Workers: Cloudflare added CPU and memory profiling with flamegraphs for Workers and Durable Objects, so you can inspect production performance without redeploying. Cloudflare
- Let's Encrypt moves to 64-day certificates: Starting February 2027 certificate lifetimes shrink, which makes reliable automated renewal a requirement rather than a nice-to-have. Let's Encrypt
- Amazon ECS auto-repairs failing GPUs and instances: ECS can now detect and replace unhealthy GPU hosts on its own, which should cut manual on-call work for ML workloads. The New Stack
- CircleCI machine runner orchestrator reaches GA: The orchestrator for self-hosted machine runners is now generally available. InfoQ
- Oxide raises a $445M Series D: The rack-scale on-prem cloud hardware company announced a large new funding round. Oxide
AI & tooling
- GitHub rewrites the Copilot runtime in Rust: GitHub migrated its Copilot runtime to Rust with substantial AI assistance, an interesting case study in large AI-assisted rewrites. InfoQ
- A shared API for decision models: AWS, Upstage and Ollama agreed on a common decision-model API, while OpenAI has not signed on. The New Stack
Industry
- Shopify moves Checkout Blocks to Polaris web components: Shopify says the switch cuts bundle sizes by up to 85%. InfoQ
- Microsoft barred from sponsoring foreign workers: The US administration restricted Microsoft from sponsoring workers for residency, which could affect hiring of engineers. Ars Technica
- Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer, dies at 90: She led the flight software team whose work helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon. MIT News
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