Next.js 16.1, HTMX, Go Leaks, and a 15-Year-Old Screen Share Tech

Next.js 16.1

TLDR: Next.js 16.1 significantly speeds up development with default Turbopack file system caching, offering up to 14x faster server restart times. It also introduces an experimental bundle analyzer.

Link: Next.js 16.1 | daily.dev

Please Just Fucking Try HTMX

TLDR: HTMX provides a simpler way to build interactive web applications by extending HTML with attributes that handle server communication, avoiding the complexity of modern JavaScript frameworks. A case study showed a 67% reduction in codebase size.

Link: Please Just Fucking Try HTMX | daily.dev

Detecting goroutine leaks in modern Go

TLDR: Go versions 1.24-1.26 introduce powerful new tools, synctest and goleakprofile, to help developers detect and diagnose goroutine leaks in both testing and production environments.

Link: Detecting goroutine leaks in modern Go | daily.dev

We Mass-Deployed 15-Year-Old Screen Sharing Technology and It's Actually Better

TLDR: A team building an AI coding platform found that a simple, 15-year-old technique of polling for JPEG screenshots over HTTP outperformed their modern, complex H.264 video streaming solution, especially on unreliable networks.

Link: We Mass-Deployed 15-Year-Old Screen Sharing Technology and It's Actually Better | daily.dev

Gemini Flash 3 is my new favorite model

TLDR: Gemini Flash 3 is a fast, cheap, and powerful new model that excels at spatial reasoning and multimodal tasks, making it a strong contender against more expensive models like Claude Opus 4.5.

Link: Gemini Flash 3 is my new favorite model (yes really) | daily.dev