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Issue 152 - To the stars through a gate?

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Hello fellow developer, topsy-turvy times we're in. The new US government goes all-in on AI funding whilst a Chinese AI open source model promises to deliver the same as the $200/month market leader. Lots of security problems to look out for - even with plain CSS - and you even can not trust sponsored links any longer. Well, let's get into it …

You might have missed it, but WeAreDevelopers Live is now a weekly one hour show every Wednesday from 12:30 to 13:30 CET time where we discuss resources that didn't fit in here. This time we had Stefan Judis as a guest and we discussed the impact of AI on web design, how to get better at Git and Accessibility matters and what JS Bundler to use. You can find all the links we talked about on this page and an archive of all shows so far.  

What's happening in AI

• Deepseek: The Quiet Giant Leading China’s AI Race
• The Stargate Project and OpenAI and Microsoft ending exclusive partnership.
• Google reports halving code migration time with AI help
• Tips on Using LLMs (AI) Effectively for Text
• YouTube to start detecting fake AI-generated content

Security and Privacy

• Supply chain attack hits Chrome extensions working around remote code ban.
• Google shows sponsored links to malware Homebrew - isn't paid SEO grand?
• Malicious extensions circumvent Google’s remote code ban
• Cascading Spy Sheets - CSS for Email and Browser Fingerprinting.
• Cloudflare can leak chat app users' broad location
• OWASP's mew LLM top 10 shows emerging AI threats

Software Development

• Bash has hashmaps
• 6 CSS snippets every front-end developer should know In 2025
• Accessibility essentials, some principles and an accessibility cheatsheet
• A checklist for your tsconfig.json
• HTTP Tunnel and Proxy in JavaScript

Tips, Tricks and Tools

• Codeberg - Git hosting and other services, an open GitHub alternative.
• BrowserAI: Run LLMs in the Browser - also works offline.
• Dangit, Git - helps you to undo your Git mistakes.
• TypeScript Remove (tsr) - tree shaking, but for source files.

Procrastination corner and Wonderful Weird Web

• 35 years ago, the first ransomware was a a floppy disk - don't trust them!
• The Crazy Nokia Designs That Never Saw the Light of Day.
• ELIZA, the world's first chatbot, is back online after six decades.
• OneCourt makes live sports accessible to blind and low-vision users.

• Reverse engineering my #1 Hacker News article - good writing advice for clicks
• Scenes from the ‘Super Bowl for Excel Nerds’ - like CODE100, but for Spreadsheets
• How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain

Companies to check:

• Senior Enterprise Architect at Douglas
• Lead Developer Experience Engineer at Cloudinary
• Senior React Native Developer at Hubert Burda Media
• Fullstack Rust Developer - BundesMessenger at BWI
• Fullstack / Cloud  Developer Java at Hoffmann Group

More jobs here: Remote positions - Germany - Austria