WeAreDevelopers Dev Digest

Issue 172: CODE100 is back, Linux Containers, and PHP in Node!

WeAreDevelopers World Congress 9-11/7/25 - get 15% off using code devdigest

Hello fellow developer, soon we will gather in Berlin for the WeAreDevelopers World Congress and we're knee-deep in organising things so all will run smoothly. For now, here's what Apple announced at their big event, lots of AI and security news and some cool tools for you to play with! 

We sat down with Logan Kilpatrick from Google DeepMind to chat about all things that Google has to offer to developers in the AI space. This was supposed to be a quick chat, but we found so many things to talk about, it ended up being an hour jam packed with information. So watch to learn all about Google Gemini and its place in the AI world.

CODE100 at WeAreDevelopers World Congress!

The WeAreDevelopers World Congress is just around the corner and we will have a CODE100 live show! For your chance to take part and show the world your coding chops live on stage, check out the "Hearts and Minds" challenge and submit your solution by filling out this form! See you on stage! 

What's happening in AI

• AI Skeptics Are All Nuts
• NotebookLM is adding a new way to share your own notebooks publicly
• The Prompt Engineering Playbook for Programmers
• AI didn’t kill Stack Overflow
• How to train an AI model without falling into GDPR pitfalls

Security and Privacy

• Google Restricts Android Sideloading
• Meta pauses mobile port tracking tech on Android after researchers cry foul
• Vibe coding is here to stay. Can it ever be secure?
• The Rise of ‘Vibe Hacking’ Is the Next AI Nightmare
• Practical Malware Development

Software Development

• All web technology videos at Apple's WWDC25
• Apple offers Linux containers on MacOS - tools are container and containerization
• Multithreading in JavaScript with Web Workers
• The State of CSS 2025 Survey
• Real-world engineering challenges: building Cursor

Tips, Tricks and Tools

• Cap is a lightweight, open-source CAPTCHA alternative
• Code video games even without programming experience.
• Convert bytes to a human readable string: 1337 → 1.34 kB
• Seamlessly Blend PHP with Node.js - platformatic/php-node
• Bugfish Nuke - if you need to thoroughty delete files quickly

Procrastination corner and Wonderful Weird Web

• Inheritance was invented as a performance hack
• "No" as a service
• GeoCities Animated GIF Search Engine

• How GitHub engineers tackle platform problems
• Smart People Don’t Chase Goals; They Create Limits
• Adapting SEO for LLMs and AI search
• The hidden time bomb in the tax code that’s causing mass tech layoffs
• The SignalFire State of Talent Report
• You can’t Git clone a team

Companies to check:

• Engineering Manager - Mobile at Flaconi
• Principal Java Engineer at Dynatrace
• Senior Cloud Storage Engineer at ING Bank N.V.
• Software Entwickler .NET/C# at Riverty
• Technical Consultant with German at SD Worx

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