WeAreDevelopers Dev Digest

Issue 173: AI and accessibility, Meta's privacy disaster and the future of SEO

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Hello fellow developer, GitHub reached 1 billion repositories this week, but it is hard to celebrate its name in official marketing materials. I really hope this was by accident. Make sure to also read the pull requests and filed issues. Also learn how Meta's AI app is a privacy disaster, why Google is shutting down instant apps, and what not to do in JavaScript. Also, learn about the intersection of AI and accessibility.

As part of our AI and Accessibility day we had an expert panel discussing the good and the bad of Artificial Intelligence when it comes to making things available to all. There were quite some interesting insights, so go and see what our experts had to say.  

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What's happening in AI

• ChatGPT "Absolutely Wrecked" at Chess by Atari 2600 Console From 1977
• I Read All Of Cloudflare's Claude-Generated Commits
• Half of companies planning to replace customer service with AI are reversing course
• Detecting AI-Generated Text by Uncovering Its Statistical “Tells”
• AI chatbots have no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours

Security and Privacy

• Frequent reauth doesn't make you more secure
• Zero-Click AI Attack in Microsoft Copilot Exposes Company Data
• The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster
• Discord flaw lets hackers reuse expired invites in malware campaign
• Hackers pose as job seekers: opening a resume leads to ransomware
• SmartAttack: Air-Gap Attack via Smartwatches

Software Development

• Google is shutting down Android Instant Apps over ‘low’ usage
• Maintaining an Android app is a lot of work
• Building An Offline-Friendly Image Upload System
• You're not a front-end developer until you've...
• Things to avoid in JavaScript
• A new way to style gaps in CSS

Tips, Tricks and Tools

• Liquid-glass-svelte - an Apple a day…
• SVG editor
• Crosspost - post to various social media channels from your command line
• SillyTavern provides a single unified interface for many LLM APIs
• EXIF Metadata Viewer - Find Information About Images

Procrastination corner and Wonderful Weird Web

• A tool for burning visible pictures on a compact disc surface
• Flight Fee Dodger - a game to test your packing skills

• What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and how does it differ from SEO?
• I Don't Want to Pay a Subscription To Program
• Traits and Habits I’ve Observed Among High Achievers
• Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs
• The Case for Software Craftsmanship in the Era of Vibes
• Lessons From 9 More Years of Tricky Bugs

Companies to check:

• IT Demand & Project Manager at Hubert Burda Media
• Requirements Engineer at ROSEN Technology and Research Center
• SAP Engineer Lead and Meter to Cash for Utility at E.ON Digital Technology
• Senior Software Engineer C# at NDT Global
• DevOps Engineer Operations–Online-&Mobile-Banking at ING Deutschland

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