Doing coding interviews is annoying, but did you know it can be dangerous? Also, who really gets AI money and why A11Y can't be regulated.

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Issue 191: Malware interviews, EU ❤️ Open Source and skilled Agents

WeAreDevelopers World Congress 8-10/7/26 - code devdigest = 15% off - CFP

WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America 23-25/9/2026 - CFP

Hello fellow developer, with AWS down, Microsoft breaking USB and OpenAI releasing a brand new AI browser (spoiler: it is Chromium) there is a lot to keep you wondering if reliance on big players is really that much of a good idea. Well, so does the European Commission and it will be interesting to see what comes next. But first, are you one skilled in the art of turning a phrase?

Want to write for WeAreDevelopers?

We are looking for writers for our magazine and already got some of the people who spoke at our events and those you saw in videos here. So why not also give it a go? Fill out the call for papers for contributing writers and tell us what you can contribute. We're looking for exciting, technical content, interesting tips and tricks and case studies. Submit your work, not AI generated boredom.

Leonie Watson fireside chat: can regulation improve accessibility?

Can a poorly written law actually improve digital accessibility? Learn why the European Accessibility Act is a flawed but necessary step forward for the web. We sat down with accessibility expert Léonie Watson in a virtual fireside chat to learn what the EU Accessibility Act means for you and for people who need not to be blocked out, 

What's happening in AI

  • Designing APIs for vibe coding
  • Claude now has Skills which are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
  • Optimizing Your Codebase for AI Coding Agents
  • This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services
  • LLMs Can Get "Brain Rot"!

Security and Privacy

  • SecureVibes - an AI-Native Security System for Vibecoded Applications
  • Strengthening npm security: changes to authentication and token management
  • How a fake AI recruiter delivers five staged malware disguised as a dream job
  • Improving the trustworthiness of Javascript on the Web
  • Dismantling a Critical Supply Chain Risk in VSCode Extension Marketplaces

Software Development

  • Why typeof null === object
  • The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe
  • SQL Anti-Patterns You Should Avoid
  • Building a Honeypot Field That Works
  • Just use cURL

Tips, Tricks and Tools

  • DOMPurify - XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG.
  • Clone Wars - Open source clones of popular sites
  • Open‑Source JavaScript PDF Viewer
  • syntax-highlight element
  • Polyglot command runner & smart REPL

Procrastination corner and Wonderful Weird Web

  • Spurious Correlations - not everything is connected
  • Code in the 1986's MIT SICP lectures made readable with AI
  • China is testing restroom machines that make you watch ads for toilet paper
  • A decompilation of Duke Nukem Zero Hour for N64.

Career and Culture:

  • AI Interview Success: An Interviewer's Inside Guide
  • How the AI boom revived a 996 work culture
  • Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam
  • Open Source is the Most Fragile and Most Resilient Ecosystem
  • How much should you spend on accessibility?
Are you looking for opportunities or fancy a change?

Companies to check:

  • Machine Learning Engineer at Picnic Technologies
  • (Senior) Product Owner at aedifion
  • Product Manager at basebox
  • Android Developer – Mobile Engineering at ING
  • Senior Software Developer (Java) at IGEL Technology
  • Douglas
  • Raiffeisen Bank Intl
  • Sopra Steria Custom Software Solutions
  • IGEL Technology
  • WALTER GROUP

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