Lots of security issues of AI browsers, some excellent tools to try out and hooray for the web!

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Issue 192: Undead web, chart performance, free Wifi!

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, ah yes, all the cool, new AI browsers killed the web! A message that's been repeated ad nauseam and yet, it is the best place to produce, release and write. On your own blog, nobody tells you how to write. Following links sent you by your peers allows you to do your own research, and you learn about different technologies. This week saw lots of security issues of fully automated and highly capable browsers we we collected for you. Also, if you want to meet Chris and Benji from WeAreDevelopers in person, come to Beyond Tellerrand Berlin next Thursday, It is one of our favourite events and something we never miss! Let's meet and geek out!

Uncharted territories of web performance with Andrew and David from SciChart

We sat down with Andrew Burnett-Thompson and David Burleigh, CEO and CTO of SciChart to hear how they create complex visualisations of huge datasets, and how they overcome the technical challenges that come with it. Go and learn about performance problems and solutions by SciChart and raise your expectations for what’s possible in real-time

A call for guest authors on the WeAreDevelopers Magazine

Do you want to see your articles in the WeAreDevelopers Magazine and reach 200k+ readers? Check the call for writers to learn what we are looking for and how to contribute.

What's happening in AI

  • Introducing Agent HQ: Any agent, any way you work
  • ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web
  • Vibecoding and the illusion of security
  • Understand built-in model management in Chrome
  • 2026 is the year of fine-tuned small models
Epic Conference by GitLab, London 11. Nov and Paris 13. Nov
Join us at GitLab Epic Conference in London on November 11th or Paris on November 13th to discover how AI agents are revolutionizing software development beyond just code creation. While AI coding tools address only 21% of a developer's day, GitLab's Duo Agent Platform unlocks intelligent workflows across the entire software development lifecycle - from planning and coding to testing, security, and deployment. Learn how leading enterprises including NatWest, Barclays, CANAL+, Michelin, and Carrefour are adopting agentic AI while consolidating toolchains, maintaining security and compliance, and accelerating innovation. Experience firsthand how GitLab's unified DevSecOps platform empowers teams to deliver secure, compliant software faster in the age of AI agents.
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Security and Privacy

  • You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training
  • When your AI browser becomes your enemy: The Comet security disaster
  • Mitigating Prompt Injection in Comet after ‘ChatGPT Tainted Memories’ Exploit
  • OpenAI Atlas Omnibox Prompt Injection: URLs That Become Jailbreaks
  • Satellites found exposing unencrypted data

Software Development

  • I Built the Same App 10 Times: Evaluating Frameworks for Mobile Performance
  • Building a Honeypot Field That Works
  • AI Frontend Generator Comparison: Claude Code vs v0 vs Cursor vs Replit
  • The bug that taught me more about PyTorch than years of using it
  • You already have a git server

Tips, Tricks and Tools

  • A cat clone with wings
  • JSON Query, a JSON query language and a Toolkit for JSON & Data Processing
  • Web Codegen Scorer - evaluate the quality of LLM generated web code
  • Sherlock and Maigret collect social media accounts by name and create dossiers
  • React Cookie Manager

Procrastination corner and Wonderful Weird Web

  • Pumpkin clock
  • Meow.camera
  • Mushrooms as living memory chips for sustainable computing
  • Unlocking free WiFi on British Airways

Career and Culture:

  • Karpathy is wrong. Write that post, build that slide deck!
  • Octoverse/GitHub: a new developer every second and AI leads TypeScript to #1
  • Your vibe coded slop PR is not welcome
  • My Programming Career is a Historical Artifact
  • The price of mandatory code reviews
Are you looking for opportunities or fancy a change?

Companies to check:

  • Site Reliability Engineer at Raiffeisen Bank
  • Senior Java Dev Engineer at ING Deutschland
  • SAP BTP and SAP Security Engineer at E.ON
  • Senior Java Developer at Picnic Technologies B.V.
  • IT Inhouse Consultant Workforcemanagemen at Deichmann SE
  • MARKT-PILOT
  • Power Plus Communications
  • Bonial International
  • aedifion
  • zeb consulting

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