Learn how AI killed DevOps, create long tasks in JS, why 1 in 5 security breaches are AI generated code & play "The Scope Creep"

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Issue 196: AI killed devops, LLM Political bias & AI security

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Hello fellow developer, lately it has become harder and harder to use the internet. Not because of technology, but content decisions. Instead of finding things you look for, you get AI summaries resembling the truth, ads and SEO optimised content that is not quite what you're looking for. How do you work around that issue? Maybe we do need a new curriculum how to use the internet (there is one at the end of this digest) or maybe those who fought for the open web now need to take on AI?

WeAreDevelopers Coffee with Developers AI Killed DevOps... What Now? Lee Faus Global Field CTO, GitLab
People are worried about their jobs as designers, writers and developers. But there is another field where AI plays a massively disruptive role: DevOps. We sat down with Lee Faus, Global Field CTO of GitLab to tell us more about that matter. Check it out.

What's happening in AI

  • Measuring political bias in Claude
  • Why the Frontend Should Run AI Models Locally With ONNX
  • Feed the Beast: AI Eats Software
  • AI In UX: Achieve More With Less
  • Dead framework theory

Security and Privacy

  • One in five security breaches now thought to be caused by AI-written code
  • Anything but safe: Using VPN can bear immense risks
  • Become Unbannable from Your Email/Gmail
  • "Hello, is this Anna?": Unpacking the Lifecycle of Pig-Butchering Scams
  • Timing attacks

Come and explore Camara's innovative Network APIs!

NetworkAPIs (1)

- Simplify authentication by replacing one-time OTP by silent number verification
- Detect fraud by checking if the device or SIM has changed, and by validation of customer data (KYC)
- Get notifications if devices come close to an area, for logistic or retail use cases
- Get a reliable and low latency connection even if the cell is congested

Find it here!

Software Development

  • There are a lot of ways to break up long tasks in JavaScript.
  • Syntax-highlighting for JS template strings in VS Code
  • Making the terminal beautiful one pixel at a time
  • 100, 150, or 200? Debunking the Alt text character limit
  • Introducing Code Wiki: Accelerating your code understanding

Tips, Tricks and Tools

  • music-metadata - extract information from files
  • tabboo - add jump scares to pages you waste time on
  • Metis - AI-Powered Security Code Review
  • A distributed vulnerability database for Open Source
  • JSON Query A small, flexible, and expandable JSON query language.

Procrastination corner and Wonderful Weird Web

  • The Scope Creep
  • Which came first?
  • The Physics of News, Rumors, and Opinions

Career and Culture:

  • ‘Repair Cafes’ Are Popping Up Around the World to Curb Consumer Waste
  • How to use the internet again: a curriculum
  • Review your own git pull requests
  • Inside Cursor Sixty days with the AI coding decacorn
  • Hiring and the market for lemons
Are you looking for opportunities or fancy a change?

Companies to check:

  • Senior Java Engineer
  • Cloud Engineer
  • Tech Lead - Berlin
  • Junior Developer
  • Lead Fullstack Engineer AI
  • ROSEN 
  • AOK Systems
  • Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund 
  • Riverty
  • SD Worx

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