WeAreDevelopers Dev Digest

Issue 200: Building for the web, what's left after rm -rf & seahorses vs AI.   

Hello fellow developer, has it been 200 editions already? Well, yes it has! We hope you are enjoying your holidays and are getting ready to party into the new year. We are still AFK but collected a few things for you to read to while away the time in between. We look forward to coming back in full strength in the new year and bring you lots more dev digests in the time to come! Stay interested, stay educated and never stop learning!

Stoyan Stefanov shares his career journey and insights on the impact of AI in web development. He discusses performance testing, the challenges of AI, and the evolving role of developers. Check out how AI is an electric bike for the brain and read a write-up.

What's happening in AI

• EdgeAI for Beginners
• Why do LLMs freak out over the seahorse emoji?
• This blog post was not written with AI
• Wrapper vs. Embedded AI Apps
• Designing agentic loops

Security and Privacy

• Netflix Vulnerability: Dependency Confusion in Action
• Car company privacy statements
• 9 in 10 Exchange servers in Germany still running out-of-support software
• AI browsers face a security flaw as inevitable as death and taxes
• Revisiting Browser Cache Smuggling

Software Development

• How To Throttle Specific Requests In Chrome DevTools
• Image formats: Codecs and compression tools
• 12 Modern CSS One-Line Upgrades
• How To Debug JavaScript In Chrome DevTools
• rm -rf remains

Tips, Tricks and Tools

• Free profile pictures for your designs.
• StreamTest - Video Testing Tool
• Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default.
• Open Source AI Data Generator
• Gradient editor

Procrastination corner and Wonderful Weird Web

• That's an ambigram.
• Rogue Prince of Persia’s Accessibility Features Explained.
• Bluffing in Scrabble

• The Patient Programmer
• Seven things I know after 25 years of development
• Build for the Web, Build on the Web, Build with the Web
• The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps
• Mastodon starter packs

Companies to check:

• Power BI Platform Engineer at Riverty
• Senior Fullstack Engineer at envelio
• Information Security Officer - Part-time at aedifion
• Java Backend Engineer at trivago
• Lead Fullstack Entwickler:in at ÖBB-Konzern

More jobs here: Remote positions - Germany - Austria