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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Scott Chacon (@chacon) says the issue with git messages lies in WHEN we write them, and this impacts how we write them, too. Would you prefer to write commits as you go? Watch Scott's sit down session with us from the Merge in 2024 at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/91...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Here's a look inside last week's Dev Digest... 🦩 Why AI companies are obsessed with Pelicans 🤖 Which AI to use to do different tasks 🎯 AI users are 3x less accurate but twice as confident 🌐 HTML is unsafe according to Reddit 💀 Hacked by a Take-Home interview

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Missed Friday's Dev Digest? Here's a look inside... 🎨 LLMs Fail at Painting the Mona Lisa 🌐 Which AI Reads Your Site? 🔥 Burning Tokens Researching How to Save Tokens 🛡️ Secure Sandboxes for Agents ♿ Building Accessibility into Canvas Products 📦 Framework Benchmarks and Bundle Sizes

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Here's some highlights you might have missed from last week's Dev Digest... 🎓 A Free Claude Code Course 🎭 Claude's Multiple Personalities 💰 Cutting Token Use by 94% 🌐 Why AI Browsers Are a Bad Idea 🎮 WebGL Without a GPU 💳 Disposable Credit Cards and Linux for Agents 🚗 Grand Theft Auto in JavaScript

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

How would you build a performant drag-and-drop application? Elena Torro explains how her team keep Penpot fast by being careful with what they render and when. 🔴 Join us for WeAreDevelopers LIVE every Wednesday at 12:30 CE(S)T at wearedevelopers.com/en/live

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Julia Kordick and her colleagues at Microsoft have been migrating a large COBOL codebase to a modern stack. Julia says enterprise organisations will have no choice but to do the same. 🔴 Join us for WeAreDevelopers LIVE every Wednesday at 12:30 CE(S)T at wearedevelopers.com/en/live

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Kyle Daigle (@kdaigle) says the entire team at GitHub use GitHub, and it's important for them to understand how it works even if they don't work in engineering.

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Kyle Daigle (@kdaigle) says that GitHub has been a remote company for 15 years because it benefits everybody involved. Do you work remotely?

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

GitHub's Mona the Octocat is a personification of everybody in the software engineering community. Watch this session in full, recorded live at the Merge, at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/91... 🎟️ Get your tickets now for World Congress 2026 over at worldcongress.dev

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Oscar Stories and IntelliPaper co-founder Dima Rubanov says it doesn't matter which programming language you use as it won't be the reason your project succeeds (or fails). 🔴 Join us for WeAreDevelopers LIVE every Wednesday at 12:30 CE(S)T at wearedevelopers.com/en/live

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Social media CEO's recently called for intellectual property laws to be discarded. We spoke to Matthias Neumayer, a tech CEO who used to work in law, about what a world without IP laws would look like. Watch episodes of Coffee with Developers and more at wearedevelopers.com/en/videos

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Did you know that strings can be used like arrays? Chris Heilmann says that it’s these overlooked quirks that can be used by bad actors. 🗞️ Subscribe to the Dev Digest at wearedevelopers.com/devdigest

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Robby Russell says open source can show you the way into development, but the ecosystem is a lot better developers today than it was. We're lucky to have so many amazing open source projects out there that developers can learn from 👏

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Saron Yitbarek says the beauty of coding is that you can make something out of nothing. Do you see programming as a creative pursuit? 🤔 🔴 Join us for WeAreDevelopers LIVE every Wednesday at 12:30 CE(S)T at wearedevelopers.com/en/live

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Are you suspicious when your code works the first time? Our VP of DevRel says yes, because it NEVER works the first time. 🔴 Join us for WeAreDevelopers LIVE every Wednesday at 12:30 CE(S)T at wearedevelopers.com/en/live

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Miss last week's Dev Digest? Here's a few headlines... 🧹 Cleaning up after rockstar developers 🤖 AI hasn’t yet and won’t replace developers 🦠 Malicious code in a job offer ✋ Google adding hand gesture verification 🖱️ SVG and PDF can both be interactive 🌐 Check out Standard.site

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Principal Developer Advocate at @AWS Gunnar Grosch says the AI wave isn't anything new, it's just another tool that changes how we write code, and even in the age of AI, we need developers. Watch Gunnar's appearance on Coffee with Developers at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/17...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Marius Obert from Twilio shows how easy it is to build a custom AI phone agent in under 30mins, and even tested it with a live call. Very impressive 👏 Have you used the @Twilio APIs? Watch Marius' tech talk over at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/17...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Marius Obert shows how easy it is to create an AI-powered phone agent using Twilio and OpenAI, and what better way to test it than see if it can top Chris' dad jokes? Watch Marius' tech talk over at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/17...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Raymond Camden says he still loves the web today for the same reason as he did when he first started to write code. Anyone can have a presence online, and we shouldn't take that for granted. Watch Raymond Camden's appearance on our weekly LIVE stream at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/17...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Daniel Siegl says that AI can make it easier to improve your software, but we should not forget about basics like test data. Watch Daniel Siegl from Syntevo on Coffee with Developers at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/17...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Bozidar Spirovski says an organisation he consulted for was passing passwords around in a YAML file, and most organisations have poor practices when it comes to security. As a developer, have you experienced anything similar?

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Lutz Hühnken says that it can be irritating hearing developers refer to event-driven microservices simply because they use Kafka, when it's a little more nuanced than that. What annoys you in the world of tech? Watch Lutz on Coffee with Developers at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/18...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Oliver Sturm says that AI is far from perfect, but even with its imperfections its often better to have than not. Do you trust AI? 🤔 Watch Oliver on Coffee with Developers at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/18...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Lilia Gargouri says every developer is responsible for code quality, not just the QA team. Do you agree? 🤔 Watch Lilia on Coffee with Developers at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/18...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

A fool with a tool is still a fool, says Lilia Gargouri. AI is great for writing more code, but if we don't focus on quality we're open to issues and not necessarily better off. Watch Lilia on Coffee with Developers at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/18...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We asked Josip Stuhli what annoys him the most in tech... but we didn't see this one coming. Watch Josip on Coffee with Developers at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/18...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The only real way to learn about software architecture is to build a large-scale application, and learn through experience. What's the largest project you've ever worked on? 🤔 Watch Oliver on Coffee with Developers at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/18...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Lilia Gargouri says she's excited for three days of exchanging ideas, knowledge, a shared love of building software and more at this year's WeAreDevelopers World Congress Europe. Watch Lilia on Coffee with Developers at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/18...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

On our Wednesday LIVE show, we talk about the latest goings on from the world of tech... and occasionally tell a bad (Dad?) joke, too. Watch Graham's appearance on WeAreDevelopers LIVE show at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/17...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Tejas Kumar (@TejasKumar_) says that we should not trust LLM-generated code, and should be vigilant. Do you agree? 🔴 Join us for WeAreDevelopers LIVE every Wednesday at 12:30 CE(S)T at wearedevelopers.com/en/live

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Missed Friday's Dev Digest? Here's a look inside... 🌐 Sundar Pichai on what’s in store for the web 💰 Is AI profitable? 🧠 Are AI-assisted engineers burning out because of decision fatigue? 📦 Staged publishing for npm packages 🚨 Megalodon: Over 5k malicious commits infected over 5k GitHub repos

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Scott Hanselman says AI presents us with all kinds of ethical challenges, but we're not talking about them enough. Watch Scott's session from the World Congress 2024 at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/magazine/...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Salma Alam-Naylor says that the most fun part of having an application is the process of building it, not just being able to say you have one. How about you... are you more focused on the process or the product? Watch episodes of Coffee with Developers and more at wearedevelopers.com/en/videos

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Are you kind to AI? Do you say please and thank you? Scott Hanselman says you probably should be, because it might remember. Watch Scott's session from the World Congress 2024 at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/magazine/...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Do you reach for libraries and packages, or prefer to build a feature yourself? Rowdy Rabouw says he only looks for packages when he doesn’t have the time to commit to do it himself. 🗞️ Subscribe to the Dev Digest at wearedevelopers.com/devdigest

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Everybody says AI frees us up to do other things... but can we get AI to fold our laundry? That's the kind of AI we really need. 🔴 Join us for WeAreDevelopers LIVE every Wednesday at 12:30 CE(S)T at wearedevelopers.com/en/live

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Scott Chacon (@chacon) says it's easier for startups to move fast than it is for big organisations. Do you agree? Watch Scott's sit down session with us from the Merge in 2024 at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/91...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

'Copy to clipboard’ buttons are essential, especially for people using assistive technology. But PLEASE, don’t include the line numbers 😭 🗞️ Subscribe to the Dev Digest at wearedevelopers.com/devdigest

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Robby Russell (creator of Oh My Zsh) says he created the open source framework to save developers a few keystrokes. It might be a small problem, but it turns out it's an important one. Watch this episode recorded live from The Merge in Berlin in 2024 at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/91...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Why do we love writing code? Brian Whippo of Algorand says it taps into something in us all, and we chase the dopamine hit of fixing a bug. Why do you love programming? Watch Brian's session from the World Congress at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/13...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Games Industry recruiter Alla Pavlova says the web is flooded with fake candidates and fake CVs, making it harder for recruiters to find real people. 🔴 Join us for WeAreDevelopers LIVE every Wednesday at 12:30 CE(S)T at wearedevelopers.com/en/live

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Jonathan Creamer solved a mystery of an ever-growing monorepo, eventually shrinking the git size by 94%. Watch the full episode at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/12... to find out how he did it.

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Kyle Daigle (@kdaigle) explains why GitHub is remote-first. Is your role remote, hybrid or in-office? Watch this session in full, recorded live at the Merge, at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/91...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Christian “Schepp” Schaefer says that bombarding users with notifications right away is just bad UX, and puts users off. Do you agree? 🔴 Join us for WeAreDevelopers LIVE every Wednesday at 12:30 CE(S)T at wearedevelopers.com/en/live

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Developers need to be empowered to find issues and suggest solutions, rather than simply complete programming tasks set for them. Watch this episode recorded live from The Merge in Berlin in 2024 at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/91...

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Francesco Ciulla was lucky enough to get his name as a .com domain. Is yours already taken? Watch episodes of Coffee with Developers and more at wearedevelopers.com/en/videos

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Microsoft's Julia Kordick says some AI models are more talkative than others, and some write more code than others, too, and this can be a problem. Have you noticed any differences between the models?

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Switching from Mac to PC (or the opposite) can be difficult, and Christian “Schepp” Schaefer says you have to go through a “valley of tears” to make the switch. Do you agree? 🔴 Join us for WeAreDevelopers LIVE every Wednesday at 12:30 CE(S)T at wearedevelopers.com/en/live

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wearedevelopers.bsky.social @wearedevelopers.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Brian Whippo of Algorand says that VC funding can be just what some startups need to get going, but AI will drastically reduce the cost of engineering. Watch Brian's session from the World Congress at www.wearedevelopers.com/en/videos/13...

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