December 28, 2024
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Dev Digest 2024 Archive

Chris Heilmann

It's been a busy year for us and here are all the editions of the Dev Digest newsletter with titles and short descriptions. Let's make 2025 as full of interesting content.

Dev Digest #97: Node your average newsletter

What happend 2023:  accessibility errors, salary trends, AI news. Also: senseless JavaScript and an interview with a core member of Node!

Dev Digest #98: JavaScript's rising stars, breaking NPM & how to shine

The rising stars of JS, how a package broke NPM, how to attack LLMs and why AI has a trust issue. And how to start as a content creator. 

Dev Digest #99: almost time for another 100!

Ethical hacking, developer experience, what's new in CSS, how much time you should take off as an engineer and web_app == web_site

Dev Digest #100: onchange event listener

40 years of Mac, JavaScript on the shell and a cat on your keyboard.

Dev Digest #101: the XXX issue

Apple allowing browsers on iOS, AI code generation and quality, CORS explained, news about layoffs and the job market.

Dev Digest #102: Knock, knock. Race condition! Who's there? 

Hello fellow developer, learn about software in the world's fastest car, the future of open source, how to publish JS packages, and cheating in interviews.

Dev Digest #103: Superb Owl Trafficking

Hello fellow developer, check what a big sports thing did to internet traffic, get to know a new WAD person, Git tips and how to speed up your node apps!

Dev Digest #104: Fight for your right to third party

Hello fellow developer, this time we have an expert round on the important topic of Apple vs. Web Apps, lots of security updates and tools!

Dev Digest #105: Security First

Hello fellow developer, this time we have lots of security news and resources but we also ready to play.

Dev Digest #106: DHH in HD

Hello fellow developer, learn what David Heinemeier Hansson thinks of big tech and find lots of things to play with in your browser.

Dev Digest #107: And the OSScar goes to…

Hello fellow developer, this time we celebrate the World Wide Web's 35th, talk to Daytona folk about going open source and go to space in a Yugo!

Dev Digest #108: Git off my cloud!

Hello fellow developer, the future of coding, some great tools to amp up efficiency, spinning hampsters and dancing babies…

Dev Digest #109: Egg-citing things…

Hello fellow developer, learn how to improve the performance of your code and hear from the winners of CODE100 Amsterdam what it was like to be on stage.

Dev Digest #110 - XZ marks the spotty security

Hello fellow developer, get a collection of links about the XZ backdoor, join us for the next CODE100 and learn why Lava lamps  keep the web secure.

Dev Digest #111 - $npm i -g issues

Hello fellow developer,  a look at global tech issues, a deep dive into code assistants, and a great video about what the xz incident means for NPM security

Dev Digest #112 - The true crime of AI development

Some great AI news, some worrying security threats. and a swipe-aware game in CSS with explanations!

Dev Digest #113 - debugging above the cloud

Voyager is back! jQuery asks us to upgrade and AI is eating the web. 

Dev Digest #114 - DOS and Donts

How to delete your data from Google, download MS DOS and how sad a state the web would be without women inventors.

Dev Digest #115 - beefstew is a bad password, it's not Strog/|n0FF

How AI changes how code is taught, cryptography, the history of passwords and how the internet is declining.

Dev Digest #116 The new search wars… Google vs. OpenAI

What Google released, what OpenAI works on, how to talk to people in your company and how to hack cars.

Dev Digest #117 - WWWAI?

How to un-AI Google's search results, what's new on the web, avoid a new security hole and go back to BASICS with us.

Dev Digest #118 - Not a total recall

OpenAi playing nice, Google gives terrible advice, Microsoft's spyware and lots to learn from excellent books and tutorials.

Dev Digest #119 ❤️ === ❤️

Big players leaking data, big change in Chrome extensions, and why chatting is not the same as training. 

Dev Digest #120 - Apple and peers

How to lose money with code, how not to leak secrets and how Ada Lovelace predicted the current future.

Dev Digest #121 - AI goes offline

Help make the world better by using AI offline, learn how to hack your restaurant pager and how to write Quake in 13K of JavaScript!

Dev Digest #122 - Cracks in the polyfill

Remove polyfills, learn about the state of JS/HTML and win a VIP ticket to our World Congress with a bit of code! 

Dev Digest #123 - Easy as A, B, C

Stay updated on security fixes, explore new AI features, and get ready for the WeAreDevelopers World Congress!

Dev Digest #124 - None like it hot

The environmental impact of AI, how SafeTix isn't safe and why CSS can get you into jail whilst ECMAScript moves on.

Dev Digest #125 - Duck and cover

Written live at WAD World Congress, here's your weekly roundup of news, tools and how to write by opening and closing your laptop.

Dev Digest #126 - * yells at cloud

Learn what Google is up to, how all our phones can be cracked, how to edit any web page and relax with some defragmentation.

Dev Digest #127 - Putting 5 rings on it

Security breaches, why Python is the worst language for the planet, and hidden secrets of WinAmp Skins. 

Dev Digest #128 - Don't Google Monopoly

The Google search monopoly, Minority Report meets 1984, what's new in web tech and Github's new Model playground! 

Dev Digest #129 - Now that's what I call private data!

Another massive data leak, what to do so you don't get in that position, some very cool code demos and the first World Congress talk videos!

Dev Digest #130 - The Diablo is in the details

Coding horrors, AI as a superhero or villain, Diablo in your browser and many more fun things.

Dev Digest #131 - AI'm not sure about OSS

The future of open source, the near future of coding and are you cleverer than an LLM?

Dev Digest #132 - Binging WADFlix?

Watch all the talks of the WeAreDeveloper World Congress, learn prompt engineering and how to add AI sensibly to your apps.

Dev Digest #133 - Back to Front

This time we bring all to the front(end) - so let's catch up what happens there and what that weird new CSS syntax might be about.

Dev Digest #134 - Where pixels sing?

We have a data and security LIVE day coming up, so here are lots and lots of resources on that topic, as well as a chance to throw birds of a cliff.

Dev Digest #135 - AI is Doomed!

This time we have John Romero as the featured video, so it is all about Doom, AI and vintage gaming.

Dev Digest #136 - No JS(ON) of mine

This time we want to dive deep into JSON and JavaScript, so let's take a look what's happening in this space.

Dev Digest #137 - AI'm not sure about this

Many product hunt users are bots, Meta's new glasses are great to dox people and there is oh so much drama about Web Components.

Dev Digest #138 - are you secure about this?

Hacking cars with JavaScript, learning prompt injection and Markov chains winning stand-up competitions against LLMs.

Dev Digest #139 - Soft and hard queries

A new HTTP method, how humans and data interact and how to make your APIs and web sites perform much better!

Dev Digest #140 - Python > JS, GitHub opens up and AI jobs

Python dethrones JS as the main language on GitHub, Copilot supports different AI models and read results of lots of "state of" surveys.

Dev Digest #141 - AI fixes bugs but doesn't make better developers

Google's AI finds a SQLite bug, AI assistants vs. developers, and how to shrink a > 130GB Git repo. 

Dev Digest #142 - Micro Components, the joy of web and LLMs

Micro Components proposal, the joy of web with games, costly cloud mistakes and analysing 42 programming languages in one month.

Dev Digest #143 - Technology FOMO, AI seniors and dev junior problems

What was in the State of HTML 2024 survey, how to code with BlueSky, how to cope with Technology FOMO and why AI makes tech debt worse.

Dev Digest #144 👻 Ghost engineers, 🥾 React redundancy, 🦋 BlueSky fun

What's the future of React in an AI code generated world? Why are almost 10% of engineers ghosts? What do people do with BlueSky? And more!

Dev Digest #145: ⌨️ The best IDEs 🥷🏼 the fight for JS ✊🏽 OSS success

Advent calendars, Ode to free software, how to staet an OSS company and a a truly rocking license.  Join us on the AI and Webdev event 10/12

Dev Digest #146: 🥱 React fatigue 📊 Query anything with SQL 🧠 AI News

Why it may not be needed to learn React, why Deepfake masks will be a big problem and your spirit animal in body fat! 

Dev Digest #147: Free Copilot! Panel: AI and devs! RTO is bad! Pi plays!

Free Copilot! Experts discuss what AI means for devs. Don't trust containers. Mandated RTO means brain drain. And Pi plays Pokemon!

Dev Digest #148: Behind the scenes of Dev Digest & end of the year reports.

In 50 editions of Dev Digest we gave you 2081 resources. Join us in looking back and learn about all the trends this year.

Dev Digest 2024 Archive

December 28, 2024
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