Chris Heilmann & Daniel Cranney

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Back to CODE100

A sophisticated LinkedIn scam uses coding exercises to deliver malware. Learn about the latest security threats and how the developer's role is changing.

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Back to CODE100
#1about 4 minutes

The FortiBleed breach highlights persistent weak password issues

The Fortinet firewall breach reveals that thousands of devices were compromised due to easily guessable admin passwords.

#2about 6 minutes

Beware of malicious code hidden in job interview take-home tests

Scammers on platforms like LinkedIn are using fake job interviews and coding exercises to trick developers into running malicious backdoors on their machines.

#3about 4 minutes

A new language called Clear blurs the line between spec and code

The "Clear" language combines specification and implementation, sparking a debate on whether abstracting code into natural language is a step forward or backward.

#4about 4 minutes

Is the new Lighthouse agentic readiness score truly useful?

Google's Lighthouse now includes an "agentic readiness" score, raising questions about whether it's a valuable metric for AI interaction or simply marketing hype.

#5about 1 minute

Developers are paid to own problems, not just write code

The true value of a developer lies in owning and solving complex problems, rather than simply writing lines of code that an AI could generate.

#6about 3 minutes

How a fake agent gained access to all FIFA World Cup streams

A security researcher exposed a massive vulnerability by registering as a fake football agent, which granted full access to live stream keys for the entire World Cup.

#7about 4 minutes

Participate in the AWS Football for Good hackathon

AWS is hosting a three-day hackathon at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress focused on building inclusive and impactful football-related technology.

#8about 3 minutes

Understanding modern image compression formats like WebP and AVIF

A detailed article explains the technical differences between image compression formats, prompting a discussion on why modern, efficient formats are still not universally adopted.

#9about 1 minute

Why developers still struggle with understanding CORS

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a critical security feature for JavaScript, but its complexity makes it a common point of confusion for developers.

#10about 2 minutes

AI agents now use screenshots to index web content

It can be cheaper and more effective for AI agents to take screenshots and perform OCR on web pages rather than parsing complex or poorly structured HTML.

#11about 1 minute

Improving JavaScript performance with the CompileCat compiler

CompileCat is a precompiler that optimizes JavaScript code, claiming to achieve significant performance boosts over standard execution.

#12about 1 minute

Using the Mac OCR command-line tool for text extraction

Mac OCR is a command-line utility that leverages the native macOS OCR engine to quickly extract text from images and convert them into text files or searchable PDFs.

#13about 3 minutes

Why developers compete in the Code100 live coding challenge

Past competitors explain that the motivation for joining Code100 is to challenge themselves, benchmark their skills against peers, and identify areas for improvement.

#14about 6 minutes

A round of the tech headline game "Fake or News"

The hosts and guests play a game where they must decide if a series of bizarre technology and science headlines are real news or completely fabricated.

#15about 8 minutes

Updates on the Code100 competition, prizes, and format

The main prize for Code100 is an NVIDIA Spark Station, and the competition format is being simplified to a local VS Code setup to avoid environment issues.

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