> Markdown version of [/magazine/525-dev-digest-2024-archive](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/525-dev-digest-2024-archive). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Dev Digest 2024 Archive **By:** [Chris Heilmann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@chris-heilmann) **Published:** December 28, 2024 It's been a busy year for us and here are all the editions of the [Dev Digest newsletter](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/about/newsletter) with titles and short descriptions. Let's make 2025 as full of interesting content. ‍ ## [Dev Digest #97: Node your average newsletter](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/97) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/98) 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!](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/99) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/100) 40 years of Mac, JavaScript on the shell and a cat on your keyboard. ## [Dev Digest #101: the XXX issue](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/101) 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?](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/102) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/103) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/104) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/105) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/106) 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…](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/107) 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!](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/108) 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…](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/109) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/110) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/111) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/112) Some great AI news, some worrying security threats. and a swipe-aware game in CSS with explanations! ## [Dev Digest #113 - debugging above the cloud](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/113) Voyager is back! jQuery asks us to upgrade and AI is eating the web. ## [Dev Digest #114 - DOS and Donts](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/114) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/115) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/116) What Google released, what OpenAI works on, how to talk to people in your company and how to hack cars. ## [Dev Digest #117 - WWWAI?](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/117) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/118) OpenAi playing nice, Google gives terrible advice, Microsoft's spyware and lots to learn from excellent books and tutorials. ## [Dev Digest #119 ❤️ === ❤️](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/120) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/121) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/122) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/123) Stay updated on security fixes, explore new AI features, and get ready for the WeAreDevelopers World Congress! ## [Dev Digest #124 - None like it hot](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/124) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/125) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/126) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/127) Security breaches, why Python is the worst language for the planet, and hidden secrets of WinAmp Skins. ## [Dev Digest #128 - Don't Google Monopoly](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/128) 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!](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/129) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/130) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/131) The future of open source, the near future of coding and are you cleverer than an LLM? ## [Dev Digest #132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/132) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/133) 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?](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/134) 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!](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/135) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/136) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/137) 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?](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/138) Hacking cars with JavaScript, learning prompt injection and Markov chains winning stand-up competitions against LLMs. ## [Dev Digest #139 - Soft and hard queries](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/139) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/140) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/141) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/142) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/143) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/144) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/145) 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](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/146) 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!](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/147) 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.](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/148) In 50 editions of Dev Digest we gave you 2081 resources. 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