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# Dev Digest 150 - The shift to AI generated code, fingerprinting and OKRs vs. doing your job

**By:** [Chris Heilmann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@chris-heilmann)

**Published:** January 13, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LSmYO1kp8Gc

It's time for the WeAreDevelopers Dev Digest roundup, and this time it's for [edition #150](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/150)!

🤖 The shift from manual to AI-generated code

🔥 Does AI code get better if you ask the LLM to “write better code”?

🖖 Google’s new policy on fingerprinting👮♂️ You wouldn’t download an AI, would you?

👻 A Ghost(ty) for the shell

✅ Hitting OKRs vs doing your job

😳 Mistakes engineers made in large codebases

✉️ A letter to open source maintainers

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