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# Dev Digest 163: What is Mastodon? Learn LLM and building Agents.

**By:** [Daniel Cranney](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@daniel-cranney)

**Published:** April 14, 2025

## Inside last week’s [Dev Digest 163](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/163).

https://www.youtube.com/embed/fB28kaUYEuk

💬 The case against conversational interface  
🔨 Wikimedia Commons gets hammered by AI bot  
🧠 Learn about LLMs and building agents  
🧾 ChatGPT is good at faking things  
🟡 Breaking down circular JS dependencies  
🧘 Dive into vibe coding with DeepSite  
🙅‍♂️ No code is the best way to write secure apps!

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