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# Dev Digest 177: Blockchain, jQuery and a Prompt Playground

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

**Published:** July 21, 2025

## Inside last week’s [Dev Digest 177](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/177).

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZOz_-K8ckHk

😫 Do AI tools slow down developers by 20%?  
📝 The State of DevSecOps  
⚠️ 2.3M Chrome and Edge browsers infected by malicious extensions  
🤔 Is it still worth using jQuery?  
🪦 10 dead influential programming languages  
💻 Langfast - try LLM prompts in the browser  
👨‍💻 Animated SVGs instead of GIFs for code samples  
💼 How to mess up a vibe code interview  
🙅‍♂️ Stop forcing AI tools on developers  
🖥️ How do screens work?  
☎️ The dialup sounds revisited

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