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# Dev Digest 182: GPT5 Prompts, MCP Vulnerabilities, Code Traps

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

**Published:** August 25, 2025

## Inside last week’s [Dev Digest 182](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/182).

https://www.youtube.com/embed/l4swU0BuPWY

📝 A guide to prompting GPT-5  
⏰ Extreme hours at AI startups  
💻 AI is a Junior Dev, and it needs a lead  
🐴 Trojans embedded in SVG’s  
⚠️ The State of MCP Security  
⚒️ A reference manual for people who design and build software  
🌐 A command line tool to detect copy and pasted code  
👾 How Game Boy cartridges work

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