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# Dev Digest 186: Vape Coding, NPM Attacks + How to Make Your Boss Listen

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

**Published:** September 22, 2025

## Inside last week’s [Dev Digest 186](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/186).

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ptEcHzRyF0

🇦🇱 Albania has AI bot in government  
🤖 How people use ChatGPT vs. Claude  
🌳 How to make AI greener  
🪱 Worm infects 187 NPM packages  
⚠️ VSCode is flooded with malicious extensions  
💨 Hosting on a disposable vape  
🇬🇧 Hacker kiddies in the UK  
📊 How to present to executives

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