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# Dev Digest 201: Don't Stop Thinking, AI Slop vs. OSS Security, Rank Things

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

**Published:** January 5, 2026

## Inside last week’s [Dev Digest 201](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/201).

https://www.youtube.com/embed/88fzngRo9Bc

🧠 Despite AI you still need to think  
🍋 Bitter lessons from building AI products  
🤖 AI Slop vs. OSS security  
📱 Cloning tap-to-pay on Android  
🤑 Saving $500k/year by re-inventing S3  
📄 AI reads manuals  
🎥 Automating FFMPEG  
↖️ Remember pointer pointer?

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