Dev Digest 207: Spring Cleaning, AI Agent Manipulation and Stopping Bad Bots
February 16, 2026
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Inside last week’s Dev Digest 207.
🤔 Nobody trusts AI but not many verify its outcomes
🛑 How to stop bad bots
🧪 A manipulation test page for AI agents
💖 How a heart emoji slowed down a page 100x
🎬 Embedding videos fast and without JavaScript
🍃 Spring cleaning for Macs
🗜️ Batch convert and compress images
🪞 How does your ChatGPT see itself?
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