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# Dev Digest 222: Google's Web Future, AI Profitability & Centering DIVs

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

**Published:** June 1, 2026

## Inside last week’s [Dev Digest 222](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/222).

https://www.youtube.com/embed/BOrt2MK_3bI

🌐 Sundar Pichai on what’s in store for the web  
💰 Is AI profitable?  
🧠 Are AI-assisted engineers burning out because of decision fatigue?  
📦 Staged publishing for npm packages  
🚨 Megalodon: Over 5k malicious commits infected over 5k GitHub repos  
🛠️ Build with Modern Web Guidance and common sense  
🎯 The state of CSS centering in 2026  
🤖 A database of AI models to compare  
✍️ Is technical writing passé in the age of AI?  
🔫 Shooting your way out of your node\_modules folder

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