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# Dev Digest 225: AI Won’t Replace Devs, 2x the Users with HTML & AI Slowdown

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

**Published:** June 22, 2026

## Inside last week’s [Dev Digest 225](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/225).

https://www.youtube.com/embed/kWQ36sdkUYw

🧹 Cleaning up after rockstar developers  
🤖 AI hasn’t yet and won’t replace developers  
🦠 Malicious code in a job offer  
✋ Google adding hand gesture verification  
🖱️ SVG and PDF can both be interactive  
🌐 Check out Standard Site  
📝 Turning websites into markdown with one click  
🔒 Turning images into text offline  
📉 Nobody clicks your share buttons  
🕸️ The web we know is going to disappear

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