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# Dev Digest 234: How X's Feed Works, Top 10 CI/CD Risks & Meat Proxies

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

**Published:** August 24, 2026

## Inside last week’s [Dev Digest 234](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/234).

https://www.youtube.com/embed/syTYA6e2X2E

🤖 How software teams use AI  
🥩 How not to be a “meat proxy”  
🔐 Web security is too hard  
🛡️ The top 10 CI/CD security risks  
🤥 JSON.stringify is a liar!  
🧩 HTML can do that?  
🐦 Reading the X feed algorithm  
💻 Creating terminal screenshots  
🎯 When job offers become a zero-day attack  
🤖 Automating LinkedIn cringeposts

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