Dev Digest 239: Slop Grenades, the Web Before GenAI & iPhone Duo Readiness

September 29, 2026
A digital collage of a 90's computer saying 'welcome to 1995', a sign with 'do not touch, contains slop' and an iphone duo
A digital collage of a 90's computer saying 'welcome to 1995', a sign with 'do not touch, contains slop' and an iphone duo

Inside last week’s Dev Digest 239.

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🔌 If your tool isn’t reachable by agents, it doesn’t exist
🧩 Do frameworks matter anymore?
🪤 Deter cyberattackers by lying to them
🧪 Testing Google’s “modern-web-guidance” skill on a real React app
📱 Is your app ready for iPhone Duo?
💾 Desktop apps in ~6 MB
🔎 Search the web before generative AI
💣 Slop grenades

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In Friday’s Featured Video we gave you a look at our Coffee with Developers episode with Ryan Sinnott, CTO of Feed4ward.com.au, recorded at Corgi Cafe in San Francisco, where we talked about building for overlooked markets, and how software can help solve simple but meaningful problems.

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