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

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

**Published:** September 29, 2026

## Inside last week’s [Dev Digest 239](https://newsletter.wearedevelopers.com/239).

https://www.youtube.com/embed/THldH4CA8ts

🔌 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

### Featured Video

In Friday’s Featured Video we gave you a look at our Coffee with Developers episode with Ryan Sinnott, CTO of [Feed4ward.com.au](http://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.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/w7kgUcs4vis

[Watch Ryan Sinnott on Coffee with Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2151-building-software-for-overlooked-markets-ryan-sinnott), as well as thousands of hours of content here on the WeAreDevelopers platform.

Alternatively, you can listen on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coffee-with-developers/id1779243591) or on [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/6bcMqLcQJXJTZjcdCHLcno).

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