> Markdown version of [/magazine/rss.xml?a0cfd4bd_page=2&page=7](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/rss.xml?a0cfd4bd_page=2&page=7). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Magazine ## What Developers Are Building to Win $1 Million with Apify **By:** Apify **Published:** January 19, 2026 Apify started as a web scraping product, but quickly evolved into a full-blown platform and marketplace for developers to write code, and monetise it by creating Actors, tools that simplify the scraping process for others. Running until the end of January, The Apify $1M Challenge sees developers... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/677-what-developers-are-building-to-win-1-million-with-apify) ## How to Monetise Your Code and Win a Share of $1 Million with Apify **By:** Apify **Published:** January 15, 2026 Apify’s COO Ondra Urban joined the WeAreDevelopers LIVE show at the end of 2025 to talk about how developers can publish code on the marketplace and monetise it using the platform. With Apify giving away $1 million in total prizes before the end of January, now’s the perfect time to share more ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/676-how-to-monetise-your-code-and-win-a-share-of-1-million-with-apify) ## 5 Tips for Using the <button> HTML Element **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** January 15, 2026 We’ve all heard the trope of a developer cutting corners to use a <div> when a <button>, <input> or perhaps a semantic landmark would have been more appropriate. With this in mind, and after looking at why we should probably use an <input> in a recent article , we thought we’d take a look at why ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/666-5-tips-for-using-the-button-html-element) ## Dev Digest 202: The Vibe Coding Trap, Hacking Discord and How Browsers Work **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** January 12, 2026 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 202 . 🗣️ A look behind the scenes how we organise the WeAreDevelopers World Congress 🙅 Vibe coding is a trap 🟪 How to hack discord ⚔️ Building defensive AI agents 📘 The consise TypeScript book 😄 Web development is fun again 💻 How browsers work 🥘 Top 100 Claude Code ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/681-dev-digest-202-the-vibe-coding-trap-hacking-discord-and-how-browsers-work) ## Graph and AI Trends 2026: Why Is AI Running but Not Yet Delivering? **By:** Michael Hunger, Neo4j **Published:** January 12, 2026 After a few intense years of building with AI, many teams are asking the same question: Where is the ROI? We’re shipping chatbots, copilots, and agents . But: Agents aren’t autonomous enough to own end‑to‑end workflows. Model quality degrades over time with prompts, tools, and data drift. Tradit... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/680-graph-and-ai-trends-2026-why-is-ai-running-but-not-yet-delivering) ## Top Must-Visit Developer Conferences in the US in 2026 **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** January 11, 2026 For US software developers, 2026 is shaping up to be one of the strongest years yet for in-person learning, networking, and career growth. As AI moves into production, cloud architectures mature, and engineering teams face increasing complexity, developer conferences are no longer just “nice to h... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/679-top-must-visit-developer-conferences-in-the-us-in-2026) ## Adding shadows to irregular shapes in CSS with filter: drop-shadow() **By:** Chris Heilmann **Published:** January 5, 2026 CSS shadows are great to make things stand out, become more readable and give your designs a sense of depth. The problem is though that whilst text-shadow does only add a shadow to the letters, adding a box-shadow to an image will always show a rectangular shadow, regardless of the transparency o... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/675-adding-shadows-to-irregular-shapes-in-css-with-filter-drop-shadow) ## Dev Digest 201: Don't Stop Thinking, AI Slop vs. OSS Security, Rank Things **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** January 5, 2026 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 201 . 🧠 Despite AI you still need to think 🍋 Bitter lessons from building AI products 🤖 AI Slop vs. OSS security 📱 Cloning tap-to-pay on Android 🤑 Saving $500k/year by re-inventing S3 📄 AI reads manuals 🎥 Automating FFMPEG ↖️ Remember pointer pointer? 🗞️ Join over 1... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/674-dev-digest-201-don-t-stop-thinking-ai-slop-vs-oss-security-rank-things) ## Devs vs. Marketers, COBOL and Copilot, Make Live Coding Easy and more - The Best of LIVE 2025 - Part 3 **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** December 31, 2025 In this, the third and final part of our series looking back on the best bits from the Weekly Developer Show, we dig into some more classic moments from our guests for you to enjoy. Raphael De Lio reminds us that contributing to open source - and sharing your work - can be an amazing way to land... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/663-devs-vs-marketers-cobol-and-copilot-make-live-coding-easy-and-more-the-best-of-live-2025-part-3) ## Slopquatting, API Keys, Fun with Fonts, Recruiters vs AI and more - The Best of LIVE 2025 - Part 2 **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** December 24, 2025 This week, we’re continuing our look-back on some of the best moments from the Weekly Developer Show from 2025. Here’s what some of our fantastic guests had to say… Sebastian Gingter cracked open the idea of “slopsquatting” and explained why we should treat AI like an intern. Sure they’re trying... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/662-slopquatting-api-keys-fun-with-fonts-recruiters-vs-ai-and-more-the-best-of-live-2025-part-2) ## AI overspill Dec 2026: AI in a JAM, Blocking AI browsers, learning programming languages **By:** Chris Heilmann **Published:** December 19, 2025 Welcome to the AI overspill for December 2025. Here are some of the links that didn’t make it to the WeAreDevelopers Dev Digest but are still interesting to check out. Jonah Glover of Hightouch tried to use Claude to re-create the recreate the 1996 Space Jam Website and failed spectacularily. S... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/673-ai-overspill-dec-2026-ai-in-a-jam-blocking-ai-browsers-learning-programming-languages) ## Developers vs Scammers, Bad Design, AI is Pointless, AJAX is 20 and more - The Best of LIVE 2025 - Part 1 **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** December 17, 2025 Every Wednesday, we’re joined by guests from around the world to discuss all the going on in the tech industry, and now that the year is wrapping up, we thought we’d take some time to look back on some of our favourites conversations with these thoughtful, curious, wonderfully-opinionated individ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/661-developers-vs-scammers-bad-design-ai-is-pointless-ajax-is-20-and-more-the-best-of-live-2025-part-1) [Next page](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine?page=8)