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[Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/597-dev-digest-172-code100-is-back-linux-containers-php-in-node) ## Win your spot for CODE100 at WeAreDevelopers World Congress by solving the "hearts and minds" puzzle **By:** Chris Heilmann **Published:** June 15, 2025 CODE100 is coming back live to the WeAreDevelopers World Congress and here is your chance to earn your place on stage to show thousands of people your coding skills. The Hearts and Minds challenge asks you to take this HTML document which results in the following: We ask you to tell us: Ho... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/596-win-your-spot-for-code100-at-wearedevelopers-world-congress-by-solving-the-hearts-and-minds-puzzle) ## Declarative Design and a fresh take on collaboration with developers **By:** Chris Heilmann **Published:** June 9, 2025 Getting designers and developers on the same page can be tough for digital product teams. Things get especially tricky when the focus is just on fixing little things here and there instead of looking at the bigger picture together. Translating designs into programming languages often causes confl... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/595-declarative-design-and-a-fresh-take-on-collaboration-with-developers) ## Dev Digest 171: AI in disguise, Doomed tech and system prompts **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** June 9, 2025 Inside last weekโ€™s Dev Digest 171 . ๐Ÿค– Insights from LLM system prompts ๐Ÿ‘Ž Why agents are bad pair programmers ๐Ÿ”’ All vibe coded apps share a security flaw ๐Ÿ“… Why are 2025/05/28 and 2025-05-28 different dates in JS? ๐Ÿงฑ Pure CSS Minecraft ๐ŸŽง Create web audio like you write CSS ๐Ÿค” Would you offer โ€œsign i... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/594-dev-digest-171-ai-in-disguise-doomed-tech-and-system-prompts) ## GitHub Actions: Auto-Comment on New Issues **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** June 5, 2025 GitHub Actions let you automate tasks within your repository. While many developers use them for continuous integration or deployment, they can be used to automate all kinds of tasks and supercharge your repository. In this tutorial, weโ€™ll set up a simple automation that posts a comment whenever ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/593-github-actions-auto-comment-on-new-issues) ## How to Get Better at Pair Programming **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** June 3, 2025 As the finals of CODE100 approach, our contestants are practicing for four rounds of competitive coding, including a pair programming round. With this in mind, we thought we would share some tips on how to be a better pair programmer and how to avoid the common pitfalls of coding collaboratively... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/592-how-to-get-better-at-pair-programming) ## Dev Digest 170: All things MCP, huge login data leaks and web privacy **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** June 2, 2025 Inside last weekโ€™s Dev Digest 170 . ๐Ÿ™Œ MCP - Hype or hope? ๐Ÿค– Hidden costs of AI coding ๐Ÿ˜ฌ 2 billion Discord messages leaked ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ W3C releases web privacy principles โš ๏ธ Detecting malicious unicode ๐ŸŽ‚ The history of JavaScript and Java at 30 โ–ฆ A Tailwind grid generator ๐Ÿ’ฐ 2.5 years of AI goldrush has ye... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/591-dev-digest-170-all-things-mcp-huge-login-data-leaks-and-web-privacy) ## Dev Digest 169: Computers under pressure, AI's future & the why of Vim! **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** May 26, 2025 Inside last weekโ€™s Dev Digest 169 . ๐Ÿ“ Figmaโ€™s 2025 AI report ๐Ÿค– How AI products can and should evolve ๐Ÿ˜ฒ The truth about VPNs โšก How to create great animations ๐Ÿ’ป The Compute Pressure API ๐Ÿ”ฅ A Google Chrome extension to pick and test fonts ๐Ÿ’ผ Rise of the frontier firm ๐ŸŸฉ Why people really need Vim ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ J... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/590-dev-digest-169-computers-under-pressure-ai-s-future-the-why-of-vim) ## Spot the Mistakes: CSS **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** May 21, 2025 Our community has had a great time solving our spot the mistakes challenges, so we thought weโ€™d keep it rolling with another one. This time, weโ€™ll be setting our sights on CSS. See if you can spot the 6 mistakes in our code. Let us know on socials if you spot them, or check out the answers at the... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/589-spot-the-mistakes-css) ## Dev Digest 168: Hacking Postgres, Blocking Meta and Fixing CSS **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** May 19, 2025 Inside last weekโ€™s Dev Digest 168 . ๐Ÿ“Š The state of OpenAIโ€™s GPT models ๐Ÿค– 20% of Salesforce code written by AI ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป Hacking Postgres ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™‚๏ธ How to block Meta AI from your Instagram ๐Ÿ”ง How to fix common CSS mistakes ๐Ÿ’ป Make your GitHub profile stand out ๐Ÿฅฑ Why big companies are slow โœˆ๏ธ A paper plane dat... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/588-dev-digest-168-hacking-postgres-blocking-meta-and-fixing-css) ## 7 VSCode Extensions That Actually Make You More Efficient (2025 Edition) **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** May 14, 2025 When it comes to development IDEโ€™s, Visual Studio Code is tough to beat. Itโ€™s open-source, lightweight, deeply customisable and has a huge community around the globe extending its functionality and developing its features. With this in mind, itโ€™s no surprise that its now the most popular IDE, ro... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/587-7-vscode-extensions-that-actually-make-you-more-efficient-2025-edition) ## Dev Digest 167: Open Source AI, Passwordless Microsoft and Vibe Coding **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** May 12, 2025 Inside last weekโ€™s Dev Digest 167 . ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Is vibe coding killing creativity? ๐ŸŒณ Is ChatGPT not as bad for the environment as we think? โš ๏ธ 95% of AppSec fixes donโ€™t reduce risks ๐Ÿ”‘ Microsoft going passwordless ๐Ÿง  How to detect memory leaks in your apps ๐ŸŸจ View and interact with PDFs in JavaScript ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ผ Do... 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