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When it’s in a good place, jobs are abundant, salaries are sky-high, investment is relatively easy to find, layoffs less likely, and tech is a great industry to be a part of. When things aren’t going well, layoffs are e... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/572-how-to-make-extra-money-as-a-developer-freelancing-contract-work) ## Dev Digest 162: AI careers, MCP, AWS best practices & floppy sweaters **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** April 7, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 162 . ⚒️ The AI developer tools landscape 🔥 Will MCP win? 📚 Cracking ePub 🎣 How CSS is used for phishing 🔶 AWS Lambda best practices ⚓ Learning anchor positioning 🐞 Hard bugs and terrible managers 💾 Floppy sweaters and deleted NASA novels 🗞️ Join over 150,000 develo... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/571-dev-digest-162-ai-careers-mcp-aws-best-practices-floppy-sweaters) ## The State of Accessibility on the Web in 2025: WebAIM Million Report Findings **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** April 3, 2025 The WebAIM Million project (Web Accessibility in Mind) annually evaluates the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 website home pages on the web. The 2025 report reveals several critical insights into the current state of web accessibility that we thought we would share with you. Do you make any o... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/570-the-state-of-accessibility-on-the-web-in-2025-webaim-million-report-findings) ## Dev Digest 161: Gemini 2.5, AI killing search, EU A11Y Act **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** April 1, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 161 . 🤖 Most traffic to web sites comes from AI chatbots 🖼️ Google releases Gemini 2.5 and OpenAI adds native image generation ⬛︎ Next.js has a big security issue 👨‍💻 How hackers weaponise code agents 📜 WikiTok analysed 🇪🇺 Understanding the European Accessibility Ac... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/569-dev-digest-161-gemini-2-5-ai-killing-search-eu-a11y-act) ## What’s the latest in NVIDIA CUDA Python **By:** Dr. Andy R. Terrel - NVIDIA **Published:** March 25, 2025 Python and NVIDIA CUDA have long been friends. Over the last year, NVIDIA teams are working to improve the Pythonista’s experience. This means a top-to-bottom update to the CUDA Platform is fueling the GenAI movement, e.g. llama3, gpt and nemo. These improvements will allow Python teams to utiliz... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/568-what-s-the-latest-in-nvidia-cuda-python) ## ChatGPT on AI Hallucinations: Can It Fix Its Own Mistakes? **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** March 25, 2025 Most of us use AI daily—whether summarizing text, organizing tasks, suggesting recipes, or even translating languages in real time. As AI chatbots become more integrated into our lives, we increasingly rely on them for efficiency, inspiration, and problem-solving. While many of the models widely ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/566-chatgpt-on-ai-hallucinations-can-it-fix-its-own-mistakes) ## Dev Digest 160: Graphs and RAGs Explained and VS Code Extension Hacks **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** March 24, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 160 . 🤖 How AI is reshaping UI and work 🚀 Tips on how to use Cursor most efficiently 🔒 How VS Code extensions can be a massive security issue 👩‍💻 What the move to Go for Typescript means for developers 👎 What a possible forced sale of Chrome means for the web 📕 The ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/567-dev-digest-160-graphs-and-rags-explained-and-vs-code-extension-hacks) ## The Role of Mentorship in Developer Growth **By:** Benjamin Ruschin **Published:** March 19, 2025 Whether you’re just starting your tech career or you’ve been in the industry for years, mentoring plays a crucial role in professional development. Developer mentoring provides guidance, accelerates learning, helps newcomers navigate complex situations and helps developers avoid common pitfalls i... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/564-the-role-of-mentorship-in-developer-growth) ## Understanding and Mitigating Common Web Vulnerabilities **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** March 18, 2025 Vulnerabilities exist in many forms on the web, and attackers continue to find creative ways to exploit them. Technological advances like the proliferation of AI are of course exciting nd filled with opportunities, they equally present opportunities for bad actors looking to take advantage of nov... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/565-understanding-and-mitigating-common-web-vulnerabilities) ## Dev Digest 159: AI Pipelines, 10x Faster TypeScript, How to Interview **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** March 17, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 159 . 🤖 How to use LLMs to help you write code ⚡ How much electricity does AI need? 🔒 Is your API secure? Learn all about hardening it… 🟦 TypeScript switches to go and gets 10 times faster 🖼️ An image cropper in your apps ❤️ How dating sites work 💻 The story of GeoC... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/563-dev-digest-159-ai-pipelines-10x-faster-typescript-how-to-interview) ## Web Developer Portfolio Inspiration and Examples - March 2025 **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** March 14, 2025 Every developer needs a portfolio… of some sort. Whether it’s an all-singing all-dancing portfolio page, a blog, or a simple links page, it’s important to let others know what you have done, what you can do, and how they can contact you. A portfolio is also a great way to showcase projects you ar... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/561-web-developer-portfolio-inspiration-and-examples-march-2025) [Next page](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine?page=16)