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[Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/550-dev-digest-155-hashtable-breakthrough-multi-threaded-python-and-deepseek-leaks) ## How to Style Other Elements on Hover with the :not() CSS Pseudo Class **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** February 11, 2025 A few years back, Stephan Judis wrote about CSS’s :not pseduo-class as it started to gain widespread browser support. Fast forward to 2025, and it’s widely available, but so rarely used. In this article, we’re going to dig into the :not pseudo class, create a simple pricing component with it wit... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/549-how-to-style-other-elements-on-hover-with-the-not-css-pseudo-class) ## Dev Digest 154: Responsible AI? Mistakes of CSS & track all the things! **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** February 10, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 154 . 💰 Google pushing for AI on device with Web AI fund and lots of APIs 📱 Track your own location using in-app ads 🍎 Track your hardware using Apple’s location service 📈 Get insight into your network traffic 🤖 Responsible AI with dubious changes 🐋 Downloading Deep... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/548-dev-digest-154-responsible-ai-mistakes-of-css-track-all-the-things) ## How to Avoid Over-Engineering **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** February 6, 2025 In today’s software development world, the demand for designing applications that are both robust and easy to maintain is more pressing than ever. Many developers encounter the architectural chaos left behind in older codebases, leading to frustration and a longing for more manageable approaches.... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/546-how-to-avoid-over-engineering) ## The Temporal API: How JavaScript Dates Might Actually Be Getting Fixed **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** February 4, 2025 JavaScript developers have long struggled with the limitations of the built-in Date object. The Date API, inherited from Java’s java.util.Date, has fundamental design flaws that make handling date and time cumbersome and error-prone, meaning most JS developers use libraries like date-fns , moment... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/544-the-temporal-api-how-javascript-dates-might-actually-be-getting-fixed) ## Dev Digest 153: All about DeepSeek, Date in JS solved, AI makes us dumb **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** February 3, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 153 . 🤷‍♂️ Is AI creating a generation of illiterate programmers? 🐳 All you ever wanted to know about DeepSeek AI 🤑 Calculate how much that meeting you just had costs your company 👋 How to move on from React 💰 Google’s new fund to jump-start Web AI ⌚️ Remember the ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/543-dev-digest-153-all-about-deepseek-date-in-js-solved-ai-makes-us-dumb) ## Finder Tips and Tricks: Upgrade Your Workflow on macOS **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** January 31, 2025 If you’ve seen any of our previous tips and tricks articles , you’ll know that we share shortcuts, tools and tips to help developers speed up their workflow. This time, we’re turning our attention to a tool no macOS user could go without: Finder. Finder might seem like a simple file manager, but ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/541-finder-tips-and-tricks-upgrade-your-workflow-on-macos) ## DeepSeek R1 vs ChatGPT o1: How Do They Compare? **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** January 29, 2025 It’s fair to say DeepSeek has arrived. The Chinese startup and its R1 model exploded onto the AI scene last week, and - at least temporarily - turned the industry on its head. With OpenAI having established itself as the market leader over the last few years, DeepSeek’s sudden and massive hype a... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/542-deepseek-r1-vs-chatgpt-o1-how-do-they-compare) ## The Rise of Disinformation on the Web **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** January 27, 2025 In recent years, the digital landscape has transformed dramatically, propelled by the rapid evolution of AI-generated content and the proliferation of disinformation, as well as a greater focus paid to its role in elections (see: Cambridge analytica scandal and how Musk helped elect Donald Trump)... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/539-the-rise-of-disinformation-on-the-web) ## Dev Digest 152: Chrome Extensions Hack, CSS Spy Sheets, Deepseek OSS AI **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** January 27, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 152 . 🐋 DeepSeek - a new rising star open source model 🖐 Using CSS to fingerprint browsers and email clients 🧠 Things you should know about accessibility 🤷‍♂️ What do you when you messed up in Git 📍 Cloudflare security bug can disclose user’s location ☕️ Google Ads ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/540-dev-digest-152-chrome-extensions-hack-css-spy-sheets-deepseek-oss-ai) ## The State of Tech Salaries in Europe in 2025 **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** January 25, 2025 One of the greatest allures of the tech industry is the income it can provide for those working within it. From eye-watering high six-figure salaries in Silicon Valley to more modest-but-still-impressive ones elsewhere, generally speaking developers are well-paid with high-demand skills. The WeAr... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/538-the-state-of-tech-salaries-in-europe-in-2025) ## Is HTMX Worth Learning in 2025? **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** January 23, 2025 HTMX, a relatively niche library for modern web development, has been quietly surging in popularity… or so it would seem. As of January 2025, JavaScript Rising Stars reported that HMTX now has more GitHub stars than more established libraries like React, Svelte and Vue. leading to debates about ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/537-is-htmx-worth-learning-in-2025) [Next page](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine?page=18)