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[Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/501-is-ai-turning-junior-developers-into-an-endangered-species) ## How Microsoft worked around a Git limitation to shrink a repository by 94% **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** November 10, 2024 Imagine that you are responsible for a Git repository with 1000 users, and 20 million lines of code. You struggle to keep up with constant pull requests but the biggest problem is that the Git file size of the repository is mushrooming to over 170GB making it impossible for people to contribute. ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/499-how-microsoft-worked-around-a-git-limitation-to-shrink-a-repository-by-94) ## Quick trick: working with mobile phone data in images to create thumbnails and add meta information **Published:** November 8, 2024 When you take photos with a digital camera or a mobile phone these devices add a lot of meta information directly to the file.This exif data in JPG and TIFF files can be a privacy issue, which I pointed out in my TEDx talk some time ago. The photo not only shows what you want the world to see, bu... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/498-quick-trick-working-with-mobile-phone-data-in-images-to-create-thumbnails-and-add-meta-information) ## Top 10 Svelte UI Libraries in 2025 **By:** Eli McGarvie **Published:** November 8, 2024 As Svelte gains traction among developers for its impressive performance and simplicity, the need for robust UI libraries becomes increasingly apparent. UI libraries can provide developers with the necessary building blocks to easily create beautiful, efficient, and highly-performant applications... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/250-top-10-svelte-ui-libraries-in-2025) ## Top 23 Web Developer Portfolio Examples to Inspire Your Own **By:** Kaleb McKelvey **Published:** November 7, 2024 Web developers are a creative bunch. But unfortunately, there’s only a certain amount of creativity we can enjoy when we build products in the office. You have to look outside of the workplace to really see the entirety of a person's creativity. In the side projects, the mini-games, and of course... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/161-top-23-web-developer-portfolio-examples-to-inspire-your-own) ## How to Create a Newsletter Unsubscription Tracker in Gmail with Google Apps Script **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** November 4, 2024 Here at WeAreDevelopers, we’re always looking for ways to make our processes more efficient. If you’re an avid reader of this magazine then you might have seen our recent post about how we processed around 500 videos from the World Congress with just one PHP script, saving hundreds of hours of ma... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/497-how-to-create-a-newsletter-unsubscription-tracker-in-gmail-with-google-apps-script) ## CODE100 Challenge - 'The License Plate' Challenge Solution and Winners **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** November 1, 2024 As you've probably seen, we've been releasing a new CODE100 challenge as part of each of our WeAreDevelopers LIVE days! At our recent .NET day, we gave you a chance to win a ticket to the World Congress in 2025, challenging you to work with some license plate data and analyse it with code.The Cha... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/492-code100-challenge-the-license-plate-challenge-solution-and-winners) ## Dev Digest 139 - Soft and hard queries **By:** Chris Heilmann **Published:** October 28, 2024 News and ArticlesLet's start with Amelia Wattenberger's excellent essay Bridging the hard and the soft talking about humans and data. Do you sometimes also miss aspects of the early web like a lack of big data and freedom to create without numeric goals? Also, did you know that testing your desig... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/487-dev-digest-139-soft-and-hard-queries) ## What does the history of data storage tell us about the future? **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** October 23, 2024 In the rapidly advancing world of computing, data storage stands as a cornerstone that has evolved profoundly over the decades, adapting to meet growing demands for durability, scalability, and accessibility. From early physical storage methods to today's sophisticated cloud and distributed syste... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/495-what-does-the-history-of-data-storage-tell-us-about-the-future) ## Building AI Solutions with Rust and Docker **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** October 23, 2024 In recent years, artificial intelligence has surged in popularity in the world of development. While Python remains a popular choice in the realm of AI, Rust - often known as Rust Lang - is quickly emerging as a formidable alternative.Rust programming brings memory safety and high performance to ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/494-building-ai-solutions-with-rust-and-docker) ## The importance of technology in modern democracy **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** October 21, 2024 Right now is an incredible time to work with technology. Technology is everywhere, in almost every aspect of our lives, shaping and transforming them in all kinds of exciting and unpredictable ways. However, it’s also a time of great concern. Concern for the future, concern over the ways technolo... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/496-the-importance-of-technology-in-modern-democracy) ## Dev Digest 138 - Are you secure about this? **By:** Chris Heilmann **Published:** October 21, 2024 Hello there! This is the 2nd "out of the can" edition of 3 as I am on vacation in Greece eating lovely things on the beach. So, fewer news, but lots of great resources. Many around the topic of security. Enjoy! News and ArticlesGoogle Pixel phones take a proactive approach to security whilst the... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/486-dev-digest-138-are-you-secure-about-this) [Next page](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine?page=22)