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[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) ## The CAMARA Project: How Telcos Collaborating Improves Developer Experience **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** December 17, 2025 Every industry has friction points, but few have historically been as fragmented for developers as telecommunications. If you’ve ever tried to build something that interacts with mobile networks, you’ve quickly found yourself navigating a maze of disconnected APIs, formats and docs styles. Of cou... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/671-the-camara-project-how-telcos-collaborating-improves-developer-experience) ## Dev Digest 198: 30 years of JS, In-Browser AI, How Attackers Abuse GenAI **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** December 15, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 198 . 🎂 30 years of JavaScript ⏰ How long is a JavaScript second 💻 Clean code in Angular 🤦‍♂️ AI makes different mistakes than humans 👨‍💻 In-browser and offline AI 🟠 Undocumented Hacker News features 🐋 DeepSeek censored questions 🤖 How attackers mis-use Generative A... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/672-dev-digest-198-30-years-of-js-in-browser-ai-how-attackers-abuse-genai) ## Stop Using Divs: Five Input Types You Could Use Right Away **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** December 12, 2025 Modern web development tends to lean heavily on JavaScript frameworks and UI libraries, especially for forms. However, before reaching for another dependency or a ready-made (but probably over-engineered) component, it’s worth remembering that HTML already includes a surprisingly capable set of <... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/664-stop-using-divs-five-input-types-you-could-use-right-away) ## Semantic HTML Elements You’re (Probably) Not Using But Should **By:** Christina Schaireiter **Published:** December 10, 2025 Semantic HTML is one of the simplest ways to make your pages more accessible, meaningful, and easier to maintain, without adding libraries or rewriting layouts. Here are five underrated elements that quietly (but meaningfully) improve UX, accessibility and machine readability. 1. <time> - Signpo... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/667-semantic-html-elements-you-re-probably-not-using-but-should) ## Dev Digest 197: Dunning–Kruger Steroids, State of Cloud Security, Puppies > Beer **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** December 8, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 197 . 💪 LLMs are steroids for Dunning-Kruger ☁️ The state of cloud security 🟨 JavaScript for Django developers 🔀 Redirects hurt your page rank 🤔 Is your node setup vulnerable? 💿 Meta data on audio CDs 🐶 OSS: More puppies, less beer 🗞️ Join over 150,000 developers al... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/660-dev-digest-197-dunning-kruger-steroids-state-of-cloud-security-puppies-beer) [Next page](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine?page=8)