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[Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/646-the-html-elements-that-you-re-probably-over-engineering) ## A call for Guest Writers for the WeAreDevelopers Magazine **By:** Chris Heilmann **Published:** October 31, 2025 In order to make the WeAreDevelopers Magazine more diverse and to cover topics outside of our own expertise, we decided to open it to guest posts. To this end, we are looking for contributors to write articles with us and benefit from the reach we’ve accumulated over the years. What we are lookin... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/648-a-call-for-guest-writers-for-the-wearedevelopers-magazine) ## Google's Most Creative Easter Eggs **By:** Benjamin Ruschin **Published:** October 29, 2025 Google’s daily doodles and creative easter eggs have long served to brighten up one of the most simple (do we say boring?) UI’s on the web, keeping it feeling fresh for users who would otherwise probably not noticed much in the way of UI updates over the past two decades. After adding a little ea... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/647-google-s-most-creative-easter-eggs) ## Dev Digest 191: Malware interviews, EU ❤️ Open Source and Skilled Agents **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** October 27, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 191 . 💻 Want to write for the WeAreDevelopers Magazine? ⚒️ Claude skills - a less token hungry MCP? 🫰 How much does Cursor spend on AWS? 🧠 LLMs and Brain Rot 🟥 Change your NPM tokens now! 🧑 Fake AI recruiters delivering malware 🙅 SQL antipatterns 🎃 Trick or treat in... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/645-dev-digest-191-malware-interviews-eu-open-source-and-skilled-agents) ## Five Nostalgic Developer Portfolios for Inspiration **By:** Benjamin Ruschin **Published:** October 24, 2025 We see amazing developer portfolios every single day, so every now and then it’s nice to stop and shine a light on some of the very best. This time, we’re looking at five nostalgic and beautifully nerdy portfolios from around the web to give you some inspiration. Mitch Ivin: Windows XP Experienc... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/644-five-nostalgic-developer-portfolios-for-inspiration) ## Links and anchors: ancient HTML and JS magic in your browser **By:** Chris Heilmann **Published:** October 21, 2025 Have you ever wondered why you use an <a> element to add link to an HTML document? Paragraph is <p>, unordered list is <ul>, image is <img> but why <a> instead of <link>? Well, the reason is that the element both defines where to go to, but also an endpoint to link to, that’s why it is <a> for “a... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/643-links-and-anchors-ancient-html-and-js-magic-in-your-browser) ## Dev Digest 190: GitHub A11Y action, >12s Sora 2 videos and 42 CSS units! **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** October 20, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 190 . 🙅 Developers don’t trust AI, and that’s a good thing 🤖 Why everyone is talking about AI agents 🔓 Autonomous AI hacking and the future of cyber security 😨 Windows 10 support ends, millions of PC’s fall off a security cliff ✈️ Fix Accessibility gaps with Github ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/642-dev-digest-190-github-a11y-action-12s-sora-2-videos-and-42-css-units) ## With AIs wide open - WeAreDevelopers at All Things Open 2025 **By:** Chris Heilmann **Published:** October 20, 2025 Last week our VP of Developer Relations, Chris Heilmann, flew to Raleigh, North Carolina to present at All Things Open . An excellent event he had spoken at a few times in the past and this being the “Lucky 13” edition, he didn’t hesitate to come and present again. All Things Open is slightly sma... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/641-with-ais-wide-open-wearedevelopers-at-all-things-open-2025) ## What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI? **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** October 17, 2025 Every few years, developers are told their jobs are about to become obsolete. Early programmers, often working in Assembly or machine code, were told that the rise of high-level languages like C would mean anybody could write code in a language close (or at least closer) to natural language, and ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai) ## Dev Digest 189: Open Phones, Be the Messenger and the USB-C of AI **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** October 13, 2025 Inside last week’s Dev Digest 189 . ⛑️ Discord and Red Hat data breaches 🤖 Making AI make sense of tables 🔧 CodeMender AI Agent to patch software automatically 🤔 Why MCP is the USB-C of AI 🤐 Vibe coding leaks secrets 🕷️ Check if AI crawlers access your site 🙅 Stop distracting engineers 🐍 Play me... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/639-dev-digest-189-open-phones-be-the-messenger-and-the-usb-c-of-ai) ## Remote, Hybrid, or In-Office: What’s Really Best for Developers? **By:** Christina Schaireiter **Published:** October 10, 2025 Five years ago, in the midst of a global pandemic, it seemed like we were at the beginning of a remote work revolution. At a time of huge uncertainty and mass layoffs impacting every industry, hitting tech particularly hard, companies scrambled to adapt to a remote-first approach in an effort to ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/638-remote-hybrid-or-in-office-what-s-really-best-for-developers) ## Creating a Spotlight Text Effect with CSS and JavaScript **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** October 9, 2025 Every now and then it’s fun to build something small just to get a better grip on a concept, and this one’s a great example. We’ll explore how to make a simple spotlight text effect that helps you understand how to follow the cursor, use CSS variables for dynamic styling, clip text with gradients... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/637-creating-a-spotlight-text-effect-with-css-and-javascript) [Next page](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine?page=10)