WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Dec 19, 2024

Dev Digest End of Year Recap

Daniel Cranney , Chris Heilmann

Reviewing hundreds of newsletters reveals a striking truth about our industry. Basic web accessibility still fails, while AI hype cycles and retro internet experiments dominate developer culture.

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