WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Jun 4, 2025

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Performance and AI?, Social Media decline, Developer Events and more

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney , Harry Roberts

Your optimized code is regularly ruined by marketing trackers turning basic articles into 18MB monoliths. Discover how developers are fighting web bloat, aggressive SaaS outreach, and misplaced AI tooling.

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