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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Jun 11, 2025

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Blockchain after the hype, Vibing all the Things, Big Tech and Work Best Practices & more

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney , Brian Whippo

Brian Whippo reveals how Python-native smart contracts are finally pushing blockchain past the hype. Plus, discover why your startup must stop copying Big Tech's rigid agile processes.

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#1 about 8 min

Promoting real world blockchain adoption beyond the hype cycle

How the Algorand Foundation focuses on practical business use cases over speculative cryptocurrency trends.

#2 about 3 min

Enabling complete blockchain applications using familiar web technologies

A compiler that translates TypeScript into blockchain bytecode removes the need to learn new programming languages.

#3 about 3 min

Nostalgia for optimizing banner ads in early web development

Exploring the challenges and constraints of designing lightweight ad banners in the nineties.

#4 about 7 min

Solving web development puzzles without artificial intelligence assistance

The Code 100 live coding competition challenges developers to perform problem-solving utilizing raw HTML and CSS properties.

#5 about 6 min

Core engineering skills required in the era of AI

How developers can avoid de-skilling by utilizing automation to focus on architecture and problem-solving.

#6 about 5 min

Evaluating the trend of vibe coding for seed funding

The implications of relying entirely on generated code to bootstrap startups versus cultivating engineering craft.

#7 about 4 min

Embracing the continual learning process and complexity of programming

Why the endless pursuit of fixing bugs and learning new system layers creates a rewarding dopamine cycle.

#8 about 6 min

Learning operational efficiency from small and medium software companies

Why implementing enterprise-scale organizational structures often fails to scale down effectively for smaller technical teams.

#9 about 6 min

Prioritizing human readable documentation despite AI context indexing

The persistent need to explicitly document repeated questions to provide accurate underlying data for generative language models.

#10 about 3 min

Automating social media announcements directly from repository release changelogs

A pipeline tool that incentivizes writing clear and actionable release notes by repurposing them into social updates.

#11 about 3 min

Assessing the limitations of generating documentation directly from codebases

Why automated repository summarization tools struggle to replace conceptual explanations and goal-oriented instructional guides.

#12 about 4 min

Choosing personal ownership over modern frontend design frameworks

How building hand-crafted corners of the internet contrasts with using homogenous modern styling libraries.

#13 about 1 min

Recognizing the iterative necessity of building user interface components

Emphasizing how user feedback loops inherently force frontend engineers to rebuild their interfaces multiple times for usability.

#14 about 4 min

The failure of crowdsourced moderation on large social platforms

How the decline of unpaid community fact-checking efforts leads users to rely on automated chatbot summaries.

#15 about 2 min

Evaluating search parameters as an application state management mechanism

The implications of caching query data in the URL versus managing application state internally.

#16 about 3 min

Running animated graphics inside the developer command line interface

A utility that successfully renders animated ASCII art loops directly within the terminal shell.

Matching moments

2:18 min

Lowering the barrier to entry for blockchain development

Mike Swift · Coffee With Developers

1:22 min

Overcoming initial skepticism of AI code generation

Jeff Blankenburg Jeff Blankenburg · WWC Europe 2026

1:09 min

Sustaining long-term value creation through technical vibe coding

YK Sugi YK Sugi · WWC 2025

1:55 min

Shifting developer workloads and realistic AI productivity gains

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

5:16 min

Motivations for adopting AI to enhance developer productivity

5:22 min

Differentiating developer skills in the era of artificial intelligence

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

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