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# Developers vs Scammers, Bad Design, AI is Pointless, AJAX is 20 and more - The Best of LIVE 2025 - Part 1

How did a developer use Python to poison a scammer's dark-web database? Explore 2025's best highlights, from brutalist UI and clean code to why AI wrappers are pointless.

- **Speakers:** [Chris Heilmann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@chris-heilmann), [Daniel Cranney](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@daniel-cranney), Brian Rountree, Stefan Judis, Salma Alam-Naylor, Christophe Porteneuve, Alexander Lichter, [Luise Freese](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@luise-freese), [Emma Dawson](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@emma-dawson), Christian "scepp" Schaefer, Tejas Kumar, [Zaid Zaim](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@zaid-zaim), [Rowdy Rabouw](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@rowdy-rabouw), Dirk Ginader
- **Event:** WeAreDevelopers LIVE
- **Published:** November 27, 2025
- **Duration:** 56:04
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1767-developers-vs-scammers-bad-design-ai-is-pointless-ajax-is-20-and-more-the-best-of-live-2025-part-1
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