WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Nov 27, 2025

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

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney , Brian Rountree , Stefan Judis , Salma Alam-Naylor , Christophe Porteneuve , Alexander Lichter , Luise Freese , Emma Dawson , Christian "scepp" Schaefer , Tejas Kumar , Zaid Zaim , Rowdy Rabouw , Dirk Ginader

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.

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