WeAreDevelopers Dev Digest

Issue 102 - Knock, knock. Race condition! Who's there?

Hello fellow developer, this time we talk about embedded software in the fastest car in the world, changes in Google's search result page, we discuss open source and it's future, get you started publishing JavaScript packages, wonder how you can cheat in interviews and let you watch movies on the command line. Let's go!

News and Articles

Google removed cached pages, and the SEO world isn't happy. The feature helped to access unavailable pages. Now all we have is archive.org.
It also contributes $1 Million to Rust, because of Android security and yet an analysis of exploited Vulnerabilities shows that Rust isn't perfect either.
Worried that your tooth brush is part of a botnet? It is not likely.
Chen Hui Jing took a closer look at a phishing site to see how they work.
People analyse the value of open source software and wonder about its sustainability crisis. Let's keep it alive, despite flashy, new, closed hardware.
The sheep and flower movie was generated with 8KB code.
Windows will get sudo so you can tell it to make you a sandwich.

Code and Tools

CODE100 is coming live to Amsterdam 29/02 and we want you to come and compete! To get started, here is an Amsterdam XXX puzzle to show us what you can do! We will publish an detailed solution explanation early next week.

The CODE100 XXX challenge

Bouncy Ball is a comparison of 22 ways to animate a bouncing ball with code
Modern JavaScript library starter explains how to publish a TypeScript package to NPM with testing and GitHub Actions.
The JavaScript Event Loop is still baffling folk, so here is a great article on it.
Retriever lets you request secrets without any of the data going to a server.

Videos and talks

Join Sead of WeAreDevelopers and David of Rimac in this special episode of Coffee with Developers, as they sit down in the world’s fastest car and talk about embedded software and the automotive industry. Watch it on YouTube (40m).

Events

Schrödinger Hat Open Source Days

7-8th of March, Florence, Italy

https://2024.osday.dev/

Work and Jobs

Can you guess the fastest growing software sectors and countries? Meanwhile, Google spent billions of dollars to lay people off. Furthermore: Is ChatGPT good to cheat in technical interviews? Questions Interviewers are not allowed to ask and Jean Hsu has some thoughts on interviewing.

Are you looking for opportunities or fancy a change? How about these?

And some companies to check out are:

Uhlmann - TeamViewer - TALLENCE - MIC - EBERTLANG Distribution

More jobs here: Remote positions Germany Austria

Procrastination Corner / Wonderful Weird Web

Koen van Gilst's Pong Wars are mesmerising
ASCII Theater shows daily movies in the terminal. And not only The Terminal.

What's happening at WeAreDevelopers…

Call for Papers deadline for the WeAreDevelopers World Congress extended until 15th of February. So far there are over 1300 submissions, but we're sure you have something great to say on stage to 12,000 people, so why not have a go?

CODE100 is coming to Amsterdam!

On the 29th of February we will have another edition of CODE100 in Amsterdam! We also need local challengers, are you up for it?

WeAreDevelopers LIVE, our online event series.

Next is Python Day and 21st of February.

We are always looking for presenters, apply for LIVE days here.

WeAreDevelopers World Congress 17-19 July 2024 · Berlin

Find out who the first confirmed speakers are and get your ticket.

Want to be on stage? Send us your talk proposal!