WeAreDevelopers Dev Digest

Issue 108 - Git off my cloud!

Hello fellow developer, this time we talked to the co-founder of Github about the future of coding, take a look at how we're doing as code contributors, show some great tools to amp up efficiency, spin hampsters and let babies dance!

News and Articles

Let's start with some Git topics by Julia Evans. She describes popular git config options and a deep-dive on how HEAD works.

The median active developer merges 2 PRs per week and 48% are responsible for 80% of merged PRs. Is it because of bad communication? The W3C adopted a Code of Conduct to make sure theirs is better.

Serverless Horrors Stories is a collection of stories of people racking up massive server bills while most subscription-based apps make no money. And last but not least, almost every AI chat system's security can be circumvented using ASCII art!

Code and Tools

CODE100 puzzle: ᓚᘏᗢ pics challenge

CODE100 Amsterdam had this as the 2nd challenge and here is the solution.

50 years ago the The “10x engineer" was defined and it still seems a myth to me. Want to get better? Lars Wirzenius shares learnings of his 40 years of programming. And there is a great performance-aware programming series to read.

Others tools and code articles in brief:

tlm - an offline AI Copilot, suggests and explains command line code.
Capo.js helps you fix performance issues by optimising the <head> order.
A Guide to Node.js Worker Threads to get you started.
Syntax Highlighting can be hard to do. One solution is Shiki.

Videos and talks

Scott Chacon and Sead Ahmetovic discuss careers, early coding experiences, the evolution of communities, evangelising git, and how AI might shape coding.

Here are some more videos from our archives:

Austin Gil - Full Spectrum File Uploads (36m)
Evelyn Forstner - Diversity in Agile Development (54m)
Julian Joseph - Building Products in the era of GenAI (60m)

Access the full WeAreDevelopers talk archive

Work and Jobs

Some interesting happenings in the job world. In some companies you can't get a promotion if you work remote. That's just cruel, especially when job cuts are at the highest since dot-com crash. Last week we reported on the world's first AI developer and people question if it is a threat to jobs or a marketing stunt. Can we even automate software engineering and how will AI affect our careers? There seems to be some human issues as AI is targeting and discriminating Black people. On the plus side, there are still high-paying jobs in the age of AI.

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

More jobs here: Remote positions - Germany - Austria

And some companies to check out are:

Apryse - Schleupen SE - Riverty Group - tonies - Rheinmetall Electronics

Procrastination Corner / Wonderful Weird Web

GifCities search your favourite GIFs from GeoCities - spin those hampsters.
How planes fly explained beautifully by Bartosz Ciechanowski.

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