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WeAreDevelopers Dev Digest

Hello fellow developer, and welcome to the 99th edition of the Dev Digest. We asked you what you thought about this, and from the next edition onwards there will be some changes. But for now, here are news about ethical hacking, developer experience, what's new in CSS and when and how much time you should take off as an engineer. Oh, and CODE100 news, but more on that tomorrow.  

📰 Top developer news 

  • Snyk is running a Ethical Hacking 101 Workshop on the 8th of February
  • SlashData wants your opinion in the Developer Nation Survey
  • npm has a  2023 Retrospective on Growth, Security, and Quirky Facts
  • CodePen has a list of the Most liked code pens of 2023
  • GitLab warns of a critical zero-click account hijacking vulnerability
  • Addy Osmani has a free Developer Experience Book

WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2024
17-19 July 2024 · Berlin

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

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📚 Reading list

  • 14 years of go - What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong
  • 33 Concepts Every JavaScript Developer Should Know
  • The Website vs. Web App Dichotomy Doesn’t Exist
  • Asset inventory of over 800 public bug bounty programs.
  • Why, how much, and when you should be taking time off as an engineer 

⌨️ CODE100 Puzzle Archive

This week we have no new CODE100 puzzle, but instead we spent some time creating a brand new archive of all puzzles of in-person events and the ones offered here. It is probably a good ideas to have a peek at some of them as this Friday we have some huge news about the next edition of CODE100, in-person and in a place where AJAX is still a big thing. So take a look and check the CODE100 site end of the week!

☕️ Great videos we watched

Kevin Powell on new CSS features in 2023

CSS is one of the most fast-moving web standards out there and it is tough to keep up. Kevin Powell is doing a tremendous job explaining new features on YouTube and his Keeping up with CSS: The features released in 2023 is an excellent round-up of new features and how to use them.

📺 Handpicked talks

  • Maya Nedeljković Batić gave a talk at HalfStack about the details of 3D rendering and what it takes to get a cube on a screen.
  • Cathrin Möller talks about The Illusion of a Performant Web Application showing you what to do to make Angular apps do things fast.
  • Piccia Neri talks about how Dizzy users close browsers: balancing creativity and accessibility - as your code can literally make people throw up,

Access the full WeAreDevelopers talk archive

🎪 Events 

  • 02/02/2024 - HalfStack, Phoenix, Arizona, US
  • WeAreDevelopers LIVE, our online event series, 24/01 - Rust Day - 07/02 - DevOps Day. Also, do you want to speak?

 

💻 Developer jobs

  • Senior Python Developer - Eberlein Kunz
  • Team Lead / Lead Engineer (Discovery/Search) - momox SE
  • Reporting Engineer - Allianz Global Investors GmbH
  • Software-Entwickler -  Hoffmann Group
  • Full Stack Developer - Simi Reality Motion Systems GmbH

Remote positions     Germany    Austria 

😎 Featured companies

MIC - DATA AHEAD AG - Transporeon - PTA IT-Beratung - Haufe Group

⚙️ Procrastination corner

  • Draw a garden is easy, fun and you don't even get your hands dirty!

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