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Stealing credentials via polymorphic Chrome Extension
by Charlie Gerard
A few days ago, I came across new research explaining a novel cybersecurity attack via polymorphic Chrome Extension. After watching the demo video, I was curious to understand how exactly it could be implemented and decided to spend some time recreating it.
🚀 Read it!, security
How to be the best programmer, according to Daniel Terhorst-North
by Antonija Bilic Arar
Great programmers are not born; they are made - says Daniel Terhorst-North, the author of the viral Twitter thread on the best programmer he knows.
🚀 Read it!, engineering, performance
This is why you're not shipping
by Andy Vandervell
Red flags for teams that want to ship fast
📰 Good to know, engineering, performance
Staff+ self-onboarding questions
by Alex Ewerlof
Useful questions to get a head start as a newly hired Staff, Principal, or Distinguished engineer
📰 Good to know, engineering, questions
Principles for coding securely with LLMs
by Sean Goedecke
Writing code with LLMs is fundamentally different from other ways of programming. LLMs are often non-deterministic and always unpredictable. They have a capability that no other technology can match: the ability to interface with natural language. What does that mean for security?
📰 Good to know, ai, security
by Ray-D-Song
Package your Node.js application into a single executable file, but only 10MB.
🧰 Tools, nodejs
by Paxton Hare
A handy shell script that enables you to write repeatable demos in a bash environment.
🧰 Tools, cli
by scalar.com
An offline first API Client built for OpenAPI
🧰 Tools, api
by Sebastian G.
SVG animations!
🧰 Tools, svgs, animations
Introducing Kermit: A typeface for kids
by Rob McKaughan
Using design to empower children by making reading easier, improving comprehension, and helping dyslexics.
🎨 Design, fonts
VS Code Agent Mode Just Changed Everything
by Burke Holland
In this video, I'll show you how to use agent mode, MCP Servers and PRD documents to build an entire app complete with database.
📺 Videos, vscode, ai
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