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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


Lexe

by Ray-D-Song

Package your Node.js application into a single executable file, but only 10MB.

🧰 Tools, nodejs


Demo Magic

by Paxton Hare

A handy shell script that enables you to write repeatable demos in a bash environment.

🧰 Tools, cli


Scalar

by scalar.com

An offline first API Client built for OpenAPI

🧰 Tools, api


PureAnim

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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