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A Tasty Treats NEWSLETTER for Web Developers

Issue #54:

  • GitHub Universe is just about one month out.
    ​Come chill with us​
  • Cloudflare wants you to call them Cap’n
  • Chrome DevTools just leveled up your AI agent
  • Typing Tolstoy for fun (yes, really)
  • We tier-ranked AI coding assistants (and made enemies)
  • Should everyone learn to code?

​Cloudflare launched Cap’n Web - an RPC system​

FROM wes

Cap'n Web lets you design RPC interfaces the way you'd design regular JavaScript APIs – while still acknowledging and compensating for network latency.

​Media Bunny

wes'S LINK

JavaScript SDK for working with video and audio. Directly in the browser and super fast.

​Chrome dev tools MCP

ANOTHER ONE FROM WES

Connect your AI coding agent to Chrome's powerful automation & debugging capabilities with ease.

just for fun:

​TypeLit

fun PROVIDED by cj

Practice typing by retyping ENTIRE classic books.

All Hail The Algorithm

Some good stuff™ from the socials

The Feed

New episodes 2×/week + other new video content!

​SHAMELESS PLUG​

AI Test Generation and PR Review in Sentry

(Now in Open Beta)

Sentry is bringing automated test generation and pull request reviews directly into your code review workflow in GitHub — so you can move fast without worrying (as much) about breaking prod.

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