Issue 314: Development is all fun and games

Hey, you. Yeah, you. Wanna play a game? How about some whack-a-mole? It’s better to do it with us than with your cybersecurity. Ariful Huq and Marco Rodrigues from Exaforce know all about that—this week, we have a Q&A with them on how to turn your security from guesswork into a reliable system. Maybe we can play some Guess Who? instead—something you absolutely don’t want to be doing with your MCP server. On our blog, Dan Moore from FusionAuth shared how to protect your MCP servers from unauthorized access. Perhaps you’re more in the mood to play outside…maybe blow some bubbles? Well, we hate to pop them, but Michael Parker from TurinTech joined us for a chat about getting developers out of their bubbles to deal with the new world of AI-generated tech debt.

Put the iPad away, kids. There’s still plenty of fun and games in this issue. If you miss the days of finger painting, you can still be an artist—just design some universal frontend interfaces. But beware, Xano’s Prakash Chandran told us on the pod the ways that might be harder than you think. Fine, you can have your iPad…there’s plenty of ways to make art during screen time. For instance, you can take a screenshot of a screenshot, which is basically the same thing as the original, right? Our Philosophy site is pondering just that. If you’re less of an artist and more of a writer, we can play some MadLibs with the English Language exchange—what word should we put after “neither”?

Got your childish whimsy out of the way? Because this issue just got serious. Enough with the games—let’s talk closed questions. That’s right, we’ve even got a Meta discussion for you this week. If you’re enjoying being an iPad kid, just wait until you find out what your brain looks like on ChatGPT. We have that research report—plus stories on the death of software, developer cynicism, and the decline of IP addresses—down below. No games or funny business, we promise.