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Coffee with Developers

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Welcome to Coffee with Developers, an exclusive series hosted by WeAreDevelopers, Europe's leading developer community. Dive into 1-on-1 chats with world-class tech minds, as they share their anecdotes, career highs and lows, and everything in between. Grab a cup of coffee and tune in for insightful conversations that will inspire, educate, and entertain. Subscribe now to never miss a new episode.

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Episodes

The Power of Prompting with AI Native Development - Simon Maple, Tessl

This week we look back at a great session by Tessl’s Simon Maple from our Web Dev and AI Day in March 2025. Tessl is for developers and software teams who want to embrace prompting and write code with AI, but one that guided by their specs, schemas, tests, and more. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career...

May 02, 202543 min

How to Avoid LLM Pitfalls - Guillaume Laforge & Mete Atamel from Google

On this episode of Coffee of Developers we speak to Mete Atamel and Guillaume Laforge, Developer Advocates at Google about how developers can avoid common pitfalls when using LLMs and some of the exciting things you can do with Google Gemini, and much more. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay up...

Apr 25, 202543 min

Is AI replacing developers?, Stopping bots, AI on device & more - Sebastian Gingter

On this edition we're joined by Sebastian Gingter from Thinktecture to discuss whether AI will ever actually replace Developers or if we're worried about nothing, how to stop bots indexing your sites, how to use AI on device and much more. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Digest, ...

Apr 23, 20251 hr 1 min

Making LLMs Make Sense with GraphRAG and Neo4j - Martin O'Hanlon

On this edition of Coffee with Developers we welcomed from Martin O’Hanlon - Technical Curriculum Developer at Neo4j - to tell us all about how GraphRAG can be used to build and train generative AI applications that use LLMs that give accurate results. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated...

Apr 18, 202525 min

Building a Privacy-First Social Platform at Mastodon - Andy Piper

On this episode we sat down with Andy Piper, Head of Communications at Mastodon, to discuss what it's like to build a privacy-first social platform, how they resist including ads on the timeline, and all about the Fediverse. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Digest, with our weekly...

Apr 11, 202549 min

Microsoft is 50, Web Readiness Reports and 20 Years of Git - Christian "Schepp" Schaefer

On this episode we look at how Microsoft is celebrating its 50th birthday, the web readiness report to see which browsers are doing best, and what we did before Git as it celebrates two decades of domination in the world of version control. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Digest,...

Apr 09, 20251 hr 5 min

What Does AI Mean for Web Development? - Laurie Voss, Rey Bango, Hannah Foxwell, Rizel Scarlett and Thomas Steiner

If you missed our recent WebDev and AI LIVE Day, then you’re in luck because we’re giving you free access to this fantastic panel of speakers. Laurie Voss, Rey Bango, Hannah Foxwell, Rizel Scarlett and Thomas Steiner joined us to discuss the state of AI, what it means for developers and what the future looks like. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, a...

Apr 04, 202548 min

Can AI Save Accessibility?, Horrid HTML, The Frontend Treadmill and more - Dirk Ginader

On this edition of The Weekly Developer Show we welcomed Dirk Ginader, Accessibility Engineering Lead at Google, to ask whether AI can save accessibility, what every developer can do to make their code more accessible and much more. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Digest, with ou...

Apr 02, 20251 hr 6 min

Fighting Fraud with an AI Grandma - Ben Hopkins and Morten Legarth from faith @ VCCP

On this episode we met with Ben Hopkins and Morten Legarth - Creative Directors at faith @ VCCP - a marketing agency that made headlines recently after creating an AI Grandma voice-bot to bait scammers on behalf of O2 UK. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Digest, with our weekly ne...

Mar 28, 202539 min

Gaps in CSS, EU Accessibility Act and more with Emma Dawson

On this edition of the Weekly Developer Show we welcomed web developer and accessibility specialist Emma Dawson, to talk about how to make applications more accessible, the gaps in CSS, what the EU Accessibility means and much more. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Digest, with ou...

Mar 27, 20251 hr 10 min

Graphs and RAGs Everywhere... But What Are They? - Andreas Kollegger - Neo4j

Neo4j has grown from a small open-source project to a major player in the graph database industry, now employing around 800 people. Head of GenAI Innovation, Andreas Kolleger, shares his 15-year journey, discussing the blend of remote work and travel. Key topics include the structure of graphs, the role of AI in development, and the importance of context in data retrieval. The conversation encourages a gradual approach to learning about graphs and AI. ---------------------------------------- Wel...

Mar 21, 202547 min

How ChatGPT fails, Preserving the web and Backend-Frontend Separation - Luise Freese

On this episode of WeAreDevelopers LIVE we're joined by Software Architect and Microsoft MVP Luise Freese to talk about the weird and wonderful stories happening on the web over the past week. From how ChatGPT fails, to how you can have your voice heard when it comes to the web. 🔴 Join us every Wednesday at 12:30 CET on YouTube ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insight...

Mar 20, 20251 hr 6 min

Data Science, ML & AI in the Oil and Gas Industry at NDT Global - Katja Träumner

Dr. Katja Träumner, Head of Data Science and AI at NDT Global, discusses her career path from physics to data science in the pipeline inspection industry. She highlights the role of AI in analysing pipeline data and addresses the need for gender diversity in tech. Katja advocates for flexible work conditions and encourages diverse candidates to pursue opportunities, emphasising the importance of representation and job satisfaction in smaller companies. ---------------------------------------- We...

Mar 14, 202533 min

AX, DX or UX, Building software with AI without any experience and more - Zaid Zaim

On this episode we welcomed AI and XR expert and Microsoft MVP Zaid Zaim to talk about whether we ask AI to book our vacations in future, how to build a game without knowing how to write code, Global AI and more. Join us for WeAreDevelopers LIVE The Weekly Developer Show, every Wednesday at 12:30 CET on YouTube. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and...

Mar 12, 20251 hr 8 min

Building Your Own Classification Model with JavaScript - Carly Richmond

On this episode, we welcomed back Carly Richmond - Principal Developer Advocate at Elastic - to discuss how she builds side projects to experiment with new tech, work through ideas and mostly importantly, have fun. We look at Carly’s Is It Cake inspired, machine powered online game Is It Fake, and how she used JavaScript to build it. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech in...

Mar 07, 202537 min

What's Nuxt and Next for app development, 20 years of AJAX and more with Alexander Lichter

On this episode of WeAreDevelopers LIVE we're joined by Nuxt.js Engineer Alexander Lichter to celebrate 20 years of AJAX, discuss what all the fuss is about with frameworks and the web, and what's next for Nuxt. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Digest, with our weekly newsletter f...

Mar 05, 20251 hr 4 min

Getting the Best Computing Performance with CUDA - Stephen Jones

On this episode we met with Stephen Jones, one of the Architects of NVIDIA’S CUDA Python, to talk about they’re looking to unify the Python CUDA ecosystem, their upcoming GPU Technology Conference GTC, and a lot more. As always, follow us on socials and let us know your thoughts on the episode. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to ...

Feb 28, 202538 min

Dishonest Charts, BritCSS, Debugging with AI and more - Christophe Porteneuve

On this episode of WeAreDevelopers LIVE: The Weekly Developers Show we met with Christophe Porteneuve to discuss what CSS looks like with functions in it, dishonest charts, what would make BritCSS even better, debugging with AI and a lot more. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Dige...

Feb 26, 20251 hr 5 min

Building Bluesky as a Platform - Eric Bailey

We met with Bluesky engineer Eric Bailey to hear all about what it has been like to watch its popularity surge over the past year, how it uses the AT Protocol to let users own their own data, and what the future looks like for the platform. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Digest,...

Feb 23, 202541 min

New Browser APIs, End of React Create App, Smuggling Data in Emoji and more with Rowdy Rabouw

On this episode of the Weekly Developer Show, we look at exciting new browser APIs, ask whether its the end of React, show how to smuggle data in emoji and lots more. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Digest, with our weekly newsletter featuring the most recent tech trends, career ...

Feb 19, 20251 hr 14 min

Honeypots and Tarpits, Benefits of Building your own Tools and more with Salma Alam-Naylor

On this episode of the Weekly Developer show we met with Developer and Twitch Streamer Salma Alam-Naylor to discuss the EU putting $200 billion investment into AI, honeypots and tarpits, whether we should outsource our mind to AI and a lot more. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Di...

Feb 12, 20251 hr 19 min

How Google and Partners are Enabling an AI-Powered Web - Thomas Steiner

On this episode we met Thomas Steiner, Developer Relations Engineer on the Chrome Team at Google and post-doctorate researcher, to discuss the new fund made available by Google and partners to support AI-powered apps on the web. We had great time recording this episode and Thomas had so many fascinating insights that we know you're going to enjoy the episode. Enjoy, and of course let us know your thoughts on socials. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 de...

Feb 07, 202534 min

Brittle or Patient Developers, AI Failing History and more with Nicki Jeschko

On this edition of the Weekly Developer Show we're joined by full-stack developer Nicki Jeschko to talk about whether it's good to be a brittle developer, why we should try and be more patient as programmers, why AI is failing history class and more. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated D...

Feb 05, 20251 hr 9 min

Creating AI Bedtime Stories for Children and Navigating EU Regulations - Matthias and Dima from OscarStories

On this episode we met with Matthias and Dima, the founders of Oscar Stories - a mobile app that lets parents create age-appropriate, personalised bedtime stories for children, made with AI. We spoke about how they managed to launch within just a few months of ChatGPT’s release and what it’s like to run an AI startup in the EU. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights...

Jan 31, 202534 min

WAD Live 29/01/2025: Using all the HTML, Running State of the Browser and "Modern" is Rubbish with Dave Letorey

On this edition of The Weekly Developer Show we're joined by David Letorey (Director at Code Red Digital Ltd. Organiser of London Web Standards and State of the Browser) to talk about what it's like to use every HTML document, how to improve the web, and why building apps with AI is a bad idea. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to ...

Jan 29, 20251 hr 16 min

Demystifying Git Commands, Accessibility Essentials and more - Stefan Judis joins as Guest

On this episode of the weekly Dev Show, we de-mystify git commands, look at what developers need to do to improve accessibility, how AI will struggle to write code if we prompt it with natural language, and whether we still need frameworks. Join us every Wedensday at 12:30 CET for all the latest tech news and amazing guests from the development world. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for ...

Jan 23, 20251 hr 3 min

WeAreDevelopers LIVE: Scammer Payback with Python, Grok Goes Unhinged, The Future of Chromium and more

On this edition of WeAreDevelopers LIVE we are joined by Brian Rountree (VP of Engineering at Monta) to talk about the wild and wonderful world of tech, including how he got payback on a scammer using a Python script, Grok going unhinged, the future of Chromium, three-piece programming-themed punk bands and a lot more. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutoria...

Jan 15, 20251 hr 2 min

ChatGPT vs Google and SEO in the Age of AI Search

On this episode we met with SEO expert Eric Enge to discuss his recent trending article comparing ChatGPT to Google’s search results, and what the future of web search looks like now that LLMS are here to stay. We hope you enjoy this episode, and you can - of course - find us on socials to let us know what you think. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials...

Jan 10, 202537 min

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Browser extensions, the Honey scam, jailbreaking LLMs, ChatGPT vs Google and more.

On this episode, Chris and Dan discuss the biggest influencer scam of all time, jailbreaking LLMs, getting the most out of chat bots, ChatGPT vs Google and lots more. Subscribe to the Dev Digest at https://wearedevelopers.com/devdigest to get the latest tech news, events, jobs and more delivered to your inbox every Friday. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tut...

Jan 08, 20251 hr 1 min

Opportunities and Risks of AI for Developers - Angie Jones, Kent C. Dodds, Liran Tal and Chris Heilmann

We sat down with Angie Jones, Kent C. Dodds, Liral Tal to discuss the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence for developers as part of WeAreDevelopers LIVE Dat on Web Development and AI. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to WeAreDevelopers , the #1 developer community in Europe! This is your one-stop destination for the latest tech insights, tutorials, and career advice to elevate your developer career. Stay updated Dev Digest, with our weekly newsletter featuring the ...

Dec 20, 202435 min
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