Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week

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Welcome to this week's Top 7, where the DEV editorial team handpicks their favorite posts from the previous week.

Congrats to all the authors that made it onto the list 👏

Facing the Shai-Hulud Worm: Where the Hell is Easystreet?

Sebastian Schürmann ・ Sep 19

#npm #security #github #shaihulud

@sebs walks us through the recent Shai-Hulud supply chain attack on the NPM ecosystem, analyzing each stage of the sophisticated malware campaign.

Meow Mountain - postmortem of a 13KB game

João L. ・ Sep 16

#js13kgames #gamedev #typescript #javascript

@lopis shares a detailed postmortem of creating Meow Mountain, a grid-based adventure game. He explores the low-tech techniques used for sprite encoding, sound generation, AI pathfinding, and map generation that made this ambitious project possible within size constraints.

Visualizing AI Agent Memory: Building a Web Browser for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory

Danilo Poccia for AWS ・ Sep 19

#ai #aws #bedrock #agentcore

@danilop introduces a web tool they built to visualize and explore AI agent memory patterns in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore.

When Dinosaurs Survived the Meteor: From Python to Deno

Joshua Ghali ・ Sep 15

#deno #typescript #javascript #python

@jjghali chronicles their transition from Python to Deno after experiencing frustration with Python's package management and virtual environments.

Employees, AI, and AI employees

Slobodan Stojanović for AWS Heroes ・ Sep 18

#llms #ai

@slobodan explores the realistic potential and limitations of AI replacing human workers, drawing from their failed experiment building an AI cofounder.

Svelte’s Growing Pains: Runes, Stores, and the Quest for Standards

DaniAcu ・ Sep 16

#svelte #programming #graphql #rxjs

@daniacu expresses concerns about Svelte's transition from stores to runes, arguing that the shift has disrupted established patterns and standards in the ecosystem.

Why using Bun in production (maybe) isn't the best idea

Wojciech Maj ・ Sep 14

#node #bunjs #tooling

@wojtekmaj provides a critical analysis of Bun's production readiness, acknowledging its positive impact on the JavaScript ecosystem while highlighting concerns about versioning practices, vendor lock-in, and design choices.

And that's a wrap for this week's Top 7 roundup! 🎬 We hope you enjoyed this eclectic mix of insights, stories, and tips from our talented authors. Keep coding, keep learning, and stay tuned to DEV for more captivating content and make sure you’re opted in to our Weekly Newsletter 📩 for all the best articles, discussions, and updates.