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LEADING DESIGN THROUGH THE AI SHIFT

AI has transformed design work at Slack, with 70 designers now using coding agents for prototyping and building tools previously requiring engineering support. Design leader Will Miner advocates for curiosity, skepticism, and maintaining design judgment while leveraging AI capabilities to create customer value faster. The key is using AI to strengthen craft rather than replace human taste and decision-making about what's worth building.

2026.05.25
slack.design4 min readTLDR Design

ON THE DL

The `dl` HTML element, along with `dt` for terms and `dd` for details, provides a semantic way to mark up lists of name-value pairs in HTML. This structure allows for one term to have multiple values or for pairs to be wrapped in a `div` for easier styling. Using these semantic tags instead of generic containers helps assistive technologies like screen readers provide more context and navigation options to users.

2026.05.25
benmyers.dev7 min readTLDR Dev

YOUR DOCKER IMAGE IS 1.2GB. HERE IS HOW TO GET IT UNDER 80MB

This dev reduced their Node.js Docker images from over 1GB to under 80MB. They started by replacing heavy base images with slim or Alpine versions. Then, they added a proper .dockerignore file and used multi-stage builds to make sure that only essential production files and compiled artifacts are included in the final container.

2026.05.25
links.tldrnewsletter.com9 min readTLDR Dev

HOW NETFLIX IS USING MULTIMODAL AI TO POWER VIDEO SEARCH

Netflix lets editors search thousands of hours of raw footage by running multiple specialized AI models: character recognition, scene classification, dialogue, and object detection. A decoupled three-stage pipeline handles it: raw annotations land in Cassandra untransformed, an offline job uses temporal bucketing to merge all model outputs into aligned one-second intervals, and those fused buckets get indexed in Elasticsearch as nested documents.

2026.05.25
blog.bytebytego.com8 min readTLDR Dev

DANGEROUSLY-SKIP-READING-CODE

As LLMs speed up code generation, software engineering should treat source code as machine code and shift from manual line-by-line inspection to autonomous workflows. In this model, technical rigor is maintained through high-level specifications and automated tests rather than human-in-the-loop reviews.

2026.05.25
olano.dev4 min readTLDR Dev

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

AI models now serve as a powerful skill multiplier that rewards developers with deep technical expertise and domain knowledge. While these tools boost productivity, a strong foundation in core principles is still necessary to effectively direct coding agents through complex software architecture.

2026.05.25
joshwcomeau.com7 min readTLDR Dev

Sponsored

SEE EVERY AUTH, BILLING, AND ORG EVENT IN YOUR CLERK APP

Clerk's new Logs page streams a reverse-chronological feed of events across your application — sign-ins, sign-ups, user updates, billing, org changes, and more. Filter by event type, actor, subject, trace ID, or date range.

2026.05.25
go.clerk.comSponsorTLDR Dev

DENO 2.8

Deno 2.8 is a JavaScript runtime that introduces several new subcommands for tasks such as automated vulnerability patching, version management, and creating npm-publishable packages. New developer features include support for lazy module evaluation via `import defer`, integrated CPU profiling, and the ability to inspect network traffic using Chrome DevTools.

2026.05.25
deno.com42 min readTLDR Dev

AUDIOMASS

AudioMass is a free, open-source, web-based audio and waveform editing platform that has multitrack capabilities for layering, recording, and processing sound files directly in a browser.

2026.05.25
github.comGitHub repositoryTLDR Dev

CLAW PATROL

Claw Patrol is a security firewall for monitoring and controlling traffic between AI agents and production environments. The tool parses network data at the wire level and evaluates specific actions against user-defined rules written in HCL. By extracting protocol-specific facts such as SQL verbs or Kubernetes resources, it can block destructive commands or pause sensitive operations for manual human approval.

2026.05.25
github.comGitHub repositoryTLDR Dev

PROJECT GLASSWING: AN INITIAL UPDATE

Project Glasswing, an AI initiative for identifying and securing software vulnerabilities, successfully surfaced over ten thousand critical flaws in its first weeks. This success shifted the cybersecurity bottleneck from finding bugs to the human-intensive task of verifying and patching them, encouraging defenders to adopt AI-driven tools and shorten patch cycles.

2026.05.25
anthropic.com14 min readTLDR Dev

AI CHIP COMPONENT COSTS: MEMORY AT 63%

High-bandwidth memory (HBM) has become the dominant expense in AI chip production, rising from 52% to 63% of total component spending between early 2024 and late 2025. Tech companies are already raising their capital expenditure forecasts by billions of dollars to manage these increasing costs and tight supply chains.

2026.05.25
epoch.ai3 min readTLDR Dev

MODERN WEB GUIDANCE

Modern Web Guidance, by Google Chrome, provides a set of expert-vetted skills and plugins for AI coding agents to help devs build accessible, performant, and secure web apps using modern standards.

2026.05.25
developer.chrome.comToolTLDR Dev

MICROSOFT STARTS CANCELING CLAUDE CODE LICENSES

Microsoft is canceling Claude Code licenses for its employees to transition them to GitHub Copilot CLI as part of an effort to consolidate internal tools and reduce operating expenses.

2026.05.25
theverge.com4 min readTLDR Dev

DON'T ROLL YOUR OWN ...

Developers should use native browser features for core interface elements like scrolling and form controls rather than building custom implementations that often reduce accessibility, performance, and user familiarity.

2026.05.25
susam.net8 min readTLDR Dev

AX

AX is a distributed agent runtime that coordinates agentic loops, manages execution state through event logging, and enables reliable failure recovery and portability for autonomous workers.

2026.05.25
github.comGitHub repositoryTLDR Dev

THE AI BIFURCATION OF TECH: WHY THE FUNDAMENTALS MATTER MORE THAN EVER

Application companies need to ask themselves whether AI agents will still need them in three years. Many companies rely on custom workflows that assemble several pieces together, something AI can easily route around. Companies need to think about the moats that aren't easily copied, like proprietary data that took years to accumulate, regulatory positioning that's expensive to replicate, and relationships with customers. Adapting likely means changing what you sell, who buys it, and how you charge. Changing one of these is already hard, and doing all three is something only a small number of teams are capable of.

2026.05.25
neevash.com13 min readTLDR Founders

AI ACCENTURE, NOT ACCENTURE FOR AI

There are three real flavors of AI services right now, and the bet to take isn't a body shop of elite generalists or the labs' own consulting arms whose engineers quietly work for their sponsor's lock-in. It's the inverted shape, a product company that delivers a service, where you build an internal agent and context layer and use it to serve one narrow customer cheaper and faster than anyone else can. The tell is whether they'll do anything for anyone, or whether they have religious beliefs about what they won't touch. The next Accenture isn't Accenture with AI on the front of the brochure, it's a company that rebuilt how services get delivered from the ground up.

2026.05.25
links.tldrnewsletter.com4 min readTLDR Founders

SOME THINGS I'VE LEARNED RUNNING CODING AGENTS ON LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS

Simon Last at Notion runs coding agents on a single session for days, sometimes weeks, and they remember the patterns they learned on day one. The biggest mistake teams still make is scoping tasks for an afternoon when the right size is work that would take a strong engineer multiple weeks. Your job is to write plan docs faster than the agent burns through them, and to have a second read-only agent review every diff before anything ships.

2026.05.25
links.tldrnewsletter.com4 min readTLDR Founders

FEDWIRE FOR FINTECHS – OPPORTUNITIES

The day after the President signed the executive order on financial technology, the Federal Research Board released a formal proposal to establish a special-purpose 'Payment Account', a streamlined, payments-only account category designed to bypass the traditional Master Account bottleneck. This framework promises a 90-day review timeline for Tier 2 and Tier 3 non-bank applications. While this sounds like a massive win, the operational reality is a lot more complicated. This article looks at the core opportunities, constraints, and economic hurdles to consider.

2026.05.25
blog.starpointllp.com8 min readTLDR Founders

OPENAI IS BRINGING CHATGPT DIRECTLY INTO MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

OpenAI's new ChatGPT feature, available inside Microsoft PowerPoint, allows users to build and edit presentations using the AI chatbot. The feature allows users to describe what they want, and the assistant generates an initial structure from that input. The tool can modify or insert slides and also apply reasoning to a finished deck to surface weak points in the narrative or predict objections that audiences may bring up. The feature is available to users on all subscription levels. It can be added either through the Microsoft marketplace or through PowerPoint's own interface.

2026.05.25
links.tldrnewsletter.com2 min readTLDR Founders

THERE'S A NEW WAY TO CREATE GOOGLE DOCS WITH YOUR VOICE. WATCH ME TRY IT

Google Docs Live combines an AI conversation mode with word processing to help users create first drafts. Users just start talking, and it makes sense of the input and forms it into something workable. The feature is still in an early version. This article reviews the prerelease, noting the mistakes it makes, and suggests possible improvements to the system.

2026.05.25
links.tldrnewsletter.com7 min readTLDR Founders

WARMINTRO

Find the strongest warm introduction paths into companies through shared backgrounds, roles, and connections.

2026.05.25
tools.crustdata.comToolTLDR Founders

ETZIONI ON AI: THE VIRGIN UNICORNS

12 AI labs have a combined valuation larger than Ford and GM, but none of them sell anything. These Virgin Unicorns are valued at over a billion dollars but are innocent of product or revenue. Sophisticated investors are writing growth-stage checks to these pre-companies because the potential payoff is huge. This has not played out well in the past.

2026.05.25
links.tldrnewsletter.com9 min readTLDR Founders

FORWARD-DEPLOYED ENGINEERING HEATS UP AGAIN

Google is doubling down on hiring forward-deployed engineers (FDEs) and making the interview process much simpler. Its hiring process has been shortened from four to six interviews over the course of weeks to as few as two interviews in just two days. OpenAI has outsourced its FDE hiring spree, and Anthropic plans to use outsourced FDE recruitment. The new FDE roles could be a great opportunity for early-career software engineers entering the industry.

2026.05.25
blog.pragmaticengineer.com11 min readTLDR Founders

EVEN A MEDIOCRE PROMPT CAN BUILD PRETTY GOOD SOFTWARE TODAY

Lemkin typed a single run-on lowercase sentence into Replit asking for an attendee card page that uploads a headshot and generates a 1080x1080 image, and five minutes later the agent had built circular cropping, three background options, editable text, PNG export, wired the route, added a footer link, and deployed to production.

2026.05.25
saastr.com4 min readTLDR Founders

AI IS NOT THE FUTURE OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE LAST DYING GASP OF THE PAST

AI companies are creating more user friction so they can sell tools that manage the friction. Google's push toward “interactive experiences” shows how far the industry has moved from solving real customer problems. Modern software incentives reward engagement and feature sprawl over efficiency, which turns unnecessary tasks into profitable business models. The “Annoyance Economy” costs families in the US at least $165B in wasted time and lost money each year. Products that remove effort and deliver direct outcomes will stand out as users grow tired of AI-generated clutter and engagement loops designed to keep them inside platforms longer.

2026.05.25
productpicnic.beehiiv.com6 min readTLDR Marketing

KEEPING CONVERSATIONS REAL ON LINKEDIN

LinkedIn wants to preserve authenticity in professional conversations as AI-generated “low-effort” content becomes more common. The platform warns that overuse of AI can dilute real human insight and is rolling out systems to detect and reduce distribution of generic or automated posts and comments. Early testing shows it can identify such content with 94% accuracy, limiting its reach beyond immediate networks. LinkedIn is also expanding verification tools across 100M+ members to help users engage with real professionals and reduce bots and fake profiles.

2026.05.25
linkedin.com2 min readTLDR Marketing

ARE YOU SELLING WHAT YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE BUYING?

DiamondBack Covers increased conversions by 26% after replacing lifestyle-focused creative with product messaging aligned to customer priorities. Research showed buyers valued security most, but the homepage emphasized camping and off-road imagery that created confusion. The winning version used benefit-driven copy and close-up product visuals highlighting durability and weather protection. The result reinforced that above-the-fold messaging should lead with the core purchase driver rather than atmosphere or brand storytelling.

2026.05.25
conversion-rate-experts.com2 min readTLDR Marketing

B2B INFLUENCER MARKETING IS BECOMING A REVENUE CHANNEL. MOST TEAMS STILL RUN IT LIKE SOCIAL

55% of B2B marketers already run influencer programs, and 85% of enterprises plan to increase investment over the next five years. However, most teams still manage it like social content. The main constraint is operational maturity, not creator supply. As a result, ROI is harder to prove and scaling remains limited. Creator-led influence is not yet consistently tied to pipeline impact.

2026.05.25
contentgrip.com4 min readTLDR Marketing

‘FIX EVERYTHING' IS THE WRONG SEO STRATEGY

Chasing a perfect audit score is one of the most common resource drains in SEO, with teams closing tickets on minor HTML issues while pages sitting just off page one go unoptimized. Up to 67% of in-house SEO teams cite competing dev priorities as the top barrier to technical fixes, making prioritization critical. The recommended approach is "strategic neglect", deliberately deprioritizing low-impact issues like legacy 404s and cosmetic Lighthouse warnings in favor of content refreshes and internal linking.

2026.05.25
searchengineland.com6 min readTLDR Marketing

TYPESHARE

Typeshare is a digital writing and publishing platform designed to help creators build an online audience. It provides templates and other tools to help writers draft, optimize, and cross-post content across social media channels. Typeshare is free to use.

2026.05.25
typeshare.coToolTLDR Marketing