WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Our World Congress 2025 & CODE100 Highlights with Jack Barber and Marco Podien

Could the pressure of a live coding competition make you miss an answer hidden in plain sight? It happened to every single team.

#1about 3 minutes

Recapping the WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2025

The hosts and guests share their initial impressions and experiences from the recent developer conference in Berlin.

#2about 5 minutes

Building a sustainable freelance career with small businesses

A freelance web developer shares his journey and the continued demand for foundational skills like HTML, CSS, and IT support for local clients.

#3about 8 minutes

Inside the pressure of the CODE100 live coding competition

A competitor and the moderator discuss the mental preparation, stage fright, and on-the-spot problem-solving required for a live coding event.

#4about 4 minutes

Is pseudocode still a relevant skill for developers?

The panel discusses the pros and cons of using pseudocode for interviews and problem-solving in an era of advanced languages and AI tools.

#5about 9 minutes

Breaking down the CODE100 pseudocode quiz questions

The hosts review each pseudocode problem from the first round, explaining the logic, common pitfalls, and even discovering a bug in one question.

#6about 5 minutes

Solving the X-Men logo pair programming challenge

An analysis of the challenge to generate an ASCII art logo from an array of numbers reveals the binary conversion solution and a hidden shortcut.

#7about 6 minutes

Breaking down the quick-fire developer quiz round

A review of rapid-fire questions covering CSS specificity, security acronyms like CSRF, native CSS functions, and W3C standards.

#8about 4 minutes

Connecting web accessibility requirements to ethical AI development

A discussion on web accessibility guidelines highlights the parallels between building inclusive products and the growing need for ethical considerations in AI.

#9about 2 minutes

How blockchain is maturing and finding real-world use cases

An expert from the Algorand Foundation explains how blockchain technology is moving past the hype cycle to solve niche, practical problems.

#10about 5 minutes

Deconstructing the final encryption code challenge solution

The final challenge is revealed to be a classic book cipher, using a pangram as the key to decode a hidden message.

#11about 4 minutes

Final quiz on JavaScript quirks and AI terminology

The recap concludes with audience questions about how browsers handle element IDs as global variables and the definition of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).