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"I learned coding to live a dream that no longer exists." (opens the original)
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“I learned coding to live a dream that no longer exists.”I stopped scrolling to process what I just read.“Whoa.”It was one of the top comments on this video, which I think is worth watching if you’re a software engineer. There are some amazing conversations I’m seeing in the comment section, but for today’s email, I’d like to just write down some thoughts on this one idea.“I learned coding to live a dream that no longer exists&#
Is fullstack the only way now? (opens the original)
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The other day, I found a juicy post on Reddit that caught my eye, from a frontend dev looking for some career advice. It read (bolding by me):Is pure frontend still worth it at 4 YOE, or is fullstack the only way now?“I’m a Senior SDE-1 with ~4 years of experience, mostly frontend — React, TypeScript, Next.js, Firebase. [...] Not a backend expert by any stretch, but not clueless either.Recently spoke to a senior dev (12 years, mostly frontend) and he told me to stop positioning as pure frontend
FINALLY! I understand how to work with Agents (opens the original)
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Look, y’all can make fun of me all you want. I know the industry has been talking about “agent this” and “integrate agents with that” for what feels like EONS at this point.(It’s been maybe more than a year lol)But every single time I’ve sat down to try to understand how powerful agents are, how to connect them to services through MCP, what context windows are, how to discover and install skills, how to use them in my own workflows, etc...I felt completely lost on how to think<st
The cure for Imposter Syndrome (opens the original)
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You clicked Stuck! (opens the original)
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Thank you so much! I think it’s a normal feeling to feel like that. As thanks for clicking, have a crazy seal:<img alt="Funny Seal GIFs | Tenor" class="sizing-normal" height="372.3636363636364" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YHUW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good
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