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The developers who are juggling 10 agents are either spending most of their time doing that planning and review work or they’re writing a lot of code that technically runs but creates tomorrow's mess.

<p>Welcome to FictionalSoft! I hope your first week is going well? Great.</p> <p>As you start to find your feet, I want to make sure we have a shared understanding of what success looks like here. Apologies in advance if I&rsquo;m telling you something you already know, but it&rsquo;s important to be explicit about this early.</p> <p>You were hired to write code. Many developers make the mistake and think that their job stops there. That&rsquo;s not true. In fact, you have two jobs:</p>…

Technical mastery still matters

It’s hard to make a saw that cuts trees but not arms.

Sharing CSS tips, tricks, and best practices

Podman offers better security, uses fewer resources, and integrates seamlessly with Linux and Kubernetes, making it a superior Docker alternative

Giving good career advice is hard. Maybe it’s because careers can look more alike than they really are. Two people can have the same title but what helps one...

Recently, I've been using this method to learn from long-form videos, usually dense in information where I'm just interested in some parts of it. Thanks to AI, we don't need to watch 2 hours of videos anymore to get to the content we're interested in.

These free YouTube downloaders work on Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, and the web. But Google hides them. Here's how websites self-censor to avoid Google's wrath.

Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UK

Developer and writer.

Sometimes the people who need invitations most are the ones who always decline them.

Examples are the best documentation | exotext

Werner Vogels on building scalable and robust distributed systems

Przemysław Alexander Kamiński · Raideur des doigts September 20th, 2025 marks exactly one year since I bought Roland’s FPX-30, 88-keys full sized digital piano. Being in my 4th decade of life I never taught myself any instrument, even though I own and dabble with many. In fact, while I’m unable to remember sounds or hear them in my head, it seems I have a rather good understanding what “sounds nice” that allows me to ad-hoc compose music.

Effective writing for software developers

A portfolio website for Bhargav. Software developer based in Berlin,Germany.

In my consulting work, I’ve worked with a wide range of developer-focused tools. WordPress, React, Vue, Next, HTMX, PHP, Python, Rails, Java, .NET, a variety of static site generators, and more. I can pretty confidently state that modern tools (render-all-the-things-in-JavaScript libraries like Vue and React) are worse than legacy approaches. Don’t get me wrong: npm install can be a much easier initial setup than trying to install a DB and connect a PHP install to it (but often, it isn’t).