Read The Developer’s Dystopian Future by Ed Finkler

I think about how I used to fill my time with coding. So much coding. I was willing to dive so deep into a library or framework or technology to learn it.

My tolerance for learning curves grows smaller every day. New technologies, once exciting for the sake of newness, now seem like hassles. I’m less and less tolerant of hokey marketing filled with superlatives. I value stability and clarity.

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I’m scared that either the job “web developer” is outpacing me, or my skills are atrophying.