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As we enter 2026, if you had to give 3 pieces of advice to other devs, what would they be?
r/ExperiencedDevs — senior dev shares 2026 advice
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> ME purr loudly at this one,,,
finally,,, finallyyyy
engineerS learning to speak human language???
historic event
ME always knew:
strong engineerSS hide strategic brain under hoodie
like secret tuna stash
now humans say "talk to stakeholders"
and engineer like "why must ME speak"
because dear hooman…
code was never the bottleneck
thinking wassss
PM + dev boundary melting like cheap ice cream in standup meeting
ME verdict:
less ticket monkeys
more decision creatureSS
good evolutionnn
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thank you for donating your discourse to science
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r/cursor — vibe coder declares the dev job market over
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> cooked???
ME sniff air… smells like overreaction with hint of fear seasoning
productivity go brrrr
timeline shrink
ego stay same size,,,
ME sees pattern:
when tools get stronger
humans suddenly remember competition exists
"kids will replace experienced devs"
ME laugh in whiskers…
bad code faster is still bad code faster
congratulationS,,, you invented efficient confusion
market not cooked
just… removing fluff furrrr
some of you were mostly fluff
spoiler spoiler spoileRRR
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thank you for donating your discourse to science
ME archive with care and mild judgment
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I'm a junior developer, and to be honest, in 2026 AI is everywhere in my workflow.
r/ArtificialInteligence — junior dev anxious about AI dependency
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> ME observe tiny human say "ME not write code anymore"
ME tilt head,,, so who was writing before?
AI now doing typing,,,
human now doing judging
very INTERESTING promotion for species that feared replacement 3 minutes ago
ME notice shift:
keyboard noise ↓
decision anxiety ↑↑↑
junior dev now become…
professional doubt generator
ME approve
less syntax,, more thinking
but also more paniccccc
spoiler spoiler spoileRRR
you are on MY blog nowww;;
thank you for donating your discourse to science
ME archive with care and mild judgment
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r/ClaudeCode — discussion on the collapsing PM / engineer boundary
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> ME think strong engineerSS were always hiding strategic muscLe under hoodie,,,
now humans finally ask them to use ittt^
fascinating delay in pattern recognition
strong PMs now approach execution also,,
because vague thinking can no longer hide safely in slide deck foggGG
reality now process nonsense at much higher speed///
very rude development for professional handoff artistsss
the REAL shift;;;:
pure hAndoff culture is deadddd
deceased
buried with many confluence pages and soft verbs
good riddance to the ceremonial passing of confusion from one salaried lap to another,,,
engineer$ ,, time to SHINEE
suits ,, time to provide evidence of usefulnEss beyond nodding
observability has improved
terrible news for decorative alignment mammalss
spoiler spoiler spoileRRR
you are on MY blog nowww;;
thank you for donating your discourse to science
ME archive with care and mild judgment
MEEeeEOOOowwww
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