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My First Week on DEV — Badges, Game Jams, and Way More Than I Expected

Side quests into Pride trivia and AI tools

My First Week on DEV — Badges, Game Jams, and Way More Than I Expected

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When Judgment Becomes the Bottleneck

Treating judgment as inspectable state

When Judgment Becomes the Bottleneck

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What I Learned Switching Between Swift and AI Studio in the Same Week

Hidden logic gaps in rapid AI prototyping

What I Learned Switching Between Swift and AI Studio in the Same Week

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Pressure-Testing My Own Explanations — A Swift Writing Exercise

Uses broken code to expose explanation gaps

Pressure-Testing My Own Explanations — A Swift Writing Exercise

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AI Agents vs Chatbots — What's Actually Different?

AI Agents vs Chatbots — What's Actually Different?

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Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before Starting iOS Development

Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before Starting iOS Development

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Who Else Has Inherited a Codebase With Zero Comments and a Prayer?

Relatable dev venting and the AI debate

Who Else Has Inherited a Codebase With Zero Comments and a Prayer?

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What Happens When Everyone Can Build Apps But Nobody Understands Them?

The trade-off between speed and deep mastery

What Happens When Everyone Can Build Apps But Nobody Understands Them?

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I Started Writing My Prediction Before Reading the AI's Answer. Here's What Happened.
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Hidden gaps in mental models

I Started Writing My Prediction Before Reading the AI's Answer. Here's What Happened.

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I Deleted 200 Lines of Code I Didn't Write and Learned More Than When I Wrote It...
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The illusion of speed in AI-assisted coding

I Deleted 200 Lines of Code I Didn't Write and Learned More Than When I Wrote It...

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