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So how do you survive? You move up the stack.
Stop Writing Boilerplate
The developers who survive won't be the ones writing raw HTML and CSS. They will be the ones who know how to architect systems, integrate APIs, and ship products that actually make money.
You need to become a "Product Engineer."
Instead of spending two weeks figuring out how to wire up Stripe webhooks, NextAuth, and a Prisma schema... you should be using a boilerplate to do it in 5 minutes.
The Shortcut
The best way to learn architecture is to read production-grade code.
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