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Congrats on the product! I love the design of the website and the app. Curious whether it was made in-house, by an external design agency, with AI models, or something else

The Author of Clean Code No Longer Reviews AI-Generated Code

Tweet URL: https://x.com/unclebobmartin/status/2080257779395154409?s=20Robert Martin, the author of Clean Code, tweeted the following:> I’m significantly older than you. I started coding in the late 60s. My current strategy is to not read any of the code written by my agents. That’s the only way I can take advantage of their productivity. What I do instead is to surround the agents with...

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Code is now cheap and plain-English prompts.

And good agentic AI usage seems to come down to two things: being able to judge AI output quality, and making sound architectural decisions, like not defaulting to React just because the LLM is most comfortable with it, or not picking a stack based on what the model prefers rather than what the project actually needs.

So my question is: should I be pivoting my learning toward books and courses on code quality and best practices (testing, edge cases, defensive patterns), and on system design (knowing when to reach for React vs Vue vs Astro, Cloudflare vs Firebase, etc.)?

Curious to know what you think about this

Show HN: Practice your captcha skills with Google's weirdest Street Views

https://street-captcha.netlify.app/

This is my newest project developer on my current road to becoming a Fullstack developer:[ PROJECT ] - Street Captcha: Practice your captcha image skills with Google's Street View oddest captures as images.[ TOPICS ] - Dynamic Styling, DOM Manipulation, State Management, ES6 Modules, CDN, State Management, PNPM, Responsiveness, classList manipulation, CSS Variables, Flexbox.[ LINK ] -...

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2025) on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @02:33PM (#45441402)

    Location: Mexico
    Remote: open to negotiation, looking for hybrid or on-site roles
    Willing to relocate: Yes
    Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Vite, Node.js, Express, Supabase, SQL/mySQL, HTML, CSS, Tailwind CSS, WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, REST APIs, Python, C++, Swift/SwiftUI, Git, GitHub, JIRA, Figma, UI/UX Design, Agile/Sprint methodologies, v0 by Vercel
    Résumé/CV: Available on request
    Email: [email protected]
I’m a creative full-stack developer with experience building web and mobile products for startups and small businesses. Recent work includes designing and developing a React-based CMS for a health-tech startup, leading delivery of 11+ client sites at a digital agency with major performance improvements, and interning as an iOS developer where I translated Figma designs into app screens. I’m fluent in English and Spanish and bring a mix of product design, engineering, and project management skills, with interests ranging from creative coding to endurance sports.

- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/santiagoagdc/ - GitHub: https://github.com/santidevhmo - Portfolio: https://santiagdc.framer.website/ - Twitter: https://x.com/santiagdc_

Show HN: RealAboutInstagram – a replica highlighting harmful strategies

https://realaboutinstagram.netlify.app/

Hello HN! I'm a creative technologist and recently decided to develop RealAboutInstagram, a replica of the current About page of Instagram replacing its content with their current harmful strategies used on the platform and the negative impacts of social media.The information on the website is extracted from resources such as the Digital Minimalism book by Cal Newport, Ted Talks, and many...

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