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Background My first tech stack was nicknamed the “LAPP Stack”, using Linux, Apache, Postgres instead of MySQL, and vanilla PHP (no Laravel, no CodeIgniter, etc.). At the time, I thought it was a superior tech stack and would make fun of Ruby. Mostly to tease the college classmates who I perceived to be “fanboys”. During then, and again in 2024, I had some low-key curiosity…
Rust’s tooling is really admirable.
I’m investing heavily in Swift as my next programming language.
As programming enhancements and sophistications gain popularity, many programming languages follow suit.
We wouldn’t tolerate this with a database.
Sometimes you learn the most by doing.
Thinking more and bringing value to the team is still hard work that should be rewarded.
String concatenation in Java can be initially tricky, especially if you come from other programming languages.
The web has changed significantly since I started my first developer role. So have web frameworks. So have programming languages!
Defensive drivers anticipate accidents and bad drivers. This lowers the chances of getting into accidents.