These two sentences hit home:
> The flow of data was so hard to follow, it seemed like someone was trying to cover up a murder.
> Just getting the code to run on your laptop took a week.
I always thought I’m the only one having problem understanding the data flow, or setting up a proper dev environment. Impostor syndrome (and sometimes toxic environments that pushed for “velocity”) didn’t help either.
Felt good to know I’m not the one.
> Just getting the code to run on your laptop took a week.
This one surprised me. Claude Code in the CLI has made standing up an app and debugging whatever random dependencies or docker BS a dream compared to the before times, when you'd have to learn the architecture while simultaneously troubleshooting whatever isn't working on your machine
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