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If you're comfortable broadening the scope to _non-language-specific_ engineering skills, check out my Semicolon&Sons screencasts.

The drive behind this project is to demonstrate non-beginner issues facing professional developers. Instead of ephemeral syntax tricks or "how to use library x v5.3", the focus is on skills affecting codebases over decade-long timelines, such as:

- gaining confidence in code with (non-brittle) integration tests

- deep understanding of what the OS offers (and fluency in the command line)

- building excellent monitoring and instrumentation for rapidly diagnosing production issues

- vetting dependencies so they don't bite you in the ass

- architecting code for re-use and intuitive navigation for freshly onboarded team members

- the paramount importance of data integrity (and how to enforce it at the DB level)

etc.

https://www.semicolonandsons.com/

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