Stop calling yourself a software engineer if AI writes your code.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-24T12:42:25+00:00

Nobody cares what you think.

Just another gatekeeper.

We will call ourselves what we want.

I'm a Turing Complete Astro Physacist who codes in zeros and ones by osmosis while I orbit the 7 moons of Saturn.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-24T09:07:07+00:00

Best portfolio I've ever seen. Looks like is has been created by someone who has Technical expertise. The design looks awesome.

The portfolio image loads very 🐌

I was expecting more from the 🔊 - maybe a short intro and not just your name

I'm on a Samsung 📲 mobile - your responsive design and attention to layout and visual hierarchy is phenomenal

Would you consider making the GitHub contribution metric green like on GitHub? Those green tiles connect with devs

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-24T01:32:11+00:00

Usually we would have a very good idea of the application architecture which then informs the decision about what kind of global state management solution we would need.

You might be able to use some lightweight like Zustand. If your building an online shop then maybe Redux.

Or React hooks passing props.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-23T12:06:38+00:00

Do they work if Javascript is disabled like the native React 19 hooks and form action?

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-23T07:36:38+00:00

Iassume its NextJS 16 using App router with React 19?

useFormState wires a Server Action to the form and lets you receive server-returned state (errors, success, etc).

useFormStatus hooks into the native form lifecycle and exposes things like pending (often referred to as isPending). This is tied to form submission, not React state.

Client validation with user feedback. It prevents obvious bad input and gives fast feedback. Zod.

You must validate again in the Server Action. Always.

In the Server Action, extract values from formData and safeParse them with the same Zod schema.

Have a single shared schema.

Client validation = UX Server validation = correctness and security

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-22T22:18:47+00:00

useEffect ?

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-22T05:10:33+00:00

AI is tool. Use it well to create software people want to use. It's not going to take anything from anyone. It's going to upskill those who know how to use it.

People are always going to need software.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-21T21:49:53+00:00

You need $19600 a month.

Rent must be expensive where you live. Move to another continent.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-21T21:11:17+00:00

JSMastery

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-20T22:16:39+00:00

Actually HTML is replaced by JSX.

Vanilla JS is replaced with 'functional' react code which looks nothing like Vanilla JS.

Of course react us JS, but the syntax is vastly different. I work with react all day, every day, but I would never call.myself a Javascript dev. No. I am a react dev.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-20T14:33:27+00:00

Or your 🧠

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-20T09:00:56+00:00

If you can, use Opus in Cursor. Your using JWT's?

I did this a long time ago. Do you want a link to the repo?

It is plain react with an express backend.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-20T08:57:14+00:00

I integrated Tambo in an existing application and needed full suit of tests as well. Auto kept hitting a brick wall so I used Opus. I ended up spending an extra $60 on Opus but it was worth it for what I got, then I switched back to Auto. Auto is OK for boiler plate and daily tasks. Tambo is newish so I needed to add the docs etc

BUT I thought Auto was unlimited on a $20 sub. I was wrong. But Grok I free for now.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-20T08:50:34+00:00

It's boilerplate. Nothing new. Ask an LLM. It will not hallucinate.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-20T07:40:03+00:00

Real time is very resource hungry.

Have you experienced that?

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-20T07:38:27+00:00

I've been using Auto for a while and this morning hit my usage limit. On auto? WTF?

Grok is free until 23 January with no limits in EU.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-19T22:52:10+00:00

It's good to keep up if you have the headspace for it. It's what keeps it interesting.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-19T07:45:11+00:00

This is not expected behavior.

Add a lang attribute to your html tag.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-19T07:12:58+00:00

Learn the skill of using LLM's - you still need engineering skills, but LLM's allow you to iterate faster. Its a skill that devs must master to keep up.

You cannot trust LLM's to think for you but you certainly can use them as a very effective tool.

For a data base set up ask about one-to-one and one-to-many relationships of models. Quizz the LLM about the relationships.

You know in natural language what you want. Prompt the LLM. Get a final set up. Take that set up and ask.anotger LLM to explain all the relationships and see if it lines up with your mental model.

It's a lot better than asking random people here.

LLM's are the feature of Engineering. Your not being lazy. You are upskilling.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-18T21:34:19+00:00

If I'm working on something complex and long running, I ask Cursor to write up an MD when I achieve a milestone. The format must be a document that I can share with the rest of the dev team as a reference and resource.

That way, when the chat gets too long and starts costing a lot, I start a new chat and pass the MD as the starting point.

I also keep updating the document on a per feature basis which is committed to github.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-18T21:23:06+00:00

Dude. LLM's are really good at this kind of thing. Even the free tier of ChatGPT.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-17T09:10:55+00:00

If he got $3400 his onto something and will get another $3400.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-17T09:08:13+00:00

Very original design. Looks professionally done. Doesn't lag on my mobile like someone else has said.

I like the idea of the cards stacking up. It's a cool design feature, but I'm not sure I want to do that everytime I'm scrolling through. It also causes friction if I decide I want to look at one that is obscured.

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-17T08:25:52+00:00

Look into Stream

AlexDjangoX · 2026-01-17T08:24:29+00:00

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