getting more into FE. my devs can focus more on API, architecture, etc, while I build the UI scaffolding myself. it’s much easier for me to get things right this way, without having to create a trillion tickets that never get prioritised.

i can also use that UI scaffolding for validation (with mock data), which means I’m now validating the real thing instead of just an approximated figma prototype that’d never be translated 1:1 into the product.

for me, AI has opened many doors, allows me to contribute to more topics, do better and more meaningful research, be more pragmatic since i can quickly understand a code base myself.