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What is the Vertical Slice Architecture (VSA)? First key aspect of VSA: code is primarily organized by features. Means: top-level folders and projects are named according to high level functionalities, sub-folders are used to break down these further into smaller features.

@housecor What do you mean: "sometimes" 🤔😉😎

Sometimes using AI feels like being a tech lead. I specify the goal, and let the AI handle the details.

@alexcloudstar Interesting comparison 😂

JavaScript developers complaining about JavaScript is peak Stockholm syndrome. "I hate this language but I've built my entire career on it so I guess I love it?" Just admit you're trapped and move on.

@alexcloudstar definitely - writing code on whiteboard in the age of AI is simply non-sense

@plainionist Definitely agree, a whiteboard's great for hashing out ideas and visualizing stuff. Just keep the coding off it, right?

The dumbest hiring practice in tech: whiteboard coding. "Here, solve this algorithm problem you'll never encounter in the job while I stare at you and judge your syntax." Meanwhile, the job is debugging CSS and updating form validation.

@Prathkum Which isn't actually helpful because 👇 x.com/plainionist/st…

AI is the only piece of tech that does not make you doubt your skills. You build with confidence and even when you are wrong, it says "you are absolutely right."

@CaptainInsightX exactly 💯

@plainionist Comfortable nods feel nice but real learning comes from pushback.

It’s comfortable to discuss with people you agree with. But you learn more when someone disagrees with you.

@rxhit05 Important skill - not easy to learn 🤷‍♂️

Learning to say "NO" might be one of the best decisions you'd make for both your personal and business life.

@Priya_Upadhyay_ They are not necessarily mutually exclusive 🤔

Fast coding feels good But clean logic saves you later

@Franc0Fernand0 Very important advice 👍 Many devs jump into the solution space far too early 🤷‍♂️

If you can write the problem down clearly, the matter is half solved. Define the problem in plain language before jumping into code.

@mickthedevo Agreed - when GPT 4.1 generated rust code it didn't even compile - now i am building full apps using 5.4

@plainionist It really depends on the LLM used. GPT 4.1 --> script kiddo, breaks stuff, forgets stuff, unfinished Opus 4.6 --> your best resource in the team, sees what you forgot, completes complex tasks nicely. This is the gem. The rest are are in between these two.

How much do you trust AI generated code?

@MorenoMich63238 Agreed 👍😉

@plainionist Id say to average but, if you build correctly, even better. In the past 4 months LLM tech has been on steroids. Honestly, people are kidding themselves if they are going to 100% human.

@the_octobro It should actually be much simpler - there is typically no mutable state. 🤔🤷‍♂️

Why do people say functional programming is hard? It's very simple: Everything is tree

@dvarrui i could agree to "craft" but i really don't see it as "art" 🤷‍♂️

@plainionist Programar es ingeniería y arte

You know you’re maturing as a developer when you stop writing clever code and start writing boring code.

@weswinder For me, the code is still the truth, so will still review it.

anybody saying you don’t need to look at code anymore is wrong

@sahill_og Absolutely agree 👍💯 I don’t understand how a developer can go to an interview in 2026 with an empty GitHub profile 🤷‍♂️

Unpopular opinion: Open source contributions mean more than a CS degree on your resume. One shows you passed tests. The other shows you can build and collaborate. what's your opinion??

@effectfully so what's your answer? 😉

@plainionist Good question.

@avazqa Agreed 👍😉

@plainionist I believe it should be used and understood as a tool, not as an excuse. When the former is done, the team can grow to maturity and reason the why behind each activity in their day to day. Otherwise it just becomes a routine with cultural side effects. 🤔🧐

Serious question: In your experience, has Scrum created stronger or weaker engineers?

@thunkoid For me, "true" agile is basically about the Agile Manifesto 😉

@plainionist It depends on what kind of agile you’re talking about. The internet seems to agree that Scrum is an Agile framework

@chatif432 So you think with like 4-5 dev it would work fine?

@plainionist The problem about scrum is people take it wrong. They keep going with it even though the team count is way more then it should be in scrum. this brings confusion and Yes that makes engineers weak.