Excellent article, I especially like the point you made about starting by building out the riskiest, hardest part that provides the most value. It's better to fail fast if you realize what you thought was valuable is not something people care about. I would fall into the same trap when building side-projects, where I'd start with busywork such as authentication, user management, settings, etc. procrastinating the hard/unclear stuff. That's a surefire way to get overwhelmed.

Very cool, I tried a similar thing, where I asked it to invent a game like chess or checkers and then code it. My main frustration was that it would cut off its code in the answer in the middle, and wouldn't ever finish it no matter what I asked. I found ways to work around this, sort of, but have you experienced this and how did you deal with it?

Indeed, had a taste of it with next.js 13 and it's a pleasure to work with.

Indeed, in fact, I think you should seek some sort of mentorship as a junior as well. Often you're given a dedicated person at your job, but not always. A good mentor can make your early career a lot more pleasant.

Thank you!

Is it too late to join week 1? I only saw the post today, but I'd like to participate.