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      <title><![CDATA[How I think ChatGPT & Claude might be derailing the next batch of academics]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Watching classmates breeze through assignments with ChatGPT while learning nothing is honestly kind of depressing. There's a difference between using AI as a tutor versus letting it do all your thinking for you.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Insights as a 22yo Software Engineer]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Asking the right questions — an underrated soft skill]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Turns out for getting better answers it's not about being smarter, it's about asking the right questions in the first place. A quick reflection on how this underrated skill can save you tons of time and frustration, whether you're debugging code or just trying to get stuff done.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Develop a Custom useTimer Hook in React]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I built a clean useTimer hook that handles countdown timers properly with start/stop controls and automatic cleanup.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why is reading the documentation so important?]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 03:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This post explores why RTFM (Reading the F*cking Manual) might be the best advice you'll get as a developer.]]></description>
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