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		emerged on Sept 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I no longer build software I'm about 40 yrs old, started in software almost 25 years ago. I still really enjoy it. I stay away from web development because it's a big mess of sloppy languages and tools.

DarkWiiPlayer on Sept 21, 2020 [–]

> I stay away from web development because it's a big mess of sloppy languages and tools.

You can somewhat get around that if you work mostly on back-end stuff. For the front-end, things might change once wasm becomes more viable.

XCSme on Sept 21, 2020 | [–]

Or if you don't care about the tools and just used what you already know or like.

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