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how to actually be a software developer in the agentic era

  • spend time gardening or birding
  • learn a useful skill, like carpentry, welding or sewing
  • get your daily average steps way above 10,000
  • spend more time with family and friends
  • travel as much as you can, close to home or far away
  • find a creative outlet like photography or painting
  • get into stationaries
  • cook more, bake bread, make sauces, share food
  • level up your french omelette
  • learn a new language
  • read more books, but slower
  • learn more about a random historical period
  • read a random wikipedia page from beginning to end
  • do more nothing
  • write more nonsensical stuff