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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 12h

super nice @intellectronica.net ! Saw just the first 15 min, on my way to work , but will continue later.

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 12h

The 66th edition of the JS Craft Newsletter just dropped:
- 🎓 How LLM tokens really work
- 🎙 Hrishi Olickel on AI engineering & agents
- 💰 Financial Independence as a Software Dev
- 🧠 Knowledge work is dying; welcome to the age of wisdom work

Read it here: www.js-craft.io/blog/newslet...

Newsletter #66 - Building AI Agents, Financial Independence as a Software Developer, and Rethinking Success

Hey! It's Daniel here, author of 📘 Building Al Agents with LangGraph js and 📕 LangChain for JavaScript Developers. Life has been quite intense lately - raising a toddler, relocating to a new country, ...

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking about taking home office infrastructure to the next level, I found this older article by Stephen Wolfram on his home office setup. Incredible

writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seek...

Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure—Stephen Wolfram Writings

Some of Stephen Wolfram’s “productivity hacks” to make his days and projects more productive. Daily life, desk environment, outside the office, presentation setup, filesystem organization, Wolfram Not...

writings.stephenwolfram.com

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 1d

how about how having a monthly newsletter helped you, and why do you put effort into it :D

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 2d

Tech job market report by @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com:
- 📈 gradual but consistent increase in hiring across both Big Tech & startups
- 🤖 surging demand for AI engineers
- 📍decline in remote opportunities, and the growing importance of location
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/state-of-t...

State of the software engineering jobs market, 2025: what hiring managers see

Observations by 30+ hiring managers and tech recruiters about what’s happening: a flood of inbound applications means more selective hiring, there’s increased demand for product engineers, and more

newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 2d

invisible breaking change :)) love this

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 3d

this === true

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 3d

Success is unpredictable. Luck and timing play a bigger role than we think. That’s why who you work with and how you spend your days might be the real “win.”
I wrote this short rant on the importance of long-term games and values 👉 www.js-craft.io/blog/on-succ...

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 3d

LDL -- 👏 Great stuff, Nicolas :)

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 3d

The question is, what can we do? If there is something ...

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Stefan Judis @stefanjudis.com · 4d

The new Web Weekly is just about to hit all the inboxes. 🎉

As always, it's jam-packed with web dev goodies. Check it out! 👇

www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...

Web Weekly 172

Imports with { type: ‘JSON’ }
Intl.Segmenter
clip-path() & shape()
sibling-count() & sibling-index()
Import maps
A web compatibility standard

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 3d

One of the best ideas I've read recently. Moral of the story: don't compete with AI on marginal improvements but instead, do things AI cannot do. Knowledge work is dying! Welcome to the age of wisdom work!
every.to/thesis/knowl...

Knowledge Work Is Dying—Here’s What Comes Next

While AI devours information-based roles, OpenAI, Alphabet, and Apple are investing in wisdom work—and you can, too

every.to

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 4d

This weekend we made a 2 days trip to Ronda which has now become my favorite non-coastal town. Mind-blowing views. Thank you, 🇪🇸 Spain!

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 21d

I've been in the industry for over 20 years. Tech is challenging, exciting, and beautiful. A great place to grow. But it's not easy at all, especially if you want to master the craft.

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 21d

I just saw one of those “It’s so easy to get into tech and make a huge salary” courses. It was launched by someone who:
1. did a coding bootcamp,
2. stayed 2–3 years at a company,
3. quit, and now sells courses.

If it’s so nice and easy in tech, why quit so fast?

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 21d

I just saw one of those “It’s so easy to get into tech and make a huge salary” courses. It was launched by someone who:
1. did a coding bootcamp,
2. stayed 2–3 years at a company,
3. quit, and now sells courses.

If it’s so nice and easy in tech, why quit so fast?

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 23d

I think that RAG will be a huge market. 95% of the world's data is "private" and therefore unavailable for training foundation models. But we can feed this private data to local LLMs via RAG. In some way each organization will likely have its own LLM-RAG app.

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 29d

Success isn’t just about hard work - it’s also about timing, luck, and the people you choose to share the journey with. I wrote this small rant on why the daily process, values and companions matter more than outcomes: www.js-craft.io/blog/on-succ...

On Success, Luck, and Values

This is a less technical piece than what I usually write on this blog. Hope you enjoy it! Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about long-term games. There’s a considerable amount of luck and timing that ...

www.js-craft.io

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · Sep 25

I have just published the September edition of the JS Craft newsletter - Building a timeless foundation in AI Engineering & MCP in JavaScript

👉 www.js-craft.io/blog/timeles...

Building a timeless foundation in AI Engineering & MCP in JavaScript

I've started working on the MPC in JavaScript book. The more I dig into it, the more I find myself reflecting on timeless AI engineering tech - the kind of foundational knowledge that pays dividends f...

www.js-craft.io

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · Sep 24

How to get an "unfair" advantage vs AI? Build real human connections.
I've tracked that the a podcast episode takes me 8-10 hours to produce. Why do I do it? Well, learnings. But the most important is the motivation it gives me!
Interacting with someone who I admire === energy++

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · Sep 22

Learned this the hard way! In dev mode, start by testing your prompts with smaller AI models. They fail quickly and often, which is exactly what you want. Larger models can mask mistakes, making debugging much harder. On top of that, smaller models are cheaper leading to a faster feedback loop.

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · Sep 18

Today I did a talk on MCP in front on 30+ devs.
I love writing and hate speaking. So much energy goes into how you speak instead of what you say. When writing, you can edit and refine. When speaking, it’s all real-time.
But being good at speaking will always gives you a huge edge!

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · Sep 18

How to make your side gig the most efficient as possible:
1. Have a baby
2. get a 9-5 job
3. Fit the side gig in the time left.
In the end, constraint inspires creativity. It forces you to get real very fast.

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thoughts LLMs && Coding
1. English has a more complex syntax & vocabulary than JavaScript. If an LLM can write decent English, there is a high chance it is able to write JS as well.
2. With a code interpreter, an LLM can validate its own responses & regenerate. This is unique & essential.

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · Aug 21

Will MCP become the HTTP of AI?

Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · Aug 20

👥 I think the only truly long lasting moat is doing things that don’t scale. Showing up in person. Building genuine human connections one by one.