Counted today while working on a feature. VS Code, Figma, Linear, Slack, browser with four tabs. Five apps for one piece of work.
Which combos do you find yourself constantly switching between? Wondering if there's a pattern or if it's totally different by role.
Not asking for passwords or OAuth. Just a scoped API key. But from user interviews, a huge chunk of people won't do it. They don't really understand what an API key is and ""paste this into our app"" feels scary.
Has anyone built through this problem? What actually helped?
Over the past few projects, i’ve worked with different dev teams (freelancers, in-house, agencies), and one thing stood out
the biggest difference wasn’t the tech stack.
it was how they approached the build.
some teams jump straight into development…
others spend more time on:
• planning structure
• defining edge cases
• thinking about scalability early
for example, on one project with a team like EbizON, what stood out wasn’t just the implementation it was how much effort went into structuring things upfront (flows, integrations, future changes).
on another project (different team), things were built quickly but became harder to maintain later.
both used similar tech.
very different outcomes.
made me realize:
process > tools (most of the time)
curious how others see this
have you noticed bigger differences coming from how things are built rather than what they’re built with?
I’ve never had a conversion/purchase purely through my website - it has exclusively been manual essentially. As in, I meet the client in person, and the website is used as payment processing.
I have worked relentlessly on making it a viable source of income and the page as it is now must be something like the 20th entirely new build.
The product I sell does place some heavy limits due to price point on the way a sale will happen - however I would love to have more opinions on what/where I need to improve to reach my goals.
Any and all advice is welcome! Please be as honest and detailed as possible.
I want to improve my human code skills because of slightly reliant on AI code output.
One of the most common pieces of advice I get is that I need to use Linux or macOS. However, I’m currently learning in a computer rental shop, so dual booting is not an option. I also tried using a virtual machine, but I can’t find a workaround using Windows Hypervisor Platform.
The only option I see right now is to learn web development on Windows, but I feel like I might miss something if I do that.
Am I just overthinking this, or not? If there are skills that can be learned in Linux or macOS, can I still practice them on Windows?
As of now, I have learned basic HTML and CSS. I want to learn JavaScript (I watched video tutorials but I can't apply on my manual coding practice) then frontend and backend frameworks in terms of manual coding. Also, is freeCodeCamp.org good for manual coding practice? Any tips that y'all can give?
I’ve been building a spiritual website recently and I’m trying to make it feel more immersive than the usual overly generic ones.
Right now it includes things like tarot, meditation, birth chart related tools, and interactive card selection. I wanted it to feel like a space people can actually spend time in, not just click once and leave.
Some parts are meant to feel calming and reflective, while others are more personal and insight-based. I’m still shaping the overall experience, so I’d really love outside perspective on it.
Does this kind of concept sound interesting to you, or does it feel like too much in one place?
What would make a site like this actually worth coming back to?
I’d appreciate honest feedback more than anything.
Hi, I will introduce myself a bit. I graduated uni and got business bachelor degree. After that, I was really interested in IT and got diploma degree in AU. So, I started frontend industry to start my career. I would love to be a developer who will work global environment in the future.
Anyways, I am looking for my web dev collaboration partner or buddy to help me and guide me proper way as a web developer.
If you are learner, experienced coder, whoever you are in the industry, please connect with me.
My skill set is HTML, CSS, JS, PHP (WordPress), React, Github,Typescript and Next.js.
Also, I forgot how to earn money. I probably lost my mind. I just thought I could guide in Hotel, mow the glass, other anything what I could for free. So probably creating website as well. But honestly financial will be poor because of that. I don't know if I deserve to get money. It is not probably meeting their satisfaction 100%...
Summary of this post, Looking for buddy for same dev industry.
Curious how everyone is approaching this now. Are you going fully custom, using builders, mixing both, or something else? What’s been working best for you in terms of speed, scalability, and client satisfaction?
I copy so many things throughout the day. Snippets, IDs, tokens, URLs, error messages. Half of them I overwrite before I use them.
Do developers actually use clipboard managers or is this not a solved problem for most people?
Hello Everyone
I’ve been trying to find good AI-powered tools (or even browser extensions) that can help with end-to-end website testing, not tied to any specific framework like React, Angular, Vue, etc.
What I really want is something that can scan a live website and catch real-world issues like:
Example: I recently ran into a bug where a sidebar toggle worked on the first click… and then just stopped responding after that.
Stuff like this is easy to miss manually, and I’m hoping there are tools that can actually simulate user behavior and catch these kinds of issues. So ideally, I’m looking for tools that can:
I'm decently new to web development and currently struggling on making a specific kind of button, I know most of the steps that I need but wrapping my head around doing it is proving to be really difficult.
I'm trying to make a square button that displays a character name, and then on hover an image fades in overtop to display an icon that relates to the character. (the button still has to be clickable)
Thank you in advance!!
Whats the price for template websites? Wordpress, wix etc. lump some? Or monthly? Also do customer pay ur monthly plus platform monthly. Im a CS student who knows fullstack. My plan was to give coded website as similar price as marketing agencies in my area who do template designs. To be competitive i was gonna offer more value for same price. I know how to code , i just dont know much of the market pricing, or business model. I know SEO, and fullstack development
If you develop React with agents and spend too much time guessing what changed, this might help.
I built react-reinspect, a free open-source inspector that lets you inspect your React app live while you debug.
Install with agent
npx skills add rinslow/react-reinspect --skill react-reinspect
Manual install
npm i react-reinspect
Repo + docs: https://github.com/rinslow/react-reinspect
If you try it, I’d love brutal feedback, bug reports, and feature requests.
Please post your requests for feedback on your projects in this thread instead of creating a post.
https://reddit.com/link/1so537w/video/dzacpc3mwrvg1/player
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