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What actually makes you senior (Changelog News #172)

December 01, 2025 09:27 1.65 MB ( 7.6 MB less) Downloads: 0

Matheus Lima on what makes senior developers actually senior, Tega Brain created a browser extension for avoiding AI slop, Andrew Kelley moves Zig from GitHub to Codeberg, Matias Heikkilä says there’s no free lunch for vibe coding, and your SSD data at rest might be at risk.

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