If it's the design, not everyone is a web designer so the bootstrap theme is great to get up off the ground.

If it's the other stuff then, yeah, totally.

There's some caching that happens behind the scenes to help with some of the large data crunching.

https://theundercurrent.fm

Running a business is a lot of work so I'm not sure if that is the type of transition you were looking for. But a starting a side business doing something you enjoy could be a worthy path to check out. Obviously, it's not as easy as applying for a part-time job at an established company.

A good amount tend to revolve around breweries so their definitely much more social leaning than educational. But our JavaScript meetup is very strong and they do a good job of education/learning with a good mix of socialization. I'm still waiting for the .Net group to come back to in person, however.

There's always been the need to verify the code matches the business requirement, right? It used to be when you asked someone why they wrote the code the way they did, they'd tell you they thought it was the right way because X or Y. But with AI they can respond saying they actually don't know why they wrote it a certain way. That's just what ChatGPT or Claude told them to do. So, that's the nightmare part that people are experiencing.

Code reviews are important and software architecture skills are just as important now.

But I also love that freedom of staying home whenever I want to. IMO, more offices should operate more like this.

Eventually I came back to tech as a contractor/consultant and like it so much more. My passion for development and engineering is much higher now.

The next step is going to explore building a local LLM into the application itself to then skip over the entire Google part. I want to implement some question/answer features that I THINK could be solved with a local LLM integration. But for now it's just a quick app to help you find coffee.

iOS - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyc-coffee-map/id6755573635

Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.parkasoftw...

1. There's a map feature where users can assign their location to a photo that was taken. I suppose this could qualify as 'physical address'.

2. Businesses often have their physical addresses as part of their profile.

React Native mobile app + React web app that shows all the coffee shops across New York City. The idea is that you can open it and the app instantly displays the closest coffee shop to you. It integrates with Google Maps reviews AI summaries for a lowdown on the coffee shop and vibe.

I would much rather have that junior take some hacks at building some features with AI along with my guidance than context switching over to AI just to walk it through doing a task which means having to explain the business and our business rules over and over again.

To me cutting out a junior developer adds more time for senior developers than making their work lighter.

VS Code on a Mac works great and with the ability to run SQL Server in Docker you can have the old stack right there on your Mac.