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How to approach hard problems — first principles thinking for engineers

How to approach hard problems — first principles thinking for engineers First principles thinking is a powerful engineering method for solving hard problems by stripping away assumptions, reducing a system to fundamental truths, and reasoning back up to a solution from those truths. In practice, it

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· 3 days ago· Dev.to

Relying on Cursor AI could hinder your engineering mindset

Let’s be honest for a second—Cursor AI is insanely powerful. You type a simple English prompt, hit a shortcut, and suddenly you have clean, working production code in front of you. It feels like you’re moving 10x faster and shipping features in minutes. But the uncomfortable truth is this: if you ar

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· 5 days ago· Dev.to

Key Traits to Seek in Cloud Engineers

I think AI is starting to fundamentally change what strong engineering looks like. And honestly, I don’t think the biggest shift is coding speed. It’s ownership. Because writing code is becoming dramatically cheaper. But deeply understanding the problem, the customer, the tradeoffs, the scope, and w

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