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August 2025

Stop trying to be the best at one thing. Do skill-stacking and become a T-shaped developer instead
Most engineers stall as generalists or specialists. Learn why the T-shaped skill stack is the career growth solution top tech companies reward.
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Fran Soto
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2025 guide to Context Engineering for Software Engineers
How context engineering techniques like RAG, tuning the system prompt, web search, and MCP tools create a big impact, backed by experience (I share my…
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Fran Soto
5
Prompt Engineering vs Spec Engineering. Coding with AI like a Senior Engineer in Big Tech
Reduce mistakes and hallucinations from vibe coding (Prompt Engineering) by adopting "Spec-Driven Development". Get better at coding with AI, prompt…
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Fran Soto
5
Write a postmortem like a Senior Engineer
Turn postmortems into leadership signals with this guide and template. Show impact, boost visibility, and accelerate your engineering career.
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Fran Soto
🏆You only need 4 promotions: The step-by-step guide from Junior to Staff+ engineer
Stuck in your engineering career? Learn why coding more isn't the answer and how to grow your influence and impact to get promoted at every level.
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Fran Soto
1

July 2025

📛 Why most engineers fail at knowledge sharing (6 habits that make you stand out)
Most engineers fail at knowledge sharing, hurting their growth. Learn 6 habits to share knowledge like a senior and stand out in your team.
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Fran Soto
4
▪️◼️⬛ How to scale a relational database
Relational DBs struggle at scale. This guide helps you choose the right strategy, from indexing to sharding, without overengineering too soon.
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Fran Soto
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🚀 I won a hackathon building an AI tool. It provided more visibility than 6 months of work.
Stuck in invisible work? See how a 2-day AI hackathon project gave me more visibility than 6 months of backlog tasks, and how you can do the same.
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Fran Soto
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🧠 10 engineering terms that will make you think like a senior
Bridge the gap between junior & senior engineers. Learn 10 key terms for anti-patterns and pitfalls to avoid costly project and code mistakes
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Fran Soto
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June 2025

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