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# Code Something Every Week
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202212160248/
- Published: 2023-02-01T00:28:55.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-01T00:28:55.000Z
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: programming

> If you don’t have a good grasp of the universe of what’s possible, you can’t design a good system  
> This is something I struggle with a lot as my responsibilities take me further and further from the day to day of software engineering. **Keeping up with the developer ecosystem is a huge amount of work, but it is critical to understand what is possible.** If you don’t understand what is possible and what is available in a given ecosystem then you’ll find it impossible to design a reasonable solution to all but the most simple of problems. To summarize, **be wary of people designing systems who haven’t written any code in a long time.** ([View Highlight](https://simplethread.com/20-things-ive-learned-in-my-20-years-as-a-software-engineer?%5F%5FreadwiseLocation=0%2F24%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F4%2F0%3A3%2C0%2F25%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F4%2F0%3A534&ref=bramadams.dev#:~:text=If%20you%20don%E2%80%99t%20have%20a%2Ccode%20in%20a%20long%20time.))

So many seniors I've talked to who are deeply out of programming practice. Reinforces the deep work need to code *something* every week to keep skills sharp. Don't worry about research, just start cutting shit. [202212160246](https://bram-adams.ghost.io/202212160246?ref=bramadams.dev)