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Dev Concepts Volume 1: Software Craft
What separates software development from engineering from craftsmanship, the 25+ skills that matter, career paths, and the psychology of effective developers. First principles, no framework of the month.
What it is
The first volume of the Dev Concepts series: the mindset volume. What software craft means, the skills that compound over a career, how progression works, and why the effective developers you know are effective. Written for people starting out or switching in, useful to people ten years in who never had it spelled out.
Where to find it
Bought on Gumroad or the store: your Gumroad library. PDF in the library; updates land in the same place.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the distinction between development, engineering and craftsmanship. Then write down which one describes how you currently work. Honestly.
Then
Go through the skills list and mark each: have it, working on it, never heard of it. That list is your learning plan for the year.
Skip it if
You’re a senior engineer who mentors others and you’re clear on all of this. Then hand it to your juniors.
What it leads to
Volume 2, which turns from you to the people you build for.