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What If... You didn't become a software developer?

Think back to that one point in your life that put you on the path to being a software developer and now take an alternative path. Aside from your career how else would your life be different? Would the company(s) you worked for be better, worse, or the same? Would you live somewhere else? Different hobbies? Different friends and/or spouse(s)? What else do you think would be different or the same?

Inspired by me going to visit relatives and wondering how my life would be different if we hadn't moved to Edmonton when I was a kid. Also by the popular Marvel comics and TV show.

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

P.S. - The featured image was created with ChatGPT where i asked it to create image similar to the Marvel What If? covers.

What if you didn't become a software developer comic cover

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Bold Predictions for 2026

What are your bold tech predictions for 2026? Will AI take over or fizzle out? What new job title will emerge? What company will go the way of Netscape? What new invention will change the way we live? Will the Weekly Dev Chat hosts appear on Shark Tank? The bolder the better!

We will document everyone's predictions on the Weekly Dev Chat website and then check on them next year. Your predictions can be anonymous if you prefer.

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

P.S. – Image was generated by ChatGPT.

2026 Bold Predictions

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Great Habits > Great Programmer

Kent Beck, creator of XP and an early proponent of Agile, has said, “I’m not a great programmer; I’m just a good programmer with great habits.”

Do you relate to this take? Do you have any great habits of your own when programming? Do you have some bad habits that you have picked up along the way or see some in other programmers?

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

A GUI window showing some Java code before and after refactoring.