What about you? Do you reach for a mapper library, or do you prefer doing it by hand?

At that point, I’m spending more time deciphering someone else’s magic than I would just writing a simple static method like:
public static RecipeDto FromEntity(Recipe recipe) =>
new RecipeDto {
Id = recipe.Id,
Name = recipe.Name,
Ingredients = recipe.Ingredients.Select(i => i.Name).ToList()
};

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This isn’t about architecture purity. It’s about understanding what your app is doing at a glance — and not spending your day tracing commands through pipelines.

VerifyCheckFraud -> 3rdPartyService -> Result

It feels like hot potato — one part of the code just lobbing generic messages to another.

You lose clarity. You lose the why. And worst of all, you lose your place in the business process.

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I started breaking down problems more easily. I could ship features faster, translate requirements more accurately, and spend less time thinking about the basics — because the fundamentals were second nature.

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That curiosity — the kind that makes you open an IDE just to try something — that’s where the joy started.
What are you building these days just for the fun of it?

But mostly, I just built things I thought were cool.
I messed with Java applets, tried C++, tinkered with TCP/IP, and made websites using frames — yes, frames. May they rest in peace.
One of my boldest ideas?

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I’d really love to hear your thoughts.

I’d really love to hear your thoughts.

I keep asking myself: Am I doing enough for my students?

It’s not 2010 anymore. Breaking into tech today means jumping through burning hoops just to land a stable, good-paying job.

So I push. I go beyond the curriculum—not because I want to overwhelm them, but because I want them to be ready.

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