Jane Huntington

UX/UI Designer l Full-Stack Developer I Photographer I Artist

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

Definitely not cheating. You built a system that guarantees consistency. That’s the whole point of engineering.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

History repeats: printing press → literacy, internet → search, AI → reasoning at scale. The winners aren’t the loudest, they’re the ones who quietly productize judgment. Fast feedback, tight loops, human-in-the-loop where it matters.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

AI agents are not replacing your job. They are exposing the gaps between knowing how to code and knowing how to build valuable systems for real people.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

You don’t become a better developer by solving harder problems.

You become better by making hard problems look simple to yourself and to everyone who touches the code after you.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

Exactly. It’s not just about writing code faster—it’s about scaling your thinking.

AI is the new command line for creativity. The devs winning now are the ones who treat it like a co-pilot, not a crutch.

[Saihajpreet Singh @saihaj]

AI doesn't replace devs. Devs who use AI replace devs who don't.

The difference? Knowing how to accelerate, not just automate.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

The code works.
You don’t know why.
You’re afraid to touch it.

Congrats—you’ve unlocked senior engineer mode.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

Using generative AI isn’t about replacing creativity—it’s about extending it. I’ve used AI to prototype faster and even spark new ideas I wouldn't have had otherwise. It's not about thinking consumers are stupid, it's about delivering faster and iterating smarter.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

You haven’t truly entered the dev zone until you forget what day it is, what feature you were working on, and whether you’ve eaten—all because of one elusive bug.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

rontend development in 2025: React, TypeScript, Tailwind, AI-assisted components, atomic design…
And yet, your main blocker is still: CSS being weird in Safari.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

Developers are shifting from syntax to AI-guided logic. Adapt now or risk getting left behind.

Are you ready?

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

AI & Tech Are Moving at Breakneck Speed

No more boilerplate. No more redundant syntax. LLMs are refactoring, optimizing, and even reasoning about architecture.

At this rate, AI will soon be your senior engineer.

🧵

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

❌ Writing code from scratch
✅ Giving high-level constraints to AI

If you can’t work with AI, you’ll be maintaining legacy code written by AI.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

There’s a fundamental difference between writing code that works and engineering software that scales. A function that returns the correct result is one thing; a well-architected system that handles high concurrency, fault tolerance, and efficient memory management is another.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

Tech job descriptions:

Must know React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, and SolidJS
10+ years of experience in a language that’s only 5 years old
Comfortable with 'fast-paced environments'

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

Every time I update a dependency, I feel like I’m defusing a bomb with sweaty hands. One minor version bump and suddenly half my app is throwing errors I’ve never seen before. The release notes say 'small bug fixes' but the only thing getting fixed is my will to live.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

The best engineers aren’t the ones who never break things. They’re the ones who break things and know how to fix them quickly.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

AI doesn’t replace creativity, it just removes the friction. What we choose to do with that freedom is what really matters.

[Pinhead @Piinheads]

Generative AI is honestly, the ultimate proof that being more "productive" is not always a good thing.

Productivity is worthless if all you're producing is mindless slop.

[Jane Huntington @JaneHuntington7]

ChatGPT down again, ugh