Develop Yourself

Practical and actionable things you can do to get hired, stay hired and learn to code. brianjenney.substack.com

Develop Yourself is a education podcast hosted by Brian Jenney, with 289 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Brian Jenney hosts Develop Yourself, a education show with 289 episodes published.

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  #280 - The Missing Guide to AI for Web Developers

  Oct 16, 202528 minS0

  <p>I just quit my job as a senior AI developer, and while helping hire my replacement, I realized how few people actually know how AI apps work. </p><p>In this episode, I walk through Retrieval-Augmented Generation step by step—the same system I built at work—and show you the real skills developers need right now.</p><p>👉<b> </b><b>Grab a hands-on project with a video you can follow along with here</b> 👈</p><p><br/></p><p>Hold your spot in the January cohort and become the go-to person in your organization for integrating AI into your w...

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  #279 - Recruiter Exposes the Truth About Junior Developer Jobs

  Oct 13, 202544 minS0

  <p><b>Just give up?</b><br/><br/>Everyone says no one’s hiring junior developers anymore — but is that actually true?<br/><br/>In this episode, I sit down with recruiter David Roberts to uncover what’s really happening in the job market, why most applicants are getting filtered out, and what you can do differently to land your first role.<br/><br/><b>We break down the biggest myths about entry-level tech jobs, how recruiters actually think, and the skills that make you stand out in 2025.</b><br/><br/>Don't learn to code, learn to build complex software and ge...

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  #278 - AI Does NOT Replace Junior Developers, Here's Why

  Oct 9, 202513 minS0

  <p>Every headline says AI is eating developer jobs. But spend a week in production and you’ll see the opposite: brittle code, flaky tests, and tools that look fast until you actually ship something.</p><p><br/></p><p>In this episode, I break down why the “AI replaces engineers” story sells so well—to investors, to execs, and to lazy headlines—but falls apart in the real world. We’ll talk through a Cornell + METR study showing seasoned devs got 19% slower using AI (even though they thought they were faster), and why that tracks with what I’ve seen on real t...

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  #277 - RAG: The Only AI Skill Web Devs Need to Learn in 2026

  Oct 6, 202536 minS0

  <p>I thought Ben was a troll when he slid into my DMs after a LinkedIn argument. Turns out, he’s building some of the most practical AI systems I’ve seen. In this episode, we talk about how that disagreement turned into a friendship—and why Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) might be the skill every developer needs in 2026.</p><p>Connect with Ben here</p><p>Check out Lobi Software here</p><p>Finally - if you want to go deeper with RAG, I have a tutorial I made just for you: https://parsity.io/ai-with-rag</p><p>Send us a text...

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  #276 - Claude Code Failed: What Anthropic’s Postmortem Means for Developers

  Oct 2, 202516 minS0

  <p>Ever had your AI pair programmer stop helping and start breaking everything? I did—and this time, the data proves it wasn’t just me.</p><p>Claude fell off. </p><p>TypeScript that wouldn’t compile, migrations stuck in loops, refactors that went completely sideways. Turns out <b>Anthropic’s own postmortem revealed </b><b>three separate bugs</b> causing degraded output—context routing issues, output corruption, and TLA-X blah blah blah error.</p><p>Let's dive in.</p><p>Send us a text</p><p><b>Shameless Plugs</b></p> <p>👉 Build Your First Website in 30 minutes 👈</p> <p>✉️ <b>Got a...

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