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The Cynical Developer
Personal blog · thecynical.dev/postscareerprogramming
The Cynical Developer is a personal blog at thecynical.dev about career and programming. Since 2025, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-01-06, and you can follow it by feed.
4mentions?
4HN people?
2025–2025first – last linked?
A grounded voice in an industry that loves its own hype.
What Hacker News says?
Submitted Ticket-Driven Development: The Fastest Way to Go Nowhere as a story · 50 points
HN discussionSubmitted Agile Was Never Your Problem as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted You're Not Refactoring – You're Just Moving Code Around as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted What If the Internet Wasn't Free? as a story · 3 points
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