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You'd be surprised the number of people I interview who still don't have personal projects or portfolio sites (jr to sr). At this stage in the game it's unacceptable, so i'd encourage you to build things you're interested in even if it's not immediately relevant to the job you're applying for (ie if you're into video games, go build one, or hack some fun projects on an esp32). Study software architecture, for example DDD, as it's important when working with agents to have a shared vocabulary. This is the primary reason more senior engineers (with AI exp) are still high in demand, they know how to not get slop from their agents... it's effectively "taste". Network and get out to events and talk to people, show your eagerness to learn, grow and share. That advice applied even before AI. The hardest part of our industry is getting in. Once you've crossed that hurdle it becomes a lot easier. Best of luck!

There are a number of free apps that do this now: ghostwhisper and anarlog are the first two that come to mind. It is not hard to vibe your own too. There are open source models that do diarization.

Yes, parakeet. Ive switched all my apps to using it. Fantastic model

Local LibreChat which bundles a vector db for docs.

This is super cool! Made a basic house loop: NQ9i61T3

dark mode pls

Sounds like BMAD, SuperClaude, Claude-Flow, etc.

I'd have comparisons to those popular ones: what makes yours different/sets it apart.

The goal of all this stuff is to be able to vibe code to a certain extent so you're right in line with that thought.

Definitely launch with a YouTube video linked from your GH where you walk thru how to start a new project from scratch with your kit.

Private externals for competitive games can rake in a LOT of money. Its also high stakes because of the kernel-level anticheats these days, but being private makes it slightly easier. Public externals bypass methods are patched pretty quickly. Make something that's interesting to you, and if you like that side of engineering (reversing, bypassing ac's, etc), it's definitely a way to make a lot of money. I know some people doing it for rust (the game) that make a killing.

Yes, a year ago I thought these things were just toys and wouldn't amount to much, and I've done a complete 180 on that stance. Started using cursor about 9 months ago and saw some potential, but my mind completely changed when I tried Claude code for the first time. We've got a long way to go till this tech is usable on large production codebases but for small greenfield stuff, it is killer.

The couple comments you've gotten so far are pretty spot-on. The job market is not good for software engineers in general right now. I'll second bix6's advice to start something of your own. When I was a teenager I got into reverse engineering via an mmorpg that the server executables leaked, and ended up launching a number of private modded servers that netted good income. Make something of your own and you'll learn a lot that will be very useful in your career further down the road. Best of luck to ya

Very cool app. Chess.com costs too much and lichess is rather ugly and has barebones puzzle support. I like how you can choose different categories. Will be using this from now on. Btw you have "Egnlish Opening" misspelled.

Really cool

I've been considering building this. Havent found anything yet.