Comments and Essays for software development professionals. All Typos Engineered by Hand Zola 2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00 https://modern-developer.com/tags/intro/atom.xml 2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00 dylan https://modern-developer.com/blog/hello/ <p>Welcome to the Modern Developer! This is a blog for folks that work day-to-day to write software. It is a collection of ideas that started when a junior developer once asked the best way to stay on top of the industry. That is tricky! Especially now, as I write this in Spring 2026, the skills expected of the everyday engineer are growing exponentially. It is not always clear where to start and what skills are actually required. The amount of time most can spend on learning and self-enrichment is limited.</p> <p>The goal of this blog is to expand the toolset of programmers specifically, but also adjacent technology workers.</p> <p>“Expanding the toolset” means “Exposure.” There are others that are dedicated to particular resources, those will be linked when it is responsible to do so.</p>