On this week’s episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Nick Taylor. He’s a software engineer from Montreal and a prolific open source contributor.
We talk about:
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Why trying to build your own tooling will ultimately limit your app development
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Tips for getting started contributing to open source
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AI and the changing nature of working in tech
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Tips for leveraging libraries and tools as a dev
You can watch the interview on YouTube:
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Links we talk about during our conversation:
Source: freeCodeCamp Programming Tutorials: Python, JavaScript, Git & MoreÂ
