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Your brain wasn’t built for nonstop standups and JSX. Quick, intentional breaks can sharpen focus and cut down errors. But what should you do during a break?

⏳ Stack them into a 5-minute reset - twice a day is all it takes for sharper, healthier flow. Try these dev-friendly micro-breaks:

Debug like a Pro with console.count()

Next time you’re tracing tricky code paths, skip the manual counters and console.logspam.
👉 Drop console.count('myLabel') anywhere — it auto-tracks how many times that line runs.

Example:

function handleClick() {
console.count('Click handler called');
// your logic
}

You’ll spot loops, duplicate events, or unexpected calls at a glance - no setup, no cleanup.

📌 Bonus: Use console.countReset('myLabel') to reset counts between flows.

📘 Mastering Restful Web Services with Java by Marián Varga, Pedro Andrade, Silvio de Morais, Thiago Bomfim, and Igor Fraga

A practical, hands-on guide to designing, building, documenting, testing, and deploying RESTful APIs using modern Java frameworks. Packed with examples, this book helps backend developers create scalable, secure, and production-ready APIs using Spring Boot, OpenAPI, and beyond.

📘 Covers full REST API lifecycle from design to deployment

🧪 Includes testing strategies with AI-powered tools like ChatGPT

🔒 Focus on security, observability, and performance tuning

🐳 Hands-on with Spring Boot, OpenAPI, Docker, and more

This week we’re back with Miško Hevery, creator of Angular and Qwik, and currently CTO at Builder.io. With a career dedicated to building fast and scalable web apps, Miško has helped shape how modern development is done at scale. In this follow-up interview, Miško shares his thoughts on where LLMs add real value, why human understanding still matters, and what developers should focus on learning today.

🎥 Watch the clip onX. Follow us on WebDevPro for more dev insights and hot takes.

Would learning a framework like Angular still be relevant in the years to come, or will AI and LLMs take over most of development?

No, I think at the end of the day, you still need to understand things. LLMs are like expert systems—they’re great at answering your questions, but you're still the one driving.

Maybe one day, LLMs will do all the driving, but we’re far from that. Right now, you still need to be aware of what’s going on. LLMs are fantastic for helping you translate knowledge—like asking, “I know how to do this in Angular, how would I do it in React?” They’re accelerators, not replacements.

Think of it this way: if no one had written content about frameworks, LLMs wouldn't be able to help. They rely on the massive body of blog posts, tutorials, and docs that already exist. You can think of them as compressing all that shared knowledge into a usable form.

But you’re still in the driver’s seat. You’re still making decisions. LLMs can make you more productive—maybe even reduce the need for two extra engineers—but they don’t replace the developer. Not yet.

🎬 That’s your scoop from the dev-verse this week.If your brain’s buzzing with ideas or feedback, hit reply.

Until next week.

Cheers!

Kinnari Chohan,

Editor-in-chief