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title: grug brain developer
permalink: grug
date: 2024-03-14T15:00:27-07:00
tags: [engineering, career]
---

![grug brain developer](https://grugbrain.dev/grug.png)

meet [grug](https://grugbrain.dev/). grug no big brain, but grug survive many
code winter. grug self-aware smol brain. grug wise.

grug tell many secret for young grug (also mostly for grug, grug forget
important things). young grug should read
[whole grug story](https://grugbrain.dev/)[^1], but grug story long so old grug
share favorite part:

[^1]:
    old grug big thank htmx for sharing grug story, and
    [many other good story](https://htmx.org/essays/)

- grug enemy apex predator complexity. complexity _bad_. complexity come in many
  form, no always see, but sense. complexity _very bad_. grug often swing club
  but just hit grug own head. complexity _worse than t-rex_. grug favorite club
  "no", but sometimes use "ok" club to save tribe. grug build code cave strong,
  try no let complexity demon in.
- grug no get lost in big brain fog. big brain want think-think. grug no want
  think, grug want build. grug must build to think.
- grug think test, agile, refactor, architecture all like old berry in forest —
  some taste good, some make tummy ouch. grug learn be cautious ...but grug
  still like berry.
- grug dubious of shamans like test shaman, agile shaman, architect shaman.
  shaman make idol not club. shaman claim know all good berry, but still make
  tummy ouch. grug lose many shiney rock to shaman. grug reach slowly for club,
  but grug try stay calm.
- grug love tool. tool separate grug from dinosaur. grug use tool to build more
  think less. grug favorite tool ide, type system, debugger. grug trade all
  shiney rock for good tool.
- grug often feel like grug have no idea what grug doing, grug feel like
  impostor. grug fear look dumb in front of big brain. grug realize young grug
  feel this, old grug feel this. grug stay calm. when grug confused grug just
  say so. grug ask for help. when grug fall down grug not swing club, just make
  joke. grug see big brain fall down too, grug help. nobody impostor if
  everybody impostor. except you, young grug... young grug impostor! that bad
  joke. grug sorry.

young grug too face big brain, t-rex, shaman, complexity demon. grug tale full
of oops and ouch. grug whole tale like map to hidden shiney rock. young grug
learn and will do okay, make shiney rock pile. young grug become old grug, then
choose give rock pile for better cave and dino drumstick or give rock pile for
better club and tool. just be careful when give shiney rock to shaman.