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I Ran an AMA on Dev.to. Here Are My Favorite Questions

Cesar Aguirre on July 27, 2026

This month, my personal blog turned 8 years old...and my dev.to account turned 7. To celebrate it, I ran [an AMA session: I've Spent 10+ Y...
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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

HEYY I see my quote there lol :D

Also,

For some moments, it felt I was talking to bots. Most likely true, if you also believe in the Dead Internet Theory. I didn't take too much time to answer questions that sound like AI.

As a moderator, I am trying my best to filter out content to the best of my ability, so that you will get the feed you need. Do note that the team is working on updating the moderation process, for more questions about my moderation practices or other questions in the meantime, I made a post where I can answer you questions to the best of my ability so that the dev.to team can have more space:

Thanks and glad you are still here :)

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UnitBuilds

Hey @francistrdev Have they taken a look at DevGuard yet? It should be quite helpful at filtering them out

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

I have yes (I believe I made a comment on your PR). I believe Ben will look at it and make modifications if needed, but I would have guess he has other priorities that is needed to be done (I can't merge anything since I am just a contributor).

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UnitBuilds

You did yes, thank you very much for that! Though it's a rather big system, like 6000ish LOC, so makes sense they're slow for adding it. I also made another PR, namely I expanded the embed system to allow custom sizing, cuz I started that game series, I noticed it was rather limiting trying to fit it in the little box, but both still un-added. But I really do appreciate the bump! For DevGuard it's a huge feature to audit through thoroughly

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Baltasar García Perez-Schofield

Good post. It's an interesting exercise, but, I'm still stuck in the "Dead internet theory" syndrome, so probably it wouldn't be successful at all!

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Cesar Aguirre

Yes, sometimes I just wanted to reply "ChatGPT is that you?" :P

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Mia Keller

Super insightful recap. After reflecting on all the questions from your AMA, was there one particular piece of advice you shared that resonated with people far more than you originally expected?

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Cesar Aguirre

The ones to overcome burnout :)

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TeeTeaTe

There's great career (and life!) advice here. I love the lesson you learned about diversifying joy, and the advice you shared for overcoming burnout.

Thanks for sharing, Cesar!

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Cesar Aguirre

Glad you found it useful!

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UnitBuilds

I see my bunch of questions too 🥳

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sam

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