{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Web Dev with Matt","title":"If you want to be a developer, you have to read","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/147953a0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":736,"description":"This is something that I've thought about a lot during the (roughly) 30 years of my career. If you want to be a developer, if you want to write software you have to read! Whether that's a project's official documentation, the code, the docblock or inline comments, or related places such as forums like Reddit and Stack Overflow - you have to read.\nSure, AI can summarise content for you, and can help with projects that have poor or no documentation. But, whether you use AI or not, there's no getting around reading. There are no shortcuts.\nIn this episode, I go into depth about having to read as a developer, explain how it's unavoidable, and also why reading is a good thing.\nWant to grow your knowledge further?\nCheck out the books below, where you can grow your web development skills in a very focused, very hands-on way.Deploy with Docker ComposeMezzio EssentialsHosted and produced in Bundaberg by: Matthew Setter.Website: https://matthewsetter.com.\nFollow me on: LinkedIn.\nIf you like the podcast, and want to support it, how about buying me a coffee?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ErogIDxqOFQN8RVLHvl3XfLOJ_kkPEv3rY7vQp7PDxI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEyNjc1LzE2NzIz/ODI3ODYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}