The shorter ones. A single observation about the work, the market, or the way developers get overlooked, written as it comes up rather than saved for something longer.
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When the job search stalls, developers build a side project and vanish for three months. Build it, but post the decisions and the bugs along the way. Those are the stories that get you hired.
Developers prep for the next job with more certs, more side projects, more LeetCode. If the real problem is that the right people don't know what you can do, more skill doesn't fix it. Ask who needs to know what you already know.
Most developers don't need another framework, they need better judgment. Architecture is less about memorizing patterns and more about knowing how much complexity the problem has actually earned.
Dozens of developers in three weeks told me they're considering leaving the industry, not for a new calling but because they think there's no room left. The resume game is broken. Go around it.