You can't git clone a team

Mastering the full stack isn’t just a technical feat: it’s a human challenge, and no, you can’t git clone your way out of it. Let’s get this out of the way first: yes, mastering the entire software stack is technically hard. You can read why in my previous post: But let me tell you something even more terrifying—it’s humanly hard. You’re not just fighting against CPU cycles or kernel panics. You’re fighting entropy, demographics, and a universe that seems hell-bent on making deep tech careers as attractive as a root canal. This post is a bit of a side quest from my usual rants. Think of it as an important footnote with its own personality—kind of like when you discover the appendix of a book is where all the juicy bits actually are. The myth of the full stack master Sure, on paper, you might think “Hey, with enough coffee and willpower, someone can understand everything from the hypervisor to the orchestration layer!” But here’s the thing: coffee can only do so much. The real pro ... Read full article.