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The first time you do something, you learn a lot. It's time to share that.

I've been the sole developer of Bidders Highway for something like a year and a half now. It's been rewarding in many ways, if kind of lonely at times, and I suppose the distillation of it feels like "my skills and experience having coalesced into something that probably not everyone can do." Good for introspection, not great for getting better at the craft. Velocity is off the charts and has been since day one, but my personal development (and, I suppose, career ‒ I'm at home in front of my screen all day rather than shaking hands and making plans) has been put on the back burner for a while. Maybe that sounds strange? If I'm doing all the development, wouldn't I be getting a whole lot of hands-on practice?

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