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Backend developer here

If it's a new language, I create a small CLI poker game. It allows me to feel out most of the important parts of a language, as well as how ergonomic it is.

New framework, usually a small wiki with a custom markdown parser. It lets me get dirty with routing, the database, rendering, user state, and injecting custom code.



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