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For depth-first engineers - the ones who go down, not around. AI is moving the easy work down the stack; the judgment above it stays yours. Build the three literacies it can't replace: Coding, Systems, and AI Literacy, from first principles.

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About Jakub Slys

Backend engineer building BSS systems for telecoms. Writing about distributed systems, ML/AI and automation - from first principles.

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