samanta fluture
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I'm a front-end lead by day and an AI-workflow junkie by night. I lead a team building React & TypeScript UIs, and after hours I'm deep in side projects where AI does the heavy lifting. Claude Code skills, Gemini pipelines, a self-hosted agent platform on a $10 VPS. This is my corner of the internet. A journal about dev life, the things I'm building, and whatever else is on my mind.
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The Monday I Didn't Show Up
How a sick day became a mirror, and what it revealed about avoidance, survival mode, and the life I actually want to build.
read moreWhat A Day Off Taught Me About Being a Lead Dev
A day off that turned into an anxiety spiral, a team incident, and somehow the first post of a new blog. On dropping the ball, protecting your team too much, and finding your way back to now.
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Some posts live exclusively on Substack. If you want the full picture, dev stories, deep dives, and the stuff I only share with subscribers, that's where to find it.