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My FIRST Post on Dev.to! (and goal for 2026)

Hey Everyone!

This is my first post on the Dev.to Website! I am excited to see the community and what it has to offer!

To begin with, I do have programming experience but I want to take the time and try to blog my journey to refine my Full Stack Engineering skills as well as learning to become an AI Engineer!

Goal for 2026

My goal is to be able to not only refresh my skills as a Full Stack engineer but to be able to have a focus in AI on top of that. In other words, a Full Stack Engineer with a focus on AI/ML implementation! I will post articles this year discussing my simplified views of what I have learned so far.

If you have any suggestions on learning AI engineering/Full-Stack engineering, I would love to hear from you!

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Josef Smetanka

Great start and clear goals for 2026!
Iโ€™m also focused on long-term growth over short wins. One thing Iโ€™ve noticed in scaling content is how feedback loops shape priorities more than initial goals.
Curious โ€” how do you plan to measure progress toward those goals month by month, not just at the year level?

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๐Ÿ‘พ FrancisTRDev ๐Ÿ‘พ

Hey Josef. Hope you are well!

I am debating on whether I should post my weekly goals or post the things I learn to as an formal article. For example, I posted an article about "AI Engineer vs. ML Engineer" in a simplified definition.

For right now, I think of sticking to formal articles since it allows me to enhance my knowledge by simply writing it out. What do you think?

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Josef Smetanka

Hey Francis, great question.

Iโ€™d actually keep the formal articles as your core. Writing structured posts forces deeper thinking, better research, and clearer explanations. That compounds your knowledge much more than quick updates.

You can still share weekly goals or learnings, but maybe as lighter posts or short notes. Think of them as โ€œin public progress logs,โ€ while articles are your โ€œknowledge assets.โ€

So not either-or.
Formal articles build expertise.
Weekly updates build consistency and connection.

If you have the energy, keep articles as the foundation and use goals/learned posts to fill the gaps between them.

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๐Ÿ‘พ FrancisTRDev ๐Ÿ‘พ

Thanks for the advice Josef. I will keep this in mind for the future :D

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