u/lune-soft

Like what do these 2 titles do in their day to day....

I googled about it but still not sure... someone told me in general

Software Architect don't code but have alot of meeting and then they design software architecture so Senior devs can implement.

Tbh Seniors devs they have built many apps for years, they surely are expert at software architecture, distributed system, system design so I don't see why a company need a Software Architect.

However I google people say just use Zod in node.js

i feel like if u have branch feature u need to spend extra time on

1. Creating branch feature and find a name
2. Merge to main branch
3. Switch to main branch and test if everything works as expected and things dont break.

these 3 steps kinda bug me when I want things to be fast

so as the title says

I ask the Side Kick(Shopify Chat bot) they say

• Returning Shop Pay users check out in ~1 tap — no re-entering card/address details
• Shopify data shows ~10–15% higher conversion for returning buyers vs. standard checkout

The reason i am asking cause right now my friend's store disable Shop Pay.

i know it depends which design pattern and how much OOP techniques a dev use but in general codebases that will be maintained for years, i kinda agree with what he said tho.... unless you code a small codebase/repo

Ofc it takes time to learn a design patern ure not familier with but after learning it,

things will go smooth just like when we didn't know how to ride a bike but after we know how it is easy..

Let's say 3rd API service that your app uses, it has an update so the app you build is not working anymore,

your clients need you to fix the app
do they pay you again to fix it based on amont of hours you fix it

or it is just 1 time deal where you support for life time?

and If a dev fix it under 20min,can he bills them like 5 hours...

beacuse it requires years of experience to know where and how to fix

just like when you go to dentist and they fix ur tooth under 15min but u pay them 2000USD or something..

My friend said tbh to be a programmer at JR level, you mainly need to know

• High school level math,
• Can build To Do App and understand how API works.
  • like know those basic Coding operations like for loop, while loop, If else .....
• Understand distributed system at basic level, like
  • how FE, BE works togethers,
  • how caching works with DB,
  • what is message queue.

That's it to become a jr level, and you will learn more in depth from seniors, courses like load balancing, what design patterns to use, how to hanlde 1m 10m request concurrently etc...

He said CS colleage is good it helps you to build a complicated app/system like a programming language, libaries, alogorithms.

but for average day to day dev's job, you just need those 3 that he mentions

I use Cursor with auto mode where I pay 20USD monthly and it does that sometimes

but what about Claude?

Companies aint dumb, they know if employees dont get the salary they want, they will for sure leave if they can, so companies will probably start to find someone to replace them just like they always find someone to outsource!!!

Context: It is an IT company

This is a company with fewer than 100 employees, so it is not bureaucratic at all and people can just go to each other or other departments and talk.

So a mid-level Gen Z developer made a list of ideas that could generate revenue for the company and presented it to the founders/C-level, asking them to choose which ideas they want implemented, and the developer would then build them.

The job is evovling BE and FE such as...

• Backend integrations with payment providers, ERP systems, and shipping/logistics APIs(WMS aka warehouse management system)
• Building custom apps/feature or middleware that Shopify/Woo doesn't have.
• Headless setups using Next.js or similar frameworks for more control over UX
• Automations around inventory, pricing, and customer segmentation
• Scraping products so your boss don't have to find product's photo, cost price etc...
• Build Admin UI as well
• Use AI to write product's description automataically etc...

You also have to deploy code that you wrote as well

So your job is Full Stack fuller