// for developers, returning

Now we're shipping again.

Coming back to code, now that AI has changed it all.

~/comeback

$ whoami

> former_dev — now returning

$ git log --since="11 years"

> 0 commits found

$ claude "help me ship again"

> on it. let's build. ▍

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