The blog post reiterates what everybody probably already knows; similar content gets posted on HN semi-regularly. On the other hand, I've also heard that most

The blog post reiterates what everybody probably already knows; similar content gets posted on HN semi-regularly. On the other hand, I've also heard that most of interns' / junior devs' first projects end up shelved (i.e. net contribution = 0). From a viewpoint of a mediocre developer, a far more interesting question is how to get into the feedback loop where you actually learn from your mistakes and the quality of your contributions improves.