I'm good at JavaScript, I swear.
summary
Argues impostor feelings come from choice overload and tool fetishism and prescribes concrete fixes: pick tools for the problem not for hype, start with plain JavaScript or jQuery and add Babel Webpack TypeScript or Redux when needed, avoid ripping whole projects to chase a benchmark. Cites moving between Angular React Electron mentions NPM and a status‑page example, notes startups that raised $44M and $50M, and frames the phenomenon as JavaScript fatigue tied to Fear Of Missing Out.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 10:20Fear of Missing Out
- 25:41JavaScript Fatigue
- 42:15Overconfidence bias
- 42:56Sunk-cost fallacy
- 47:01Impostor Syndrome
- 47:35JavaScript (Fat)igue
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