What: A developer rebuilt a decade-old experiment and found dependencies, tooling, and setup complexity exploded even for simple projects.
So What: SMBs hiring engineers face longer onboarding because codebases carry more hidden friction. What used to take an afternoon now takes days. Candidates who can navigate messy stacks without handholding are worth more.
What to Watch: Time-to-first-commit during technical interviews stretching past four hours.
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