--- title: Where Do People Get This From? | daily.dev description: A developer reflects on the feeling of inadequacy after reading a better blog post on the same topic. The key insight is that visible skill is the result of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/where-do-people-get-this-from--dmlg4lmtx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Where Do People Get This From? | daily.dev og:description: A developer reflects on the feeling of inadequacy after reading a better blog post on the same topic. The key insight is that visible skill is the result of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/where-do-people-get-this-from--dmlg4lmtx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DMLg4LMtx.png og:image:alt: Where Do People Get This From? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Where Do People Get This From? **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer reflects on the feeling of inadequacy after reading a better blog post on the same topic. The key insight is that visible skill is the result of unseen hours of practice, failed drafts, and consistency. The same principle applies to coding, design, and any craft — improvement comes from repetition over time, not shortcuts. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/where-do-people-get-this-from--dmlg4lmtx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Where Do People Get This From?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/where-do-people-get-this-from--dmlg4lmtx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/where-do-people-get-this-from--dmlg4lmtx"},"datePublished":"2026-07-23T16:15:37.225Z","dateModified":"2026-07-23T16:16:14.038Z","description":"A developer reflects on the feeling of inadequacy after reading a better blog post on the same topic. The key insight is that visible skill is the result of...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6a15c05b7550f06a918c6a5a60b3a7a4?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6a15c05b7550f06a918c6a5a60b3a7a4?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/where-do-people-get-this-from--dmlg4lmtx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"career","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Where Do People Get This From?"}]} ```