--- title: Best Nick Chapsas posts — April 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Nick Chapsas posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/nickchapsas/best-of/2026/04 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/nickchapsas/best-of/2026/04 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Nick Chapsas posts — April 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Nick Chapsas posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Nick Chapsas — April 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-it-sucks-to-be-born-as-a-software-engineer-mjxolfyrk "Why It Sucks To Be Born as a Software Engineer") Video Nick Chapsas · 23w Why It Sucks To Be Born as a Software Engineer A narrative journey through a software engineer's life from childhood curiosity to senior engineer, culminating in an existential crisis triggered by AI tools replacing the skills and identity they spent decades building. The story traces the arc from first touching a computer, through university, early career struggles, a failed Microsoft interview, eventual seniority, and finally the unsettling realization that AI can now do in minutes what once defined them. It ends with a deeply personal question about identity when your craft is automated away. 44 29 [See all Nick Chapsas archives](/sources/nickchapsas/best-of) ```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","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/nickchapsas/best-of/2026/04#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/nickchapsas/best-of/2026/04","name":"Best Nick Chapsas Posts — April 2026","description":"The most upvoted Nick Chapsas posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/nickchapsas/best-of/2026/04#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-it-sucks-to-be-born-as-a-software-engineer-mjxolfyrk","name":"Why It Sucks To Be Born as a Software Engineer"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Nick Chapsas","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/nickchapsas"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/nickchapsas/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"April 2026"}]}]} ```