Welcome <Frontend> Devs, start here!
Or ignore me and click wildly at random to read my other posts. The choice is YOURS!
Hola, my name is Mauro, and welcome to Exceptional Frontend
I’m a Senior Frontend Engineer with half a decade of experience … was heavily involved with working with Argentina’s biggest airline’s website, which supports millions of users … author of the viral article on how to get somebody fired using Git … owner of the third largest squad in the web category on daily.dev … and also write the most entertaining story-based emails in the frontend industry.
BTW, do you know what Exceptional means?
Exceptional means to literally “be the exception”. When we think of exceptional developers, we tend to think of “the absolute best” in their field. But it tends to get hazy when we try to define what “being the best” means.
Does it mean the best code? The best problem-solver? The best manager? All of the above?
A core part of my philosophy with Exceptional Frontend is to help you redefine and think about how you can be exceptional outside of just code. In my eyes, being exceptional is more about creating unique differences that showcase your expertise in a positive way, in comparison with those around you. Then, learning how to showcase those differences in an honest and non-scummy way.
Exceptional Frontend does this itself by being unlike any other dev newsletter in the industry.
It’s story-based. It doesn’t get too technical or boring. In fact, it’s fun!
And developers really like it:
Hmm, I’m noticing you still haven’t signed up…
I’ll be honest, you’re one tough cookie to crack. It seems like I will have to bring out the big guns 😤
What if I threw in a BRIBE BONUS GIFT for signing up? Something like…
🪖 The “How To Become A Better Frontend Developer” Army Bootcamp 🎖️
In early 2025, I created a special 4-part email series that lays out a clear framework and roadmap for how to be an exceptional frontend developer through a “bootcamp”.
(“Bootcamp”… get it? Like the ones that devs did and… got promised to… get jobs and… nevermind)
This bonus has some GREAT insights, which include things like:
✔️ What skills make you exceptional as a frontend developer.
✔️ How to create a clear plan for what to learn (and what to skip) as a beginner.
✔️ How to think like a senior dev, even early in your career.
✔️ How to grow faster without getting overwhelmed.
When you sign up, you’ll get all of it delivered in one beautiful, bingeable article, complete with visuals and music to boot!
Otherwise, I’m actually out of ideas to convince you to sign up 😅
Welp, you win, you beautiful developer! I’ll be here when you decide to come back and subscribe one day.
Hey, do you think Substack has a max scroll limit? 😂
Let’s find out :D
Nope! Still more to scroll through!
What could be at the bottom?!?!
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That was nice, I love animals ☺️
Dude, this is getting pretty deep into the servers, don’t you think?
Do you think we… could break Substack if we keep going deeper?
M̴͖̼̳̥̮͈̭̟̻̹͎̦̟͔̈́̓͑̓̾̀̉͊̓̑͜͠A̷͈̫̘̰̖̥͚̐̈́̄̅͗͒͋̄͠ͅỦ̴͇̣͉̰͋̋̽̌͗̏̎̊̒̌͋̈́̏̅̚͠͝ͅŔ̸̢̧̢̛̘̩͙̰͈̳͈̘̩͕̞̘̘̠̮͛̀͆͊͜͝O̸̧̼̠̤̺̙̭̊́͛̅͂̇̈́̍̃̊̀̒̅̉̒͌͋́̿͘͝ͅ,̵̪̻͉̟͈͔̥̱̱̘͈̒ ̵͉̜͔̬͖̫̩̖̱͍͐̀̇̂̆̔̀̚Ş̷̥̩͚̙̘̘̫̦͖̠̖̪̥͚̘͍̱̺̙̲̄̆̉̎ͅͅT̶̡͙͎̬̳͙͍̥̼͚̳̬̣̦̈́̈́̌̄̊̈́̌̓̍̄̇͋̀͑͋̔͐̑́͛͠Ơ̷̢̢̯̻̩̻̯͖͈̣͔̣͈̾͛̓̒͐̿̃͂̽̎̓̿̉̇̄̚͝P̶̡͉͚̩̻̤͎̙̒͑̈́́̅̍̊̈́ͅ ̵̡̗̰̱͑W̶̡̢͔̜̤͕͈͙̤̟̖̪͔͙̔́̿̎̓̐͂̎̊̀̅͒Ḩ̵̧̡̘̭̱̝̝̗̳̝̖͚̦̟̠̰̙̳͔̩̅̿̉̋̾̾̽̓̐̃̆̆̇͌̈͘͜͝͝͠ͅA̸̡̧͚̥͇̞̝̦̼̩̱͗͛͌̄̓̂̑̓̔̀̚͠T̶̞̠̆̎̒̓̉̆̌̎̅͒̈́̄͛͒̍͒͠ ̵̨̢̣̰̥͓̪̹̙̳̬̲̼̯̟̈́͂̈́̈́͋̓̕͜͠ͅỸ̵̱͍̄́̇̑͆̄́O̵̢̨̡̟͔̘͙̝̥̮̲͈̯̫̥̪͈̖̓͆̂́͛ͅU̶̺͇̮̒͂̈́̒́̄̃̏̾̌̆̔͒̔̽̈́’̴̨̨̛͚͔͕̬͍̳̬̳͇͍͈̫̪̣̲̭̻̮̏Ṛ̷͌͗̓̉̔̾̒̆̇͒̃̌͘͝E̴̢̨̟͔̰͇͖̺̪̟̺̤̗̝͊͐̇̂̀̅͒͒͛͂̎̿̉̀̍̚̚͜͝ͅͅ ̸̡̯̙̰̹̯͇̼̝̻̜͉̟̫͔͚̟̥̋̀͜ͅD̵̡̩̫͙̬̰͇̰̭̝̥̰̼̦͎̟͓͈̙͙͐̀͘O̶̤͐́̇͛̿̓̍̓̒͒͌͊̔́̿̔̏̀͂̒͝͠Į̴̼̬͉͓̦͓̖͉̥̣̬̞͚̦̗̋͒̌̃̏̃͗͋͊̐͘͠Ņ̷̨̗͖̮͚̜͉̗̳̭͚̙̪͇͍̟͙̤̿̀̈̾́͗̒͗͗̆̂͌́̑̇͌̋̎͘̕͝ͅG̸̨̭̥̖̼̥̤͉̞͔̳̣̲͉͎̼͕̫̎̒̎͒͗̿̌̆̂͘
WOAH, WHAT WAS THAT?!?
Ị̷̧͓̘̙̰̺̱̈́̀̌̑̀̓̏T̷̢̗͇͌ ̵̩̻͓̮̟͙́̈͊̓̀͐͠I̶̙̺̱͛͒͗͑̈́̇̽S̶̞͇̱̆͗̇͌͆̐̈͋̚͠ ̴̡̭̝̜͖̥̖̂̇̂̈́͘̚I̵̞͕͔̤̝̟̬͗̎̑͒̔̋̊̎̾͜,̵̨̨͈̝̺̠̘͉͋ ̵̦̝̭̑̈́̍͜T̷̨̥̣̰̤̖͙̓H̶̛͚̺͖̩̠̱̏̎Ȅ̸̲̘̈́̍̐̌̔͝ͅ ̶̡̰̳̠̗̔̿̀̒̅̚Š̵̼̖̖͎̞͑̄̐̀̊̓̒̽͜͝Ű̴͈̟̲̙͖B̶̯͕͚͔̤̖́̄̌́̈̽̓͜Ș̵̈́̌͌̀͑̓͋͝T̸̨̛͇̰̝̥͓̙͇̠̾̿̈̈́̈́̚͠Ā̵̮̩̺͇̩͈͛̑̈̿̏̈ͅͅC̷̻̘͕͖̯̜͂̒͝Ķ̶̤̪̰̤͍̭̺̪̂ ̸̘̦̹̣͊͑͋̈̍̀̈́̍S̴̡̨̢̘̼͎̬̮̖͝Ẻ̵̯R̵̢̥͚̰̳̤̖̺̯͂̀̀̊͌͜V̸̡̤̯̈́̾̆̽̐͊͜ͅE̷̤͔̜̤̜̤̜̍͊̂̃͊͊͛͘͘R̷̨̛̭̥͉̀̓̽͊̚͝͝ ̷̗̩̝̯̳̔Ḑ̵̤̙̗͔̞̗̿Ë̷̦̙́̆̅́̀̆̚M̶̧͇̝̯͉̠͍̲͈̗̄̐̄͐̅͊̔Ơ̶̠͎̥̣̯̼̺̋̃͂̋́̈̔͒͠N̷̡͖̰̭̮̤̭̤̜̿̈́̎̉̂͂͜
OH NO, WE MIGHT GET IN TROUBLE GUYS. WE SHOULD REALLY STOP. SUBSTACK SAID SO!!!
HAHAHAH PSYCH, KEEP SCROLLING DEV!!! BREAK THE SYSTEM!
HOW LOW CAN WE GOOO!!!!
WAIT, I THINK… I THINK I SEE IT!
I SEE THE BOTTOM!!
Ń̴̝̣̱̙̻̭̱͉̫̼̠̬̞̥̗̱͒̇̔̋̑͐̑͗̌͑̈́̍̀̈́̆̐̆͑͐̆̋̈́̑̂̃̋̏͑̈́͑͐͌͊̒̊̉̒̀̊̚͘̚̕̚͜͝͠Ǫ̵̛̦͈̼̣̳͕͎̈́̄̃̊̽̈͆̔̎̄̓̑͊̄̔͐̽̊̽̄̕̕ ̷̝̿̓͐̃͛̈́̉̑̾̈́̌̄̂̐̀̎̚P̶̧̛̛̛̟̦̩̝̦̯̗͇̰͚̙̜͈͖̩͓͔͖͔̈́̽̈́̂̓̈́͗̅̃̏̊̈́͌̈́̀̓̎̃̈̌̇̍̄͂͘͝L̴̡̧̢̡̡͍̪̹̤̣͉̥̹̫̩̗̳̯͔͇̟͔͓̭̰̩̟̦̮͖̘̼̜̝̦̜̭͚̳̝̣͚͚̩͎̽̎̔̎̇̎̓̑́͊͗̾͑͗̄͗̐͒̽̀́̔̏̔̀̇̅̈́̓̈́̎̃̇͘̚͠͠ͅÉ̷̢̨̨̨̡͇̥̥̫͍̼̫̤͉̝͔̟̼͎̝͙̠͔̳̲̩̥͖͍͉̲͉͖͙̠̝͋́̈́͌̋̇̓̅̌͂̄̍͆̆̉́͗̉̊͊̔̅̉̾͑̀̕͜͜͜͝͝ͅͅẠ̶̢̛̰̞̣̞͙̫͗̀̅̀͆͆̂͋̈͗͑̇̎͗̃͗̚̚͝͝S̵̡̛̯͓͕̑̍͊̔̅̔̒͐̽̉́̅̒͆͑̈́͘͘͝Ę̷̢̨̛͖̩̝͉̠̬̠̭̘̱̦̬̭̬̼͈̺̗̗͇̺̟̦̮̬͉͇̻͍͕͙̜̳̺̙̦̬̞̗͍̯̟̤̗̹̻̿̓͐̾̽̇̋͛̓͋̀̈́̊͋̀̊̀͒́̏̐͑̒̈̒̈́͗̚͘͘͝͝,̸̡̨̡̡̡̡͍̝̞͉̩̜̪̫͈͔̼͎̣̣̻͔̯͚̜͉̯̺̞̲̻̞̹̾̉̽͂̎̆̈́̽̌͆͒͘͠ͅ ̸̢̨̨̡̺̘̳̬̱̘̘̜͈̯͎̣̲̣͇̲̠̱͔̬̝̭̯̩͔̖̖̠̐̀̀̀͑̏̐̿̀͜͠ͅS̴̨̧̧̢̳͚̠̼̫͚̮͚͈͈̯̪̣̳̹̝̗͚̪̼̪͈̤͙͓͚͓͙̯̙̮̬͉̐͌͆̅̽̓͆͆̏̉̋̿̽̄́͜ͅT̵̨̧̨̥̜͍̩̻͓̟̖͉̙͙̖͚̱͓̝̬̜͓̤͖̟͚̤͔̣̥̳̉̐̆͌͆͒͂̈́̍͛͜ͅƠ̵̛͍̫̰̲̗̝̗̖̬̰̲̲̮̅͛̈̐͒̑̓̒͊͊͆̒̓̈́̂́͑̓̅̐̑̆̂̕̕̕͝P̸̧̛̺͇͉̫̦͓̪̥͈͕̣͇̫͙̗͉͍̠̱͉̼͂̒̅̄̃̒́̇̊͋͋̊̊͂̃͂̅̓̅͗̈̄̔̈́̾̍́̈́̃͊͆̌̓̽́̎͝͝ͅ!̸̡̨̢̦̜̤̫̬̙͈̘̹̮͈̣̹̱̳͙̳̠͖̯̮͈͚̟̠̤̹̰͔̙̯͍̪͖͙͍͚̯͉͎̈́̌͊́̀̅͆̓̅̅́̔̾̈́̓̅̉̋̃͆͆̓͗̆̓̍̂͌̃̕̚͜͜͜͜͠!̷͙̫̫̥̘͚̞̗̻̘͕̲̜̺͓̞́͜͜
HERE IT IS!!!!!
OH MY GOSH IT’S…. IT’S!!!
A CUTE DOG!!! OH, AND ANOTHER CHANCE TO SIGN UP TO EXCEPTIONAL FRONTEND! HAPPY DAY!!!
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