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Hello ReaderIf it feels like AI isn't pumping the brakes anytime soon, you're not imagining it. This month alone brought a new model, new tools, and a whole new way to practice on Scrimba. Blink and there's another release. But this is also the last edition of September, which means spooky season is officially loading. So grab your pumpkin spice latte and let's close out the month together. Want to make sure the newsletter lands in your inbox each week? Sign up by clicking the button below:
TL;DR πβ New Courses: Learn Agentic Codingβ β Community Townhall: Tuesday, September 29β β AI Yays & Nays: Claude Opus 5.5β β Career Corner: Junior Frontend Developer at SMXβ β Upcoming Conferences: JSNation USβ β Student Spotlight: Rajdeepβ β Poll of the week: A scary codebase + last week's results!
Remember when getting good results from AI meant spoon-feeding it every step, reminding it to "think carefully," and checking in every few minutes? Anthropic's newest model, Claude Opus 5.5, leans the other way. Hand it the whole task, tell it what finished looks like, and it can keep working on its own for hours, then tell you plainly what it did and what it needs from you. It's also about 40% cheaper to run than Opus 5! βRead the announcementβ βGetting the most out of Opus 5.5β Career Corner
Front End Web Applications Developer (Junior) at SMX SMX is a team of technical and domain experts helping organizations in areas like national security and healthcare modernize the way they work. They're looking for a junior frontend developer to help build interactive planning and reporting apps for a federal customer. If you love turning complex data into something people actually enjoy using, this one's worth a look.
βView the listingβ Brush up:Advanced JavaScript Β· The Frontend Developer Career Pathβ New Courses
Tom just gave the community an early look at his new Learn Agentic Coding course. Scrimba now has its own coding agent built right into the platform, so you get real hands-on practice inside scrims, just like any other Scrimba course. The focus is on principles, not one specific tool, so what you learn carries over to Codex, Claude Code, and desktop and CLI workflows too. Best part? It's free. The AI credits are on us. π° βStart the courseβ βSee Tom's full announcement on Discordβ Tom will be talking through the course and more at next week's Townhall. Bring your questions! βJoin the Townhallβ Upcoming Conferences: JSNation US
JSNation is heading to the New York area this fall, with talks held at the Liberty Science Center planetarium in Jersey City. November 16: in-person and streamed online November 19: remote day Expect around 40 talks, hands-on workshops, and a brand new Ai.js track focused on building production AI with JavaScript and TypeScript. Missed JSNation Amsterdam back in June? The 2026 recordings are available to watch on the JSNation site. βGet tickets and detailsβ Poll of the Week
Most of you (44.4%) work in two languages and switch between them without thinking, with the one-language crew close behind at 33.3%. Nobody has lost count, and that's a good sign. This community goes deep before it goes wide, and once the fundamentals click, the next language gets a lot less scary. This week:
Student Spotlight
βRajdeep learned React and Tailwind CSS through Scrimba's free courses, then started sending cold DMs on LinkedIn. One of them landed him a remote role as a fullstack and AI agent developer at a Swiss tech company. Questions about his cold outreach? Say hi on Discord (@axsh6220). βRead his full storyβ Start where he did: Learn React Β· Learn Tailwind CSSβ Meme of the Week
Somewhere out there, a smart kettle is one request away from finally living its truth. β Wrap up πββ¬It's time for your weekly dose of cuteness from #scrimba-pets! πΆπ±ππ
Trudy is ready to hop on a call. π₯ Thank you for reading, everyone! Have a lovely week, keep calm and Scrimba on.
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