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Bereket Engida for the 2025 JavaScriptLandia Awards
Bereket (@imbereket) is being nominated for Outstanding Contribution from a New Arrival for his impactful work on BetterAuth, which is making authentication simpler and helping many developers.
The community has already started nominating him. Let’s add our support.
📅 Nominations close Sept 19
🏆 Winners announced at JSConf 2025 (Oct 14–16, Maryland)
Nominate Bereket 👉 here.
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Bereket (@imbereket) is being nominated for Outstanding Contribution from a New Arrival for his impactful work on BetterAuth, which is making authentication simpler and helping many developers.
The community has already started nominating him. Let’s add our support.
📅 Nominations close Sept 19
🏆 Winners announced at JSConf 2025 (Oct 14–16, Maryland)
Nominate Bereket 👉 here.
Original: x post
Follow: DevNotes
From PowerPoint to Programming: Reflections on My First Year Coding (2017 E.C.) 😁
As 2017 E.C. wraps up and we enter Pagumen — the Ethiopian calendar’s special time for reflection and resetting — I wanted to take a moment to look back at my very first year of learning programming.
I started with zero knowledge, no PC even, and honestly my only “computer skill” was making PowerPoint slides 😁. Imagine that! But driven by curiosity and a hunger to change my path, I jumped in headfirst. I picked one programming language and dived deep into Django for about six months, building a blog, a social media app, and even a loan tracker API.
It wasn’t all smooth sailing. I exploring Data Structures & Algorithms and planned to practice on LeetCode, but haven’t gotten to the questions yet (baby steps!). I started lots of projects that didn’t reach the finish line but fueled my learning and creativity. I’m also dreaming big with ideas for solving real problems — some still just concepts, while a few AI products are still in progress.
One of the highlights? I participated in a team that got 2nd place at the AASTU Tech Fest 2025 hackathon!
Reflecting on my journey so far, I realize that every failure, every unfinished task, was just part of the process. The biggest step is believing that change is possible and showing up to do the work.
But here’s the thing: I write the path in short, but I’ve lived it the long way 😅 — distraction, insecurity, struggling to stick to one thing, fear of failure, bad habits, and confidence that goes on and off like a switch. Those ups and downs hit hard, but they’re real and part of the journey.
Looking ahead to 2018 E.C., I’m full of hope and determination to keep growing, stay consistent, and turn those struggles into stepping stones. The best is yet to come.
As 2017 E.C. wraps up and we enter Pagumen — the Ethiopian calendar’s special time for reflection and resetting — I wanted to take a moment to look back at my very first year of learning programming.
I started with zero knowledge, no PC even, and honestly my only “computer skill” was making PowerPoint slides 😁. Imagine that! But driven by curiosity and a hunger to change my path, I jumped in headfirst. I picked one programming language and dived deep into Django for about six months, building a blog, a social media app, and even a loan tracker API.
It wasn’t all smooth sailing. I exploring Data Structures & Algorithms and planned to practice on LeetCode, but haven’t gotten to the questions yet (baby steps!). I started lots of projects that didn’t reach the finish line but fueled my learning and creativity. I’m also dreaming big with ideas for solving real problems — some still just concepts, while a few AI products are still in progress.
One of the highlights? I participated in a team that got 2nd place at the AASTU Tech Fest 2025 hackathon!
Reflecting on my journey so far, I realize that every failure, every unfinished task, was just part of the process. The biggest step is believing that change is possible and showing up to do the work.
But here’s the thing: I write the path in short, but I’ve lived it the long way 😅 — distraction, insecurity, struggling to stick to one thing, fear of failure, bad habits, and confidence that goes on and off like a switch. Those ups and downs hit hard, but they’re real and part of the journey.
Looking ahead to 2018 E.C., I’m full of hope and determination to keep growing, stay consistent, and turn those struggles into stepping stones. The best is yet to come.
❤4
Good night , Moon watchers! As the eclipse fades, remember even darkness brings beauty.
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Hey you guys, I built a web app called Dotune to help you discover new artists and fresh tracks. It uses the Spotify API to access your saved songs and LastFM API to find similar tracks. Any new songs not already in your library are added to your recommendations, giving you fresh music to enjoy.
Sad news tho, Due to Spotify’s updated policy (as of May 15, 2025), the API now only supports Extended Quota mode for organizations, limiting individual accounts to 25 users in development mode. If you want to try it, fill out this form and get your playlist.
Access is first come, first serve, only the first 25 users will be able to have Dotune access their saved tracks and generate a playlist.
Sad news tho, Due to Spotify’s updated policy (as of May 15, 2025), the API now only supports Extended Quota mode for organizations, limiting individual accounts to 25 users in development mode. If you want to try it, fill out this form and get your playlist.
Access is first come, first serve, only the first 25 users will be able to have Dotune access their saved tracks and generate a playlist.
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Could someone please make a video explaining what software engineers actually do locked in their rooms with laptops 24/7? Because honestly, Ethiopian parents and even others just don’t get it 😭😭.
Forwarded from Found This
Found this open source android app that let's you:
- Block reels and shorts
- Block custom user defined keywords
- Have "Focus Mode" where you can block certain or all apps from being opened for some time
- Show time elapsed using an app on the centre of the screen
Been testing out a closed source app but i had some concerns about privacy, but with this open source app it's more transparent.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/nethical.digipaws/
#Android #Reel #Short #Blocker #App
- Block reels and shorts
- Block custom user defined keywords
- Have "Focus Mode" where you can block certain or all apps from being opened for some time
- Show time elapsed using an app on the centre of the screen
Been testing out a closed source app but i had some concerns about privacy, but with this open source app it's more transparent.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/nethical.digipaws/
#Android #Reel #Short #Blocker #App
Forwarded from Me Says
Having “interesting” or “unique” ideas doesn’t make you a genius. Believe it or not, everyone has ideas. When someone succeeds, a lot of people say, “I thought of that too” or “That was my idea.” Sure, maybe you did! but you weren’t the only one…
What matters isn’t the idea itself, because ideas are easy. What makes you special is actually doing SOMETHING about it. Taking the first step, putting it into ACTION. That’s the hard part. That’s what sets you apart.
What matters isn’t the idea itself, because ideas are easy. What makes you special is actually doing SOMETHING about it. Taking the first step, putting it into ACTION. That’s the hard part. That’s what sets you apart.
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Forwarded from Dagmawi Babi
Better Hack
• Better-Hack.io
Me and other awesome people from the community have prepared an epic hackathon for you guys. Sponsored by Better Auth, we're holding a 24 hour hackathon on October 04 & 05.
Come build an amazing project to win from an epic prize pool of 200k ETB. The hackathon is filled with a great line of sessions and networking opportunities.
We've been hard at work trying to give you an amazing experience and more over a chance to gain experience and learn from other incredible people like you.
Registrations end on Wednesday midnight. Remember to pick a great idea since we'll be filtering it and be sure to pick an epic team to join with (3-5 people including team lead).
We've got food and merch so all you gotta bring is your PCs and your hackathon energy. The place is DxValley 2.0 and can't wait to see you all there :)
#Events #Hackathons #BetterHack
@Dagmawi_Babi
• Better-Hack.io
Me and other awesome people from the community have prepared an epic hackathon for you guys. Sponsored by Better Auth, we're holding a 24 hour hackathon on October 04 & 05.
Come build an amazing project to win from an epic prize pool of 200k ETB. The hackathon is filled with a great line of sessions and networking opportunities.
We've been hard at work trying to give you an amazing experience and more over a chance to gain experience and learn from other incredible people like you.
Registrations end on Wednesday midnight. Remember to pick a great idea since we'll be filtering it and be sure to pick an epic team to join with (3-5 people including team lead).
We've got food and merch so all you gotta bring is your PCs and your hackathon energy. The place is DxValley 2.0 and can't wait to see you all there :)
#Events #Hackathons #BetterHack
@Dagmawi_Babi