I just wasted 40 minutes of my life trying to fix an API call. 😩
I was trying to post JSON data to a remote DB and kept getting a 500 error.
I rewrote the entire function—nothing.
Closed Postman and the terminal twice—still nothing.
Finally, in a moment of despair, my eyes caught it…
My "refills" field had "no_refills "—a single rogue space.
Yes. One tiny space. And the DB was rejecting it.
I was trying to post JSON data to a remote DB and kept getting a 500 error.
I rewrote the entire function—nothing.
Closed Postman and the terminal twice—still nothing.
Finally, in a moment of despair, my eyes caught it…
My "refills" field had "no_refills "—a single rogue space.
Yes. One tiny space. And the DB was rejecting it.
😭1
Commit Happens
Week 4 recap: 🎨 CMS UI? Locked in & finished. 🏋️♂️ Workout streak? Had ups & downs, but I’m still moving forward. 😴 Sleep cycle? Surprisingly stable—feels like I can actually get used to this. Week 5 plans: ⚙️ Finish the rest of the backend (or at least…
Week 5 → Week 6 🚀
Good morning & happy Monday ☀️ wow the week flew by fast!
✅ Last week was productive:
Finished a big chunk of the backend (might even wrap it up this week 👀).
Frontend states are finally behaving 🧩.
The “+2 coding hours” plan… let’s just say it backfired 😅.
📌 Week 6 goals:
⚙️ Finish & deploy the project.
⏳ Keep coding hours high (for real this time).
Let’s ship it 🚢✨
Good morning & happy Monday ☀️ wow the week flew by fast!
✅ Last week was productive:
Finished a big chunk of the backend (might even wrap it up this week 👀).
Frontend states are finally behaving 🧩.
The “+2 coding hours” plan… let’s just say it backfired 😅.
📌 Week 6 goals:
⚙️ Finish & deploy the project.
⏳ Keep coding hours high (for real this time).
Let’s ship it 🚢✨
Deadly rain, Mebrat gone, no candle, no WiFi… just me sitting here like an offline NPC
FAAAAAAA!
FAAAAAAA!
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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.
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Follow: DevNotes
🎉 Happy New Year everyone! 🎉
Wishing you all a fruitful and successful year ahead
Wishing you all a fruitful and successful year ahead
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Y’all better start thinking of every day as a fresh start 😁. Anyway, Happy Ethiopian New Year! (’Cause I know low key someone out there is keeping the European New Year as a backup in case this one doesn’t work out.)
@selfmadecoder
Y’all better start thinking of every day as a fresh start 😁. Anyway, Happy Ethiopian New Year! (’Cause I know low key someone out there is keeping the European New Year as a backup in case this one doesn’t work out.)
@selfmadecoder
Mebrat was trippin today.
But I dont blame them wth was the weather, not a wind it was a natural disaster
But I dont blame them wth was the weather, not a wind it was a natural disaster
AAAAH! Been trying to check my brother’s matric result, but Cloudflare keeps hitting me with that endless verify loop
💀 I’ve never hated a tool this much in my entire dev life.
💀 I’ve never hated a tool this much in my entire dev life.
why is anything i build ugly? any ui..... even if i copy the exact same thing seconds later it turns ugly wth is it me or theres something they add on each web designs to look only fine when i dont implement it🤔 its like the world is beautiful if am not in it.. weird
I was rushing through a project, got stuck… then boom 💡 self-revelation moment. I realized: yeah, I’ve got the basics, but I’ve been leaning way too much on AI + notes.
So I switched gears — started breaking down every topic, mastering my stack like the back of my hand. Turns out AI isn’t a 2x power boost if you don’t own the fundamentals. The real glow-up? Using AI only for quick stuff like dummy data or memo boosts.
Paused my projects for some deep reflection, and now I’m wrapping up the process. Feels like I leveled up.
So I switched gears — started breaking down every topic, mastering my stack like the back of my hand. Turns out AI isn’t a 2x power boost if you don’t own the fundamentals. The real glow-up? Using AI only for quick stuff like dummy data or memo boosts.
Paused my projects for some deep reflection, and now I’m wrapping up the process. Feels like I leveled up.
🔥 Tomorrow is Demera — aaaah my dad already told me to build the frikin thing 😂. Every year this day feels so weird… I wake up early, go out hunting for burnable woods, koshem, anything that’ll light up just to stack it all together. Like some scavenger mission side quest 😅.
It’s funny but also kinda emotional, ngl… walking around looking for sticks makes me feel like kuralew 😭. One of the strangest yet most nostalgic holidays ever.
It’s funny but also kinda emotional, ngl… walking around looking for sticks makes me feel like kuralew 😭. One of the strangest yet most nostalgic holidays ever.
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I just tasted Socket.IO for the first time 😅
Wanted to feel that live connection vibe, so I built a mini chat app.
Usually, I’m stuck in the weird world of REST controllers and routes… but this? This feels alive.
Knocked it down eventually, but damn, I feel fulfilled and dumb at the same time like I know so little compared to the folks I admire.
But I keep pushing, building, breaking, learning… let’s see where this ride ends lol
Wanted to feel that live connection vibe, so I built a mini chat app.
Usually, I’m stuck in the weird world of REST controllers and routes… but this? This feels alive.
Knocked it down eventually, but damn, I feel fulfilled and dumb at the same time like I know so little compared to the folks I admire.
But I keep pushing, building, breaking, learning… let’s see where this ride ends lol