I Built a Full Weather App for a Fake Job. Here Is the Whole Story.
By Joseph Ndungi It was a regular Tuesday. I was on leave, casually scrolling through my phone, enjoying a quiet break from work when something caught…
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The Seven Cycles of a Life — And How to Show Up in Each One
I've been writing a book about compression. The core idea is simple: understanding something means compressing it — distilling its essential structure…
API Versioning: Simplicity or Flexibility for the Developer?
API Versioning: The Delicate Balance Between Simplicity and Flexibility While designing and developing APIs for various projects, a recurring question…
Product Tree Denormalization in Side Projects: Is It Really Necessary?
When working on my side projects or in a production ERP, the structure called a "product tree" always comes up. Essentially, it's a hierarchical struc…
App Size: A Battle for Every Kilobyte, or Prioritizing Functionality?
Throughout my software development career, especially over the last 20 years, I've constantly sought a balance between system and software aspects. On…
BGP Knowledge for Indie Hackers: Is It Really Necessary?
The world of indie hackers typically demands deep knowledge in areas like software development, product management, and marketing. When you're trying …
Secret Rotation Automation: The Operational Cost of Security
Secret Rotation Automation: What is the Real Cost? The rotation of secrets is the cornerstone of security practices. However, beyond being an operatio…
4 Smart Ways to Manage Retries in Side Projects
Introduction: The Hidden Teachers of My Own Projects Side projects, undertaken on my own initiative, have become the greatest learning grounds in my c…
Swap Fire on My VPS: A Nightmare That Started with a Kernel CVE Patch
Sudden Increase in Swap Usage: Symptoms and Initial Findings This morning, when I connected to my server, I wanted to check the system health before s…
Living on My Own Server: An Indie Hacker's Work-Life Balance
Living on My Own Server: An Indie Hacker's Work-Life Balance Running my own servers has been the foundation of both my work and personal projects for …
I built a 'life in weeks' poster generator in one HTML file
I made a tool that draws every week of your life on a single sheet of paper. A long human life is roughly 5,200 weeks. That's a 100-row × 52-column gr…