Category: Daily Micro-Blog
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Your Body Doesn’t Give a Fuck About Your Code – Take Care of It
Yesterday, I went to a chiropractor. Again. Because my low back has been fucked up for years. Another visit, another “fix,” then back to the grind. But this time, it hit differently. New doctor, fresh perspective. And suddenly, amidst all the noise—**tech, coding, ML, content, side projects, social media, job market stress—**I realized something. I…
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Unlocking the Full Power of Chrome DevTools
Alright, let’s talk Chrome DevTools. If you’re a developer—especially a frontend engineer—you probably use it daily. But do you really know how deep the rabbit hole goes? Most people just inspect CSS, tweak some styles, and maybe throw a console.log() in there like cavemen debugging JavaScript. But DevTools? This beast is way more powerful than…
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Battle of the Free LLMs: DeepSeek R1 vs ChatGPT o3-mini
Yesterday at work, I found myself in a hellhole of test coverage. You know the drill—writing unit tests for utility functions. I had already covered 80% with the help of some regular AI models. But then I got told to push it to 100% coverage. Shit. I hate this part. The Test Coverage Grind Completing…
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How to Learn Programming (Fast) in 2025
So, you wanna learn to code—fast? No bullshit, no fluff. Just straight-up how to get from zero to writing actual code without wasting time. If I had to start over today in 2025, here’s exactly what I’d do. Step 1: Figure Out How You Learn Best Not everyone learns the same way. Some people like…
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Software Engineer Salaries in the US: How Much Can You Really Make?
Alright, let’s cut through the bullshit. If you’re getting into software engineering, you’re probably doing it for two reasons: you love coding, or you love money. And if it’s the second one—well, my friend, you’ve made a solid fucking choice. Software engineers in the US are some of the highest-paid professionals in the game. But…
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Met a Tech Cofounder at a Kid’s Birthday Party – Here’s His Story
So today, at a random kid’s birthday party, between all the balloons, screaming toddlers, and adults pretending to care about cake—I met a tech cofounder. The guy is now a CEO/Product guy at a financial software company. They build tools for finance industry clients, and it’s an actual, profitable business. But how did he get…
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How to Keep Your Shit Together in 2025 as a Software Developer (When the Job Market is Trash)?
Short answer? I dunno. Long answer? Let’s talk about it. The Battlefield of Software Development Right now, developers are struggling like crazy just to land a decent job. The market is brutal, and everyone’s handling it in different ways: ⚡ The LeetCode Warriors – Grinding LeetCode like it’s their religion, submitting thousands of job applications,…
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No Excuses—Just Fucking Do It
Back when I worked at IBM as an Account Manager in Sales, my boss, Denis, had a habit of cutting through bullshit like a chainsaw. Every time I explained why I couldn’t complete something, he’d look me dead in the eye and say:👉 “Excuses!”👉 “Bullshit!” “Excuses” was his favorite. And, honestly? He was fucking right.…
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The Roller Coaster of Grinding vs. Consuming
I was talking to my wife recently, telling her how life sometimes feels like a goddamn roller coaster. And honestly? I’ve caught myself having this same thought over and over again throughout the years. One moment, you’re grinding—learning a new programming language, diving into Kubernetes, smashing Machine Learning courses, picking up Spanish, hitting the gym,…
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AI Reasoning Models: Scary, Helpful… and the New Normal
Yesterday at work, I finally solved a problem that had been haunting me and my colleagues for way too long. We had tried everything—our usual debugging, googling, Stack Overflow rituals, even regular LLM models like ChatGPT 4o. Nothing fucking worked. So I decided to go full experimental mode and throw the problem at a reasoning…