Aight, whatβs up everyone? Iβm turning this channel into a space where I drop my thoughts, coding stuff, rants - basically whatever's on my mind. I just needed a spot to talk, and hey, where better than here? π
Okay okay, not just for talking.. I'll be sharing anything useful I come across in my coding journey (and life too). Hopefully, it ends up being helpful for you... and who knows, maybe youβll throw some good stuff my way too if weβre vibing on the same wavelength.
Stick around with me, at least give me a three-day free trial before unsubscribing lol.
Not sure how often Iβll post, but when I do, itβll be worth a glance (hopefully). So yeah, bear with me!
Okay okay, not just for talking.. I'll be sharing anything useful I come across in my coding journey (and life too). Hopefully, it ends up being helpful for you... and who knows, maybe youβll throw some good stuff my way too if weβre vibing on the same wavelength.
Stick around with me, at least give me a three-day free trial before unsubscribing lol.
Not sure how often Iβll post, but when I do, itβll be worth a glance (hopefully). So yeah, bear with me!
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Forwarded from Chapi Dev Talks
Juma Mubarek
Hey devs! π¨βππ©βπ
If you want to fast-track your career and land a dream job right out of school, you need to go hardcore on the advanced stuff. Don't just follow the curriculumβgo deep.
Here are some ambitious technical areas to focus on:
Deep Dive into Core Concepts
* Databases: Don't just learn SQL. Go deep into database internals, understand indexing strategies, and master advanced query optimization. Try to optimize a query on a huge, randomly-generated dataset to see the difference.
* Operating Systems: Learn about OS threads and asynchronous programming. Understand how they work at a low level and how to manage concurrency effectively.
* Language Internals: Dive into how your favorite programming language actually works. How does Python's interpreter execute code? How does JavaScript's single-threaded nature handle so many operations?
* Networking: Get to know tools like Nginx, Apache, and others. Understand how a web server processes requests, handles traffic, and serves content.
Build Ambitious Projects
* High-Volume Servers: Challenge yourself to build a local server that can handle a massive number of requests. Experiment with scaling and performance.
* VPS Exploration: Get your hands on a Virtual Private Server (VPS). Deploy your projects, learn how to configure domains and DNS records, and get comfortable in a real-world server environment.
* OAuth: Create your own OAuth implementation to understand how modern authentication and authorization work.
* Clone Projects You Admire: Find a project you love and try to recreate it from scratch. This is one of the best ways to learn the architecture of a complex system.
Do the most ambitious projects you can imagine. Document your entire journeyβevery success and every failure. Post your progress on X (Twitter), GitHub, or a personal blog.
I guarantee that if you dedicate yourself to this path, you will get the job you've always wanted, and the money will follow. Your hard work will speak for itself.
Chapi
Hey devs! π¨βππ©βπ
If you want to fast-track your career and land a dream job right out of school, you need to go hardcore on the advanced stuff. Don't just follow the curriculumβgo deep.
Here are some ambitious technical areas to focus on:
Deep Dive into Core Concepts
* Databases: Don't just learn SQL. Go deep into database internals, understand indexing strategies, and master advanced query optimization. Try to optimize a query on a huge, randomly-generated dataset to see the difference.
* Operating Systems: Learn about OS threads and asynchronous programming. Understand how they work at a low level and how to manage concurrency effectively.
* Language Internals: Dive into how your favorite programming language actually works. How does Python's interpreter execute code? How does JavaScript's single-threaded nature handle so many operations?
* Networking: Get to know tools like Nginx, Apache, and others. Understand how a web server processes requests, handles traffic, and serves content.
Build Ambitious Projects
* High-Volume Servers: Challenge yourself to build a local server that can handle a massive number of requests. Experiment with scaling and performance.
* VPS Exploration: Get your hands on a Virtual Private Server (VPS). Deploy your projects, learn how to configure domains and DNS records, and get comfortable in a real-world server environment.
* OAuth: Create your own OAuth implementation to understand how modern authentication and authorization work.
* Clone Projects You Admire: Find a project you love and try to recreate it from scratch. This is one of the best ways to learn the architecture of a complex system.
Do the most ambitious projects you can imagine. Document your entire journeyβevery success and every failure. Post your progress on X (Twitter), GitHub, or a personal blog.
I guarantee that if you dedicate yourself to this path, you will get the job you've always wanted, and the money will follow. Your hard work will speak for itself.
Chapi
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A girl on the street asked me for 10 birr. I told her, βMy mom only gave me money for taxi, nothing else.β She smiled and said, βDonβt say my mom, say my wife.β I smiled back and told her, βIβm not married yet, Iβm single and in my early twenties.β But she insisted I was married and even had a kid.
Moral of the story: Iβm not married, Iβm actually very much single. So donβt hold back from submitting your application just because you assumed I was taken :)
Moral of the story: Iβm not married, Iβm actually very much single. So donβt hold back from submitting your application just because you assumed I was taken :)
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Spent the past three days participating in the National ID Hackathon... honestly, such a worthwhile experience. I learned a ton about what can be done with Fayda ID and the kinds of projects they're working on right now. Turns out Fayda has potential applications in a bunch of areas like blockchain, agritech, and smart governance.
We had people from different sectors join us... even someone from the World Bank... and they shared real challenges they face, like how hard it is to distribute aid in rural areas because so many people donβt have proper identification.
Also, gotta say, the accommodation Fayda provided was a pleasant surprise. I mean, I didnβt expect the government to put us up in a four-star hotel, with food and everything covered. Thought weβd be crashing in some university dorms or something. Sure, we were finalists, but still... didnβt see that coming. I think Iβm gonna sign up for anything that has βFaydaβ in the name from now on (mainly for the food and hotel π ).
The results of the hackathon havenβt been announced yet... theyβre coming out this Wednesday.
Overall, I took away two main lessons from the whole thing. First, solving real-world problems isnβt about building the fanciest system... itβs about creating something that actually works for the people it's meant to serve. Like, in rural areas, a lot of folks have low literacy, no internet, and sometimes not even electricity. So whatever system you build needs to take all that into account.
Second, having your ideas clearly mapped out from start to finish before jumping into implementation is a lifesaver. Otherwise, you might start off building an e-commerce app and somehow end up halfway through a delivery platform. Staying focused makes it way more likely youβll actually solve the problem instead of getting lost along the way.
We had people from different sectors join us... even someone from the World Bank... and they shared real challenges they face, like how hard it is to distribute aid in rural areas because so many people donβt have proper identification.
Also, gotta say, the accommodation Fayda provided was a pleasant surprise. I mean, I didnβt expect the government to put us up in a four-star hotel, with food and everything covered. Thought weβd be crashing in some university dorms or something. Sure, we were finalists, but still... didnβt see that coming. I think Iβm gonna sign up for anything that has βFaydaβ in the name from now on (mainly for the food and hotel π ).
The results of the hackathon havenβt been announced yet... theyβre coming out this Wednesday.
Overall, I took away two main lessons from the whole thing. First, solving real-world problems isnβt about building the fanciest system... itβs about creating something that actually works for the people it's meant to serve. Like, in rural areas, a lot of folks have low literacy, no internet, and sometimes not even electricity. So whatever system you build needs to take all that into account.
Second, having your ideas clearly mapped out from start to finish before jumping into implementation is a lifesaver. Otherwise, you might start off building an e-commerce app and somehow end up halfway through a delivery platform. Staying focused makes it way more likely youβll actually solve the problem instead of getting lost along the way.
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why is the internet always down when you are about to join a meeting ?
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The most important article you can read: why your website should be under 14KB in size.
If you're building for a country where the internet is so crap, you canβt expect people to use your site if itβs bloated.
https://endtimes.dev/why-your-website-should-be-under-14kb-in-size/
If you're building for a country where the internet is so crap, you canβt expect people to use your site if itβs bloated.
https://endtimes.dev/why-your-website-should-be-under-14kb-in-size/
Some of us including me always complain about being a student at Addis Ababa University. But the bitter truth is AAU is by far better than most universities in Ethiopia.
According to the laws of statistics, I might be wrong to make such a statement. since Iβve only visited AASTU and ASTU so far. But hereβs why I say this - the universities most often mentioned as being βactiveβ in tech are those two. Yet, when I saw the infrastructure there (which is way lower compared to AAU).. itβs not the university itself that makes them active... itβs the students.
Theyβre engineering campuses, but if you get an F in Machine or Thermodynamics... the staircases feel more like theyβre open to let you jump than to actually let you go down :) Jokes aside... thereβs really nothing in the environment that draws you in. Most startups and innovation centers are in Addis anyway.
Conclusion to my little rant... letβs use the opportunities we have as AAU students. Donβt mind me... Iβm writing this in the middle of the night after many hours of debugging... but yeah, it is what it is :)
According to the laws of statistics, I might be wrong to make such a statement. since Iβve only visited AASTU and ASTU so far. But hereβs why I say this - the universities most often mentioned as being βactiveβ in tech are those two. Yet, when I saw the infrastructure there (which is way lower compared to AAU).. itβs not the university itself that makes them active... itβs the students.
Theyβre engineering campuses, but if you get an F in Machine or Thermodynamics... the staircases feel more like theyβre open to let you jump than to actually let you go down :) Jokes aside... thereβs really nothing in the environment that draws you in. Most startups and innovation centers are in Addis anyway.
Conclusion to my little rant... letβs use the opportunities we have as AAU students. Donβt mind me... Iβm writing this in the middle of the night after many hours of debugging... but yeah, it is what it is :)
π2
more code =/= better apps.
as having more laws doesn't ensure justice, writing more code doesn't let you build better apps. and the new technology, AI, made the wrong part easier. which is it lets you write more words but not quality one.
agree ?
as having more laws doesn't ensure justice, writing more code doesn't let you build better apps. and the new technology, AI, made the wrong part easier. which is it lets you write more words but not quality one.
agree ?
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back in high school... whenever I joined events like hackathons or competitions... Iβd see university students and think, βwow, theyβre so oldβ and I couldnβt imagine competing in something that high schoolers could still join once I got to their age.
now Iβm a 5th-year student... and at every hackathon there are these insanely smart high schoolers making me feel dumb, like Iβve never done anything better since high school. π
theyβre smart and active, fr.
late_night_rant
now Iβm a 5th-year student... and at every hackathon there are these insanely smart high schoolers making me feel dumb, like Iβve never done anything better since high school. π
theyβre smart and active, fr.
late_night_rant
if you are looking to apply for internships and jobs in big techs, these github repos might be worth to consider. drop in the comment section if you know other.
https://github.com/speedyapply/2025-SWE-College-Jobs?tab=readme-ov-file
https://github.com/vanshb03/Summer2026-Internships?tab=readme-ov-file
https://github.com/SimplifyJobs/Summer2026-Internships
https://github.com/speedyapply/2025-SWE-College-Jobs?tab=readme-ov-file
https://github.com/vanshb03/Summer2026-Internships?tab=readme-ov-file
https://github.com/SimplifyJobs/Summer2026-Internships
GitHub
GitHub - speedyapply/2026-SWE-College-Jobs: 2026 SWE internship & new graduate job list updated daily
2026 SWE internship & new graduate job list updated daily - speedyapply/2026-SWE-College-Jobs
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Forwarded from Birhan Nega
α₯αα α³α΅α Product Development
α₯α α¨α αα΄αα α°αααα½ αααΈα΅α°α α©ααα΅α΅α α¨ααα αα α΅ αααα«α΅ α α αα΅α΅ α³α΅ α α₯α₯α αα α¨αα«α΅αα₯α©α α΅α αααα«α΅ αα αα’ α α αα»α© α αα΄αα α³α·α α α½αααα α¨20 α αα α α₯α₯αα½ α α΅αα α¨αα«αα α¨αα³ α α³ααΆα αα αα’ α₯αα°αα α« αα α α₯α₯α αα¨α¨α»α αα³α΅ αααα αα½αα α’
αΆαα΅ααα αα Ui α αα¨ α ααα¨ α³αα¨αα functional α¨αα app α°αα°α α¨αα½α‘ α αα’ α΅α«αα αα΅α« αα³αα© αα°αα³α α¨ααα΅ α ααα΅ α°αα½ ααα΅ ααα’
ααα½ α°αα α¨ααα α αα α¨αα«α³α΅α£αΈα UI ααα’ Redesign α₯α«α°α¨α αα«α΅ ααα³αα’ α αα¨α¨α»α α¨α°ααααα α«αα α³ααα ααα«α α’ α αα΄αα α₯αα°ααα α°αα½ αα αα’
α αα αα α¨ααα« α‘α΅α ααα α¨αα£α ααα΅αα α’ α₯α© α³ααα αα₯α₯ αα α²αα£ αα³α«αα’
ααΈα ααα αα₯α€ α³α± α αα°ααα’ αα³α€α α«ααα½αα΅ α¨αα€α΅ α°α α₯ααα ααα’
α₯α α¨α αα΄αα α°αααα½ αααΈα΅α°α α©ααα΅α΅α α¨ααα αα α΅ αααα«α΅ α α αα΅α΅ α³α΅ α α₯α₯α αα α¨αα«α΅αα₯α©α α΅α αααα«α΅ αα αα’ α α αα»α© α αα΄αα α³α·α α α½αααα α¨20 α αα α α₯α₯αα½ α α΅αα α¨αα«αα α¨αα³ α α³ααΆα αα αα’ α₯αα°αα α« αα α α₯α₯α αα¨α¨α»α αα³α΅ αααα αα½αα α’
αΆαα΅ααα αα Ui α αα¨ α ααα¨ α³αα¨αα functional α¨αα app α°αα°α α¨αα½α‘ α αα’ α΅α«αα αα΅α« αα³αα© αα°αα³α α¨ααα΅ α ααα΅ α°αα½ ααα΅ ααα’
ααα½ α°αα α¨ααα α αα α¨αα«α³α΅α£αΈα UI ααα’ Redesign α₯α«α°α¨α αα«α΅ ααα³αα’ α αα¨α¨α»α α¨α°ααααα α«αα α³ααα ααα«α α’ α αα΄αα α₯αα°ααα α°αα½ αα αα’
α αα αα α¨ααα« α‘α΅α ααα α¨αα£α ααα΅αα α’ α₯α© α³ααα αα₯α₯ αα α²αα£ αα³α«αα’
ααΈα ααα αα₯α€ α³α± α αα°ααα’ αα³α€α α«ααα½αα΅ α¨αα€α΅ α°α α₯ααα ααα’
Birhan Nega
α αα αα α¨ααα« α‘α΅α ααα α¨αα£α ααα΅αα α’ α₯α© α³ααα αα₯α₯ αα α²αα£ αα³α«αα’
we are almost saying this year to year. but I hope this time we take points from every game ...and gyokeres won't flop upπ