Today we kicked off our internship at KurazTech and the orientation was good. I'm surprised to know that internships have a learning phase. When I started my first internship back in third year, my supervisor just gave me a project to work on and I had figure out everything... Anyway I have a feeling that it's gonna be a great experience. I'll just trust the process and see where it takes me😊

July plans:
- Get involved in church programs
- Release Grindly MVP
- Solve at least 30 LC problems
- Learn a lot from my internship

Idk why I get nervous in meetings 😩
how can I change that ? Should I expose myself to meetings more often?

I am super happy to announce that ScholarXIV.com has gotten an amazing Angel Investor.

He is investing $10k for 8% of the company at a post-money evaluation of $125k, and also apart from the investment, this investor is paying and helping with the incorporation of the company.

The investor is very incredible first for reaching out and then in that the investment is solely based on me and not on the product itself. Meaning I could pivot, I could decide the date I'll accept the investment and just makes things very flexible for me.

Currently I have decided to deal with the investment after YC applications which the investor is completely fine with but I have now started speeding up the company formation process in the US while expenses are covered by the Angel Investor.

There's still so much to go, so many decisions to make and most importantly so much to build. But even being in this spot and position is all God's good doing and grace. I also would like to thank all of you for the support and encouragement.

This's wonderful news and it's all credits to God.

#ScholarXIVWeb
@Dagmawi_Babi

The primegen is pushing me hard to switch to Arch fr

Has Leetcode helped in your real life job?

A lot of people say Leetcode is useless for the real job, is that true?

I am aware the two styles of coding are completely different, they have different aims, but surely to some degree there would be crossover? Or it really like oil and water.

The first answer to this question on reddit 👇

Yes!
There was a situation at work where the future of the company depended on efficiently solving an algorithm.

We assembled a dozen engineers. No one else knew how to solve the probalem. We were stumped. 'The best we can do is quadratic time' one engineer said.. 'We might have to close this product of we cannot find a better solution' the CTO announced.

That's when I realized it ☝️-- the problem can be reduced to finding the longest increasing subsequence! I quickly coded up a solution in Python in 35 minutes.

The CTO was flabbergasted. I was promoted 5 SDE levels that day.

Then I woke up from my dream and went back to work making shitty Java APIs

Ambition without action becomes anxiety

Just reverted back everything to my yesterday's commit after spending the whole day implementing a feature😩😮‍💨

Me reacting with❤️ thinking they'd assume I'm on my phone while I'm actually on my PC 🤭

me: Based on what you know of me, who do you think I'm a big fan of ?

chatGPT:
1. The Primegen
2. Fireship
3. Elon Musk
4. Linus Trovalds

I don't like Musk tho

And Uncle Bob. you should check'em out if you're interested in software architecture.

Ken Thompson
Created UNIX in 1971 when he was 28 years old.
Created Go in 2009 when he was 66 years old,
Developed the B programming language (which led to C),
Created UTF-8 encoding (making international text possible online), and Designed essential tools like grep that developers still rely on daily.

He also helped with the development of Multics (that led to UNIX), Plan 9 from Bell Labs and Inferno operating systems.

Has anybody here ever sent money to CBE Birr to a number that actually doesn't have CBE Birr account?

A quick heads-up from something that happened to me recently.

I accidentally sent money to a number that doesn’t even have a CBE Birr account. Sounds harmless, right? You’d think the money just bounces back or something. Nope. 😑

I went to the bank thinking it’d be a quick fix but it turned out, most workers don’t even know how to handle it. Some didn’t want to check, others just told me to “write a letter to the center in Addis.” Even though the call center (951) told me the money can be withdrawn with a passcode, and that branch workers could help, no one actually helped.

So yeah… moral of the story?

Double-check the number before sending
Don’t assume it’s easy to reverse if something goes wrong
CBE’s system lets you send to numbers with no account… and fixing that mistake is a headache

Stay sharp out there ✌️

I got to the next round for the INSA summer camp. Wish me luck everybody😊

⏳ The first of its kind in Africa is landing here in Addis Ababa.
Cursor is bringing something big. More details soon!

https://blog.stackademic.com/kotlins-funeral-has-just-been-announced-apple-s-master-plan-behind-swift-for-android-a0d8df6d54d9

Absolute click baite

🔥 It’s Official: Cursor is Bringing an Exciting Hackathon to Addis Ababa! 🔥

You’ve seen the teaser — “something big” is here.

Cursor Hackathon Addis Ababa is the first of its kind in Ethiopia hosted by the Cursor Community.

Connect, build, and solve real-world challenges with an amazing community of developers, innovators, and builders.

📝 Registration is Now Open! 🎉

Here’s what to know:

✅ Experience level won’t affect selection — we only ask to create balanced teams. Don’t hold back!

📌 Complete BOTH steps to secure your spot:

✔️Fill out the Google Form

✔️Then register via the Luma link provided inside the form

⚠️ Already registered on Luma before filling the form? Your request will be declined.
👉 Fill the form first, then register on Luma via the correct link.

📅 Date: July 26, 2025
⏰ Time: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
📍 Location: Capstone ALX Tech Hub, Lideta
📝 Registration Form Link

This is more than a Hackathon — it’s a movement.

Cursor Hackathon, Addis Ababa
Be part of it.