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Bugs will happen whether you like it or not. But it pays off to know the type of bugs they are. External bug in an API/service your system relies on? A syntax bug? A logical bug? A bug caused by server itself? The list goes on. But that’s really the first step. You must know… Continue reading Buggy code? My 5 tricks to fix them

Contents: What’s not covered: Introduction & Goal Serverless architecture has some good uses if you plan in advance. Anytime you use a service like AWS Lambda you should ask yourself “Why bother, is the additional complexity really justified?”. Additionally, you should think about the costs as they can be unpredictable, they’re not constant like EC2… Continue reading AWS Lambda Function – Watermark a PDF

Most employers that I’ve spoken say following: People with most experience are generally the favorites. Capability is the key. So if you have worked on complex projects over the years and dug into the details, fixed the bugs, refactored the code, made changes on regular basis, wrote unit tests, added new features then you have… Continue reading What do employers look for in candidate when hiring? 

Let’s talk about something that’ll save you money. Most website’s goal is to make on-boarding process smoother. For example signups, saving credit details, buying a product and other actions. More effortless the better. So talking about effortless on-boarding.. Having used AWS for few years and I can tell you they have a very  decent interface.… Continue reading AWS mistake that almost cost me £££

So what are you learning these days? (Surely something, if you’re not then you better do!) Today’s newsletter is about something which bug me a lot when I was learning programming and it has continued to this day.. Most people don’t know what it is so they end up falling for the trap! I’m sure… Continue reading Online Web Dev Tutorials – Designed as a trap!

Top 5 reason are: Money expectations, Unskilled, Wrong Market, Bad CV (not visually), Unreal expectations Money Expectations First things you all need to understand is that even tho you’re somewhat skilled you still won’t be valuable to the employer. In a sense you’re just a liability Keeping that in mind, ask yourself what should you… Continue reading 5 reasons why junior developers fail to land a job

It’s easy. Just follow fake trends in web dev and rest will be taken care of. It’s weekend and I’m sipping on my morning latte while browsing Twitter. I notice new trends every week. New frameworks every month, new library every day. Question is: Why would you go out of your way to learn something… Continue reading Easy recipe to become a bad developer in 2023

Before we get into data manipulation using Laravel please note that it’s best to try and use the right tools/technology for what you want to achieve. Laravel’s way to manipulate collection is just one of many ways to manipulate the data. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use functions provided by native language and best practices.… Continue reading Laravel Collection Challenges (Beginner to Advanced)

Memorize Answers Look, I can’t stress this enough. You cannot be in an interview thinking answers on the go. The interviewer expects a direct clear answer and if you’re hesitant the interviewer will think you got no idea what you’re on about. You could have 10 years of experience in the field but if you… Continue reading 10 Tips to WIN any Interview

There’s 5 important ideas that’ve been part of my development for past couple years. They are: Distinguishing Business vs Technical issue This has really given me an edge when writing code. Major problem a lot of coders face is mixing the two. Don’t! Detailed Break down Breaking down is not as simple as just splitting… Continue reading How to Solve Most Programming Problems

The problem with a lot of online advice is that it’s not backed by extensive experience at all, rather picked from small experiments and guesses.. A common advice you’ll hear, especially in Laravel community goes like this: Controller’s should only contain HTTP/requests logic, everything else should be separated. The issue with such statements is that… Continue reading Laravel: Code in Controller or a separate Class?

You’re writing code you’re soaking all the information knowing that even tho the facts may disappear from the memory soon the stress that’s built up each day will not. You finish your work at 5 but it isn’t really finished, is it? you’re thinking, not because you have to but because it’s stuck in your… Continue reading Relax for once, fellow devs!

When to use WordPress? If you’ve been wondering whether to learn wordpress then my advice is, YES! DO IT! You shouldn’t spend time creating sites from scratch when the solutions are already out there. Patterns WordPress sites follow a pattern and if your site doesn’t fit in that pattern then by all means avoid WordPress.… Continue reading WordPress: When to use?

If you’ve been writing code for a while now then you may have asked yourself: When should I start applying for the jobs? Asking such question is an indication of urgency. Pat yourself in the back as you’re already ahead of other aspiring developers who’re lost in the details, avoiding the bigger picture. You see,… Continue reading When to start applying for jobs?

Do you know what’s not “marketable”? That the only way to learn to ride a bike it by actually doing it. The only way to get better at coding is, by coding! So what’s the problem? People are lazy, plus they don’t wanna work on bigger projects, they wanna feel entertained watching tuts. Do you… Continue reading Tips & Tricks to Improve Your Coding Skills

Trying to figure out the best format for your CV? or just have some ideas? This post is for you! Feel free to use this template. Be sure to modify it! Download: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yszNLvRJUslfcn3gRAHxKmqWtJep73JFYZXLZhWt-6E/edit?usp=sharing

Alert! Being a Full Stack developer is NOT a requirement to get a job. Question: Do you know ALL of below? If yes, congratulations! you’re almost there. 😝 (if not, go learn these!) Say you kind of know the above.. You’ve completed courses or watched videos on YouTube. The next bit is the most important.. … Continue reading Become a Full-Stack Developer – A “mini” Roadmap

That feeling of uncertainty.. Feeling down because you think project is too difficult.. beyond your understanding. As if you won’t be able to finish it on time.. Often lost and confused.. Feeling as though you don’t know enough despite having enough experience. Almost as if someone else could do a better job than you! If… Continue reading Dealing with Imposter Syndrome as a Programmer

There’s many ways to search an array in PHP. Here’s 3 simple examples. Note that most of the times it really doesn’t matter how you do the search there’s always situations where you can’t simply use array_search function for example. This is especially true when it’s an associative array or you’re dealing with a bit… Continue reading PHP Binary Search Example

Here’s how to take what you already know to a next level. Go to Codecanyon: Head over to https://codecanyon.net. Codecanyon is a popular site where people sell their scripts/themes/web products. It’s a great place to see what sort of things people have built. You can use any other similar site.. Find something interesting: Find a… Continue reading 1 Trick to take your Web Development Skills to a NEXT LEVEL (for beginners)

Few SUPER IMPORTANT things before we start: How to make this post ACTUALLY useful for YOURSELF: To make the most of this post please do yourself a favor and make sure you have basic understand of how this database is organised. I’d also recommdend to avoid looking at the queries. Instead read the problem, open… Continue reading Practical SELECT Queries in SQL

Do you know what’s funny about Finding a Project to Work on to Gain Experience? It has NOTHING to do with web development at all! SERIOUSLY! Let me explain why.. Web development is basically a tool to solve a problem. I think we all agree on that. It’s almost like Problem vs You (web developer).… Continue reading How to Find a Project to Work on to Gain REAL Experience

Have you been wondering why you can’t find a job as a beginner.. even though you see plenty of jobs around? do you feel lost and there’s nobody to advice you? do you feel like you lack experience? If this is the case go ahead and give this post a read. CAREFULLY. No, this is… Continue reading How to get a job without “real world experience”