Honestly, it's okay to cry. It's okay to have a bit of an identity crisis when you encounter these difficulties. Very well said, Cat. This is great advice, not just for code newbies too.

I was just picking out custom fonts for a project. I'll try this update next time I'm working on it.

Haha. That is amazing timing. There are so many developers that are frantically looking to participate whilst juggling their full-time work and family commitments and subsequently hurting their wellbeing in the process. You know, I didn't think about the "spam" from this perspective. Maybe it isn't as malicious as I initially thought and more of "omg, I have to do something " and they aren't fully reading through the conversations around quality, etc. I also agree that contributing to open source doesn't have to be a fall weather-only activity. I'd love to contribute more throughout the year, but that pesky thing called time and other commitments in the way.

Tutorials are good, but tutorial hell is real. Most people keep watching tutorials hoping to become experts by watching. You don't become an expert by watching. You become an expert by doing! Well said! That's exactly the point I was trying to get across.

Great refresher on service workers. I dabbled with them a few years ago and now I want to revisit them. Nice use meme use, btw!

I LOVE that you build a quiz app. Games a fun way to explore some new tech and explore a passion topic.

What advice would you have for self-taught or developers with side projects in regards to thinking about scale for their projects? I imagine knowing how to code is one thing, but knowing how to think in an enterprise setting is very different! It's probably hard to get that experience if you aren't already working in a bigger code base.

Thank you! I'll add that tag right now.

Hey 👋 In your opinion, what technical skill are most "junior' developers (career changers, boot camp grads, self learners, etc) missing that could prevent them from getting their first developer job or moving up in their career?

I agree that algorithms can be scary. I've avoided learning them too, but recently took a deep dive. It's less scary the more you learn about and try to understand them.