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FLFrancisco Lunablog.itsfranciscoluna.comJun 14 · 4 min read

I Built a Ferrari for a Skateboard: 5 Engineering Mistakes That Cost Me Months

We’ve all been there. You have a great idea, and you want to build something serious. You start drawing up complex diagrams and setting up complicated systems. Before you know it, you’ve built a compl

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CMComputer Mechanicscomputer-mechanics.hashnode.devApr 6 · 5 min read

How to Spot a Virus on Your Computer: 10 Key Warning Signs

If your computer suddenly slows down, strange pop-ups appear, a program that you’ve never seen opens up, or a program that was running smoothly suddenly crashes, these may not just be a fluke. These c

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AVAlan Vargheseblog.alanvarghese.meMar 3 · 2 min read

Unlearn faster

When I started engineering seriously, I carried a lot of "correct" patterns in my head. Microservices were the gold standard, so the real-world project I led the development on had to be microservices

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DMDeepam Makwanadeepam.xyzFeb 22 · 2 min read

Kill Thy Heroes

You don't actually know your heroes. What you know is an image of them sold to you through media, internet, television and from all the marketing or advertising means. It's a fake persona (totally mad

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DMDeepam Makwanadeepam.xyzFeb 15 · 2 min read

Beware of : Simplificators

You have seen the Simplificators. These guys say that Excel is just a GUI wrapper with some cool formulas over SQL. Or SQL is just a CLI wrapper with some constraints over text files. Well, I know nobody says that but you get the idea. You’ll quickly...

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DMDeepam Makwanadeepam.xyzFeb 1 · 1 min read

Kill Your GUI

Has it ever happened to you that you took your phone or laptop to accomplish some task & the currently opened windows put you in an unproductive blackhole? GUIs are a mess full of recall value sans priority. The thing is we only perform better if we...

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DMDeepam Makwanadeepam.xyzJan 25 · 2 min read

Recreating is Learning but Better

When I’m learning stuff, I often find myself mugging things up to just remember things of value while not getting satisfactory understanding & depth of things. It’s just learning things for the moment. Though this is immensely useful at the moment b...

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VVyvdonkeysdebugdiary.hashnode.devJan 23 · 4 min read

Impatience is a virtue that helps me ask better questions

I am physically incapable of waiting. There’s a certain satisfaction in giving in to my almost-primal instinct to interrupt a conversation. It’s an uncontrollable urge. However, I’ve realised that most of my interruptions happen for one specific reas...

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BABridget Amanabridgetblog.hashnode.devDec 30, 2025 · 3 min read

The Right Way to Learn

Learning can feel frustrating especially when you're putting in the hours but not seeing real progress. You take notes, follow courses, and watch tutorials. But when it's time to actually do something on your own you freeze. There's a reason for that...

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BABridget Amanabridgetblog.hashnode.devDec 13, 2025 · 5 min read

Getting Your First Open Source Contributors

I have built a number of open source projects, including snippet shot, tailwindcss migrator, and pixlated. After building, I shared it on forums and communities, made it clear in the readme that 'contributions are welcome,' but still got zero contrib...

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I Built a Ferrari for a Skateboard: 5 Engineering Mistakes That Cost Me Months

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Unlearn faster

Kill Thy Heroes

Beware of : Simplificators

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Recreating is Learning but Better

Impatience is a virtue that helps me ask better questions

The Right Way to Learn

Getting Your First Open Source Contributors