The Deployment Odyssey: A Portfolio That Refused to Die
TL;DR: Deploying my portfolio wasn’t a technical task so much as an endurance trial — the kind that makes you question your life choices somewhere between the fifth database reinstall and the fifteenth error log. What should’ve been a simple push to production turned into a two-week descent through broken Render services, cursed encodings, and Postgres mood swings. Somewhere in the chaos I learned a life leasson!
Embracing AI as a New Learner: Finding Leverage in Uncertainty
TL;DR: Artificial Intelligence is changing how we learn — not by replacing effort, but by reshaping it. For new learners, it offers both guidance and challenge: a chance to question, adapt, and grow in ways traditional education never allowed. The real power of AI isn’t in the answers it gives, but in how it forces us to refine our thinking, reclaim agency, and rediscover the meaning of learning itself.
How Learning to Code Rewired the Meaning of Work
TL;DR: Learning to code didn’t just open a new career path — it rewired how I think about work, freedom, and connection. Beneath the syntax and structure, I discovered a quiet resistance to hierarchy, a space where collaboration thrives without permission, and where creativity feels less like labour and more like collective progress.
Prepared, Not Panicked: Looking Back at Full Stack Journey
TL;DR: I started coding from absolute zero — not a clue, not a hint. Beginning from scratch was chaotic, confusing, and often overwhelming. I felt lost, behind, and occasionally convinced I’d broken the universe because of a missing semicolon. Now, on the other side, I see new possibilities and new ways of working. Age didn’t hold me back — experience helped me stick it out.