Next.js: client app; Strapi V4: CMS & Restful API. — Background What is the project (web application) about? I am obsessed with the idea of having my my personal website in public as it serves as an effective vehicle to help me communicate with people. For some reason (may be I was too lazy), I built (sort of) my personal website using Ghost last year. Although I was…

What is Node.js? Node.js is an open source web server environment It can run JavaScript outside the browser. In this post, let’s write a web server using Node.js to serve simple HTML files. Requirement: Install Node.js LTS version is recommended.

As a self-taught programmer, we always want to eventually land a developer job. I can totally relate to that feeling because I went through the exact same emotion journey three years ago when I was still living in The Netherlands as a Chinese. Our time is so valuable that we…

Empower your life: Become a software developer without a computer science degree In this post, I want to celebrate my first released eBook. Motivation Throughout my three years working as a developer in software industry, I come to a point that I really want to share everything I know in order to help other beginners to become a developer as well. Therefore, I…

Since I left my job and started a startup company with my two friends, I have learnt a lot through the journey. In today’s video, I would like to share one of the learnings: motivation is a myth. …

I’ve been recently reading Atomic Habits and have gained a better understanding about the power of atomic habits. And since I have tons of time for myself now after leaving my last job, I am fascinated by performing some experiments on new habits. …

Our app idea — Together with my co-founders, we have been working on an app to help readers build good reading habits in order to reap the benefits from the our readings. And this article covers the core function our app will be shipping in the future. The main purpose this app idea is…

Jan 31, 2022, I left my job, becoming a jobless person. What have I learnt? How would I make a living? Am I enjoying what now? PART ONE: WHAT I HAVE LEARNT BE CONSCIOUS WITH TIME When I was still an employee, like everybody else, going to work from Monday to Friday become my habit. This habit automates my daily…

Coding is just a powerful tool to solve real problems, and also help us think differently. Job Interviewer: “Why do I leave medicine and work as a software developer?” This is a question I was repeatedly asked during my job interview for a software developer position. Me: “I didn’t leave…