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Programming / Re: !webdev by KrazyDave16(m): 6:07pm On Jun 17, 2023 |
I'm on the DevOps path (haven't covered some key stuff like containerization and orchestration proper), it's really stressful, time-consuming and expensive (not necessarily immediately, but as you go further, you will unconsciously have the need to upgrade your hardware) Tips I can give out to anyone who's interested in learning or already learning is; 1. Embrace the cli (terminal) wholly. If there are some tools with a gui, don't rely too much on it, or don't even rely on it at all. 2. Learn to automate your workflow. Be it via scripts, manifests/cookbooks, cronjobs. No need to cram everything, just automate them, plus time is real important too. 3. Join DevOps, selfhosted and homelab communities. Always found these communities fun and super helpful. 4. Be security conscious. There are lots of attempts to get into your server by bad actors and kids with their bots to do something stupid or something shady. 5. Be consistent. There are a lot of tool to learn, but know that you don't need to cram them all (see point 2). 6. Get a decent PC. A laptop is okay, but if you aren't gonna upgrade it or have plans to convert it into a server of sorts, get a PC. As for which PC, I have zero idea. Also is it me or does the font look weird? 1 Like 1 Share |
Programming / Re: Any Developers In Owerri? by KrazyDave16(m): 8:34pm On Jun 15, 2023 |
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Programming / Re: More Nairaland Tech Sub Communities by KrazyDave16(m): 5:43pm On Jun 14, 2023 |
All in for this idea, programming can be the defacto forum for frontend/backend/fullstack discussions 1 Like |
Programming / Re: Reddit Drama: Your Take? by KrazyDave16(m): 9:05am On Jun 12, 2023 |
airsaylongcome:Ah, didn't see it. I'll check them out later in the day |
Programming / Re: Reddit Drama: Your Take? by KrazyDave16(m): 8:45am On Jun 12, 2023 |
airsaylongcome:I laughed over the cease and desist while listening to some Linux weekly news channel last weekend, didn't know it existed. And it's not only Reddit and YouTube that's making moves like this, there's Twitch new ad rules and there's Docker who wanted to sunset free plans earlier this year, but reversed the decision as soon as its community revolted and moved all their images out of it. Overall, looks like their investors and execs wants to see some profits As for Lemmy, checked it out, gonna take some time getting used to it, but if you know any aside it lemme know. Rather use the less popular ones. |
Programming / Re: Reddit Drama: Your Take? by KrazyDave16(m): 8:01pm On Jun 11, 2023 |
airsaylongcome:Right, but the blackout won't help much. Instead, the better option would be for its users to find some extensions (saw one on r/Apple called sink it) tailored to remove most of the BS Spez is trying to force on its users or browse old reddit for them OGs |
Programming / Re: Reddit Drama: Your Take? by KrazyDave16(m): 7:21am On Jun 10, 2023 |
The drama's a bit excessive. Some/most knew Reddit would try this bs at some point, given the decisions they've been taking before this one but not charging unreasonable amounts for API access. So if some major subs go dark and never return, still gonna stick around, though not as frequent as I used to, plus I won't be surprised if Reddit "revives" the ones they deem relevant with new mods or someone else creates a new sub to replace it |
Programming / Re: Suggest Where I Can Learn Cyber Security/cloud Computing by KrazyDave16(m): 8:37am On Jun 06, 2023 |
Yungbliss:True this At least you got a plan, and ignore those trying to deter you. Imagine telling you to start a poultry farm when he/she has no idea how expensive and risky it is, known a few who quit and one who lost about 3 mil worth of eggs during the cash scarcity and NIBSS fiasco |
Programming / Re: Suggest Where I Can Learn Cyber Security/cloud Computing by KrazyDave16(m): 7:35am On Jun 05, 2023 |
Seriously, no one's gonna tell OP? Look OP, the harsh truth about the field you're gonna venture into is no one is gonna hire a Cybersecurity expert or DevOps engineer with only 3 months of training, unless you got years of experience under your belt to show for it. But if you're determined to learn, forget the noise, no one truly masters a language, and you can pick up math along the way. |
Programming / Re: How Many Devices Can Be Connected To Elonmusk Starlink In Nigeria? by KrazyDave16(m): 3:31pm On May 02, 2023 |
Why not chat with them (Starlink), get a consultant on their end to see if it is possible and the requirements so your idea doesn't turn out to be a waste of time and resources. |
Programming / Re: Why's Linux Like This by KrazyDave16(m): 7:14pm On Apr 05, 2023 |
You claim to be a Kernel engineer, but you can't troubleshoot and fix these issues? Heck, some of them aren't issues to begin with 1 Like |
Programming / Re: What Do ALX Stand To Gain? by KrazyDave16(m): 9:36am On Feb 07, 2023 |
Current ALX student here and yes, I've done my fair share of copy-paste. ALX is beginners-friendly and also challenging as well, even for those claiming to be pros. To give you an idea, here's what ALX idea of beginners friendly, which many would balk and resort to copy-paste looks like... You can write in Python? Cool. Write this purely with OOP, with documentation here and there or you will not pass the edge cases set up. Write test cases too, even if it's a small program that sums up 2 values. The challenging part You know DSA?? Great. Write this insertion sort algorithm in C, using a doubly linked list for the sort, use Harore partition scheme, and do not modify the linked list in any way. Modify the list to make it bearable, test cases will not pass. Most of the tasks can be done, but, ALX way of teaching will have you look for the solutions, sometimes practice them on your local machine (there's a reason they suggested everyone Install a VM, but many don't use it as intended) before submitting them. Most of us here got this mentality that higher score = smarts and if it's take too long to find an answer, it's not worth it. There are books and some obscure blog that go in-depth but how many likes to read? All in all, my take is ALX is doable. If you copied your way and cannot defend what you copied at the end of the year during presentation, hell even during manual reviews from sprint 2, you wasted your time. 1 Like |
Programming / Re: What Do ALX Stand To Gain? by KrazyDave16(m): 9:20am On Feb 06, 2023 |
techliteup:Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or serious 2 Likes |
Programming / Re: Backend Developer Needed. by KrazyDave16(m): 4:01pm On Feb 02, 2023 |
For the descriptions, the starting pay better be at $100k per month, cos OP is definitely looking for a backend engineer 1 Like |
Programming / Re: Backend Developer Needed. by KrazyDave16(m): 3:59pm On Feb 02, 2023 |
truthCoder:Don't forget Apache/NGINX and other unmentioned tools, DB management and UI/UX 3 Likes |
Programming / Re: Getting A Faster Laptop by KrazyDave16(m): 9:53am On Jan 27, 2023 |
bassdow:You definitely know your hardware. All salient points there and like you said, experience helps. But still, a laptop of 70k feels so-so to me, unless op can find a hidden gem out there for that price and is truly focused on react alone, then no biggie. And yeah, agree on the MacBooks hype. Still suggested it if op just wants a MacBook for its resale value and hype but if op were serious with react, resale value would be the last thing on his mind. |
Programming / Re: Getting A Faster Laptop by KrazyDave16(m): 6:30pm On Jan 26, 2023 |
Long epistle... I agree with bassdow on the laptop being overkill for what op wants to use it for but do not agree on getting a PC from 70k below. That's just asking for trouble. I followed such advice, boy was that machine a headache to use with VScode and Chrome running. You might think its performance should mean nothing if I'm motivated but tell me how I'm supposed to learn with that without worrying if it'll freeze... Hell, some people I follow on Twitter knew about the shortcomings of using such cheap machine and said so till one got support to buy a laptop within the price range of 150k-200k early last year and last I checked, guy's doing fine as a freelancer and mentioned how potential clients ask for the type of PC you'd use, if it's slow or fast. Hell, my last job had my former employer ask what type of device I used before carrying on with the interview, was weird at the time but it got me the job nonetheless despite other factors against me. Fast forward today, I borrowed sense from the guys experience and mine, got a 745 G5 laptop (8GB dual channel upgradable RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 2500U) for 170k. Flashed Fedora with Gnome, currently got 3 instances of Emacs and Firefox open with about 10 tabs and a few buffers open in different workspaces, at some point a VM running Ubuntu and a few apps running in the background scattered about in each workspace and its fast. Short of it is op, look for better budget options. If spending that much won't make your pockets bleed, go for it, else consider budget options but from 150k-250k unless you can snag a deal for way less than 200k Basically target laptops with CPUs from 5 years ago. Avoid the i3s laptops and MacBooks from 2k16 up to 2k19 though (unless you plan on buying an external keyboard to use), keyboard issues and upgrades are hella expensive |
Programming / Re: How To Be A Software Engineer In 2023. by KrazyDave16(m): 7:15am On Jan 09, 2023 |
Melanin07:Why is it that almost everyone thinks its a necessity to own a macbook... 1 Like |
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by KrazyDave16(m): 11:47am On Jan 03, 2023 |
anyone here wants to vouch for dorzinetech? want to do some transactions with him |
Technology Market / Re: End Of The Year Sales Hp by KrazyDave16(m): 9:10pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Dorzinetech:check your inbox fam |
Technology Market / Re: End Of The Year Sales Hp by KrazyDave16(m): 8:29pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Dorzinetech:still up for grabs? if so, your contact info |
Programming / Re: Data Scientist 100k Per Month (ridiculus) by KrazyDave16(m): 6:05pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Crappy pay alright, but the system's messed up in this country. Rather take it to rack up some xp for future job hunts. 1 Like |
Programming / Re: Which Do I Learn First C Or C++ by KrazyDave16(m): 2:34pm On Dec 31, 2022 |
Deicide:bad habit? mind expanding on what that meant?? |
Programming / Re: How Can I Contribute To Open Source As A Junior Developer by KrazyDave16(m): 4:21pm On Dec 25, 2022 |
Raheeqilmaktoom:he's got no prior employment or training, kinda like saying you're a full-fledged lawyer if you haven't passed the bar 1 Like |
Programming / Re: How Can I Contribute To Open Source As A Junior Developer by KrazyDave16(m): 10:55pm On Dec 24, 2022 |
First off, get rid of that title you gave yourself To your question, you need no invitation to contribute to a project Fork a repo, make meaningful changes/fix bugs, submit a PR and wait for code reviews to be over (if its merged, you made a contribution). There are guides on the net and github docs too. Also make yourself "useful" by posting on programming communities like reddit, twitter and co to make yourself known. 2 Likes |
Programming / Re: Algorithm And Data Structure Study Section by KrazyDave16(m): 1:00am On Dec 24, 2022 |
Book recommendation Mostly pseudocode (implement in any lang you comfy with) https://mega.nz/file/0ldUlCyQ key: rjpHFIhD7IlPQNGx-HxeyWkgL2oFKhNqPRyMMHwPPkk 1 Share
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Programming / Re: Backend Development Is Actually Easier. by KrazyDave16(m): 12:24am On Dec 24, 2022 |
Look, both are challenging based on the job description but the backend got more to worry about and sometimes, their reputation is on the line too API protocol (REST, SOAP or RPC?, exposed or hidden?). All to make sure we're keeping things secure so a bad actor does not access sensitive data. Frontend worry? What framework to use which is - no offense - pathetic. You can stick to mastering one or two instead of trying to cram em all because one got a fancy and shorter way of doing something. Good design pattern. After all, you gotta maintain your code right or you'd stick to dirty hacks and that's bad practice and unsafe. Frontend don't really have this luxury, especially for those who jumped straight into learning a framework after skimming the surface of a language they learned. Monitoring the server for irregular activities, it never, ever ends after deployment. You might be thinking "but backend devs handles security and stuff, why is there a need to monitor something that's already secure", well we do but not every package is secure. As the packages used gets updated/patched, we gotta make changes too without any downtime (anyone familiar with web servers/DevOps knows what's up). There are other stuff but I'd say not to take talks about how the backend is easy. We reuse code from different projects doesn't mean it is easy. 3 Likes |
Programming / Re: Why You Hardly See Nigerians Teaching About Coding On Social Media. by KrazyDave16(m): 1:42pm On Nov 14, 2022 |
OP your negativity concerning Nigerians is worrisome and some of your comments get as e be. Also deleting Twitter? Hmm... I doubt your claims about zero educational material out there by Nigerians unless you are looking for ones to get for free, which you will not find easily but in terms of writing, there are educational articles littered about on the web written by Nigerians but it depends on what you are looking for and how popular the language is. After all, I learnt how IIFE works (did not know about design patterns then) from reading a few articles on medium written by Nigerians but if you meant those who turned into a full-time gig, if you see any, will you patronize them and pay for it? If you cannot or use the "but i know where i can get what they teaching for free", you creating this thread is pointless. 5 Likes |
Programming / Re: What Is Your Your Favorite Programming Language And Why? by KrazyDave16(m): 10:10pm On Nov 13, 2022 |
C Speed, communicates with machines and makes learning other langs quite painless if one switches out some of the syntax |
Programming / Re: I Want To Add A Backend Tech To My Javascript Knowledge. Java, PHP Or Python? by KrazyDave16(m): 9:05am On Nov 06, 2022 |
peterincredible:True that you knowing something makes it more valuable but there is a clear difference between a rare dev who knows his/her stuff in a stack and another whose goals is to get in and start learning proper when things are not what they seem to be Also the question ebuka asked seems harmless, given OP got in 2 months and from recent posts about the layoffs and hiring freeze, which would explain this post and his question for the langs: python is getting the JavaScript treatment here in popularity but should do for DSA, plus it suits your needs if you itching to learn something else java like php is being made fun of but is excellent for DSA but you gotta sit down and learn and practice it, watching videos alone won't cut it php for mostly freelancing and jobs at agencies |
Programming / Re: I Want To Add A Backend Tech To My Javascript Knowledge. Java, PHP Or Python? by KrazyDave16(m): 8:34am On Nov 06, 2022 |
chukwuebuka65:This is too much na Ask them stuff based on what one learns by watching videos alone For Nodejs, what are design patterns? List the types with code samples 1 Like |
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