₦airaland Forum

AntiChristian:
Islam is coming up!

The only thing adding to the Islamic population is the high child bearing rate of its members. Islam has a negative conversion rate (which implies that more muslims are leaving islam than the number joining by choice.

This is common to Christianity too.

What you should be concerned about it the number of people who don’t believe in your gods. The number is growing every second.

People are getting wiser.

Islam would soon be the third and remain a permanent third as atheism overtakes the lot of story tellers.

BuyAndSellStuff:
Check mail.

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BuyAndSellStuff:
I sent you a DM
Or drop a mail/number I can reach you
I need your services

truthcoder at protonmail dot com

Gbengageorge:
Instead of branding everyone that comes online a scam, why not put measures to checkmate fraud. Like pay on site/sight business. i.e who want to buy, comes to location pays cash for the good and goes away and everybody is fine, "for each transaction", otherwise no business. I dont deny there are scammers, but some people have jam luck on this platform.

Is that your second account?

It is easy to spot scammers.

Your offer of come to site and pay us one of the common ‘guy-man’ tricks on the streets of lagos. You offering it makes me even suspect you even more.

That post is a scam post. Period.

Jashub:
Can this support go for lower models from 2011?

I think so albeit with limited possibilities. You can check the project’s website.

airsaylongcome:
2015 MBP is still supported by Apple. 2012 aren't. That's my grouse

There is Dortania’s Open Core Legacy Patcher support for old macs. It is open sourced.

This allows for installation of current Mac Os.

My 2015 MBP currently runs the latest Ventura. Apple supports up to Monterey for it.

airsaylongcome:
People buy 11 year old laptops?!?!

Apple products are a different ball game entirely o.

My current ‘workhorse’ is a 2015 MBP.

For web and mobile apps development, it does the job, gives me a good retina screen and the quality of the hardware is second to none at that price point.

If i would be touching something for 10 hours everyday, it should be a quality device and not some cheap plastic.

Jashub:
Can one still use a macbook pro2011 to learning coding ?

The minimum MacBook pro with Metal is the Mid-2012 unibody. They look the same like other unibodies but they have a different board.

If buying, dont go for less than mid 2012.

Remember, mid and not early.

rickyamos:
How? it is just the truth. Tech isn’t a get rich quick scheme. He must work locally in Nigeria before even thinking of getting a remote job in USA or UK. The chances of getting remote jobs are low. And even In Nigeria there aren’t much job opportunities in the tech industry, the opportunities available pay low when compared with the years of experience they want you to have .

My first tech job was remote.

Low salaries doesn’t mean you cant start.

Salaries are not everything.

rickyamos:
To be realistic. You are too old already, after you finish learning on your own, you will need to get internship positions to get industry experience, internships position pays at most 50k, which can’t feed an adult. You can be an intern for as long as 1 to 2 years before you become proficient to become a junior developer

LOL.

29 is too old?

OK

Flutterwave:
Dear fellow devs, what fintech app or solution do you so much wanted it to existing in Nigeria but you aren't seeing one in that space?

Any tips and suggestions would be appreciated

There is a solution worth buying.

If you are ready and able to buy, you can mail me on truthcoder at protonmail dot com

phayvoursky:
Thanks for sharing this.

What ways can I learn JavaScript to a good understanding of it. I’m a newbie in the tech space.

Freecodecamp. Start there.

I am assuming you dont have any prior programming language knowledge.

You wont just be learning JavaScript. You would be learning programming.

SimeonOTC:
To me, you just have to learn CSS and then JavaScript. no matter what anyone tells you, you have to learn both, infact, its a must..

Why must he?

If his bias is towards the backend, potentially gravitating towards node.js, why must he get stuck at CSS.

OP, learn JavaScript if want to. For CSS, you can learn Tailwind CSS now. It will fast-track your CSS learning. You can learn js before CSS.

LikeAking:
Vue..

The react ecosystem is dead...

Dead!
Dead!!
Dead!!!

All our react skills is officially a waste.



CRA is dead and Other react frame works will follow suit...

The over hyped next JS and thier devs are so confused... THEY CONTINUE ADD IRRELEVANT INNOVATION.

Now we have to use page. Js for every files.. Just imagine the nonsense...

What's happened to naming your files with any name.


Baba learn Vue or angular.

Using directory based navigation is the new standard also in Sveltekit.

It has many benefits.

Before react can die, you will have to first kill many developers. Even then, new ones will take over. It is just like Php.

I don’t use react or next.js if i have a right to choose but that does not mean i don’t respect its leadership position.

liamjakes247:
Noted with thanks

You are very lucky.

You are learning at a time when there are many tools to assist you.

First, i will introduce you to w3 schools. Start from the very basics. It is free.
Dont just read. Practice the exercises.

Secondly, your mentor is already available. It os called chatGPT. You can ask it any question and it would not complain. You can even type it all in caps and it will understand you.

Finally, I would recommend you look for serious tech teachers to follow on YouTube. There is a guy called net ninja. He teaches in so simpler a way that you will understand. There are many others.

Finally, let me warn you ahead. You will feel like giving up many times. Infact, you will feel like you cannot know it or the things you need to learn are so much. Everyone feels that way. The moment you start feeling like you know everything, it is a simple sign that you have not learnt anything new in a while.

Dont give up.

If you have issues, post them here. There are many people who are ready to help.

Dont expect a serious coder to leave everything he has been doing to be your mentor. It doesn’t work that way here. You are your own major tutor. Except you are ready to pay unnecessary fees, no one will.

liamjakes247:
I STUDIED COMPUTER SCIENCE ND AND BSC (NOUN) WITH THE PASSION OF ROBOTICS, INVENTING SOMETHING THAT TILL AT THIS MOMENT IS NOT DONE BUT DUE TO HARDSHIP, WORKING FENDING FOR SELF AND TAKING SOME FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES I'VE ONLY LEARNED HOW TO PROFESSIONALLY USE MICROSOFT PACKAGE AND LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF COMPUTER REPAIRS. I FEEL ASHAMED AND DAYS KEEP ROLLING OUT. I WANT TO KICK START BUT I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO EVEN PIN POINT WHERE TO START AND FOCUS MY ATTENTION ON. I HAVE A LOW PAID JOB (I THANK GOD) THAT GIVES ME TIME IN OFFICE AND QUIET SOME DATA BUT I FIND IT HARD TO KNOW WHAT TO KICK START ON OR DOING SOMETHING TO HAVE MY OWN SPACE ON THE NET AND MAKING SOMETHING OUT OF IT FOR MYSELF AND BE OKAY.

PLS, I NEED GUIDANCE, I NEED A MENTOR. I NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN EVEN WEEKLY PROBABLY MONDAY'S TELL ME WHAT TO FOCUS ON AND I GIVE REPORT'S TO. PLEASE, IF YOU UNDERSTAND MY PLIGHT AND REALLY WANT TO HELP A BROTHER, I BEG OF YOU TO PLEASE COME THRU. I WANT TO BUILD ON MY CAREER AND BE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT. PLS, HELP A BROTHER. PLEASE I PLEAD.

Start from not writing every word in caps.

BeLookingIDIOT:
Lol... All this paranoia over just "ideas" .
Your idea in-and-of-itself have ZERO value. And I can assure you it's either already in place or people are working on it.
Your idea getting stolen should be amongst the last things you should be worried about.

Jon Snow,

You know nothing.

We are being ruled by fools.

Even if Tinubu spoke with you in confidence to step down, first you should understand the importance of separation of powers between the legislative and executive and at least portray the incoming legislature is not under the control of the executive by keeping your frigging mouth shut.

So what should we the people do with such an inconsequential piece of rubbish.

How did you even become a governor with your leaky mouth?

Tsfari:
Thanks for the the engagements and contributions, I will use my discretion thanks.

LOL.

You just reminded me of a story of a guy who has 5 girlfriends and decided he wants to settle down and marry.

The first girlfriend is a serious church goer and prays very well. The second girl is a great cook and can cook any meal perfectly. The third girl is an intelligent career lady and rising fast. The fourth girl comes from a wealthy family. The final girl is very respectful, friendly and accommodating.

The guy went to different churches and mosques and met different wise people, seeking for advice on whom to marry. Different people gave differing advice.

At the end of the day, the guy married the girl with the biggest boobs.

Use your booby discretion my guy.

Englishisamust:
Good evening, guys have been trying to send a request on postmann with one time password template which is used to send otp code on whatsapp ,it is showing error response when i make a request on postmann, have tried to debug this error with goggle and chatgbt still the same thing. i tried it with default template that doesent require otp code it worked. pls someone should help me out??

greatigboman
truthcoder
qtguru
likeaking
kaleb

the error message is clear. it is expecting a type but you are writing OTP. change it to meet the proper type (I am guessing TEXT) and rerun

This is a company I would love working with.

It shows some people in that office know how to think outside the box.

me likee

Ceoangelcee:
Senseless Buffon couldn't even understand simple English. For what OP is trying to achieve, MacBooks are shitty. Having them also doesn't mean I use them more...for Bleep sake MacBooks can only run as much server computing as your tiny incognito brain.
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And since you are so daft to not understand. I learnt what I am telling OP by experience. I got the MBPs and had to get the other devices after I have learned...werey
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Typescript, js, go, are my major langs.
I manage servers so I use C++ and java to write custom daemons for specific purposes...
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And don't talk about c++ as if it is one cheap language...you are useless in the tech world if you don't know a native language for hardwares.
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You are one bit idiooot my friend... I wasted time replying a dafft

Just relax a little bit. You will get better.

We might not know the problems you are going through right now but we will try to understand with you.

Take a walk and touch some grass.

It is well.

Ceoangelcee:
Man. I use three different MacBooks for my online tutoring, learning and video editing here in Russia. I also have two HPs and a dell. The dell is for my gaming server. Yes I run my own server from my room.
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When it comes to compiling and building and running codes, windows has an edge. Huge documentations, access to internal configurations, more compatibility, forward and backward. Mingw for instance and second can be setup to compile codes on windows in minutes. It could take you months on Macs. I use macbooks only for fancy jobs and software development for the apple ecosystem.
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Forget about screen resolutions, every decent programmer gets a 4k screen and hook up their pc to it....taah why am I explaining... Dude I work for Turing clients and dev companies in Moscow. I am probably the most knowledgeable person on this topic in this forum.
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And FYI no MacBook is a gaming PC. They only have lightweight graphic cards. I do game development too and sorry, MacBook is so shitty in that regards.
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Most developers in the USA use macbooks only because the apple ecosystem thrives there...and they develop mainly for this platform...it kinda makes you feel sleek too.
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As for yahoo things. Yahoo boys kinda like taking videos with their MacBooks to give the impression that they are kind of rich...we all know this ...even though I can confidently tell you they are using the wrong device for their stupid 'job' cuz even when it comes to hijacking, hacking, and overwhelming networks, you don't wanna use an apple device!!!

You have 3 macbooks, 2 HPs and one Dell yet you claim the macbooks are shitty devices? Why keep plenty shitty devices?

You must feel so happy that you run a local server on your dell?

You are possibly a C++ programmer. Your life depends on windows. The OP wants to learn web development. He doesn’t need Mingw. He doesn’t want to run a local server on a dell in his room.

Congratulations on being the most qualified programmer on Nairaland. Your name must be Bill Gates the maximus pro max. Unfortunately, this is not a phallus wagging contest. It is to proffer a recommendation to an aspiring web developer.

As the Igwe gburu-gburu of Nairaland programmers, you should know that many people dont have external monitors nor need one to write simple websites. I am sure less than 10% of coders here own a 4k external monitor. It is an overkill in order to build iya nkechi’s canteen website. This brings us back to the importance of the quality of the primary screen of the laptop.

Everyone knows macs were not built for gaming. The OP is not an aspiring gamer. He is an aspiring website developer. Maybe if you can come down from your royal throne, you would be able to see that.

Many developers use apple to develop because that is the only bare metal you can use to develop apple codes. Period. Except you want to start hackingtoshing, you must get a macbook. It is not because it is sleek (though it is sleek and beautiful) but because it is useful.

Now your royal highness, the global variable of programming knowledge, i hope i have not offended his majesty with my submissions.

All protocols observed.

airsaylongcome:
He doesn't even mention what endpoint he is querying. Na pressure sha. When troubleshooting don hook person, you go dey assume say you don talk the problem when you are crying for solution.

The chairman don get burnout and na still inside postman e dey.

Taking a step off the laptop and doing completely unrelated things can help reset.

Englishisamust:
Good evening, guys have been trying to send a request on postmann with one time password template which is used to send otp code on whatsapp ,it is showing error response when i make a request on postmann, have tried to debug this error with goggle and chatgbt still the same thing. i tried it with default template that doesent require otp code it worked. pls someone should help me out??

greatigboman
truthcoder
qtguru
likeaking
kaleb

Show workings. It will assist in efforts at helping

Will everyone who just discovered chatGPT have to open a thread on chatGPT?

ayo84:
please send us a mail to startupventure97@gmail.com

Dear tech idea owners.

If they cannot tell you who they represent and what their end game is, they are tech vampires.

They want to steal your tech idea and pitch it themselves to real VCs then come back to employ you for peanuts.

Dont share ideas with them.

It is easy for any idiot to get an email and tell people to send their ideas to it. The real issue is capability and capacity.

DONT SEND YOUR IDEAS TO ANY EMAIL ADDRESS.

ThetrueWord:
No-code platforms are the best choice for building simple apps and solutions, especially for startups, who are looking out to launch their MVPs. But can they be used to create more complex or sophisticated products?

I saw this video on YouTube


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4UrU77DLtI

It is a no code Mobile App builder for Android & iOS and I must say I am impressed that one can build a World class cross platform App in a short amount of time for less. Surprisingly! It is powered by a Nigerian company.

This is a frontpage content, to help some interested Nairalanders who are interested in learning or building an App for their business for FREE without writing a single line of code.

What do you guys think?

Its a nice concept for the platform owner. There would be clients without coding skills that want to build an ‘app’.

However, you can tell the platform owner that he is making one common Nigerian startup mistake. He is too greedy and the greed would be the demise of the platform if he doesn’t adjust quickly.

First, he offers a free tier for only 3 days. Allows to build only one single page. The free tier doesn’t give you access to the .ipk and .ipa files and is as limited as anything you can think of.

The irony is that the owner recommended that his users should create their logos on canva.com. The canva that he is recommending, do they offer no download access?

His other tiers are even more expensive than looking for an app developer to help you write the real codes from scratch. You will get cheaper solutions on Nairaland sef.

This is one of the biggest killers of Naija startups. They are always too greedy and want to start earning from the first day. You see their blogs with 30 views per month having adverts splashed everywhere like ankara.

Tell him to build his brand first. He wont die. He should open it up just like the canva he kept recommending. The more free users you have, the more your brand value increases.

As for usage, it is for those who want to feel like they have an app. It is as static as anything. Real mobile apps dont have static data.

airsaylongcome:
I understand your resistance, but with the know-how and appropriate opsec, Gbwhatsapp can be a good tool. But it's okay to oppose it's use

The person who sent the GB whatsapp link is a bot or a scammer.

The OP needs less vulnerabilities, not more

worried222:
It’s called “delivery” streetwise.
The victim will be told that his/her supposedly partner is sending some luggages or parcels to him or her. The web app will be used to make everything look real as the victim will be given a tracking code for tracking the non existent luggage while on transit.
The victim keeps on tracking the luggage on the website/web app until time to bill the victim reaches.

Disclaimer: I’m not speaking from experience, I did some research.

To those cheap programmers here who will accept peanuts for just any job, this is where the problem is:

The guy would pay you say 50k to 100k to get the website. You promise him free hosting or he even pays you to host.

You will host for him. You pay hosting fees with your card details and use your personal details for the registration.

You deliver admin details of the site to the client and he pays you off. A good job done abi?

What you dont know is that any fraud done with that site comes back to haunt you. It is your site. Yes you didn’t do any fraud with that site but you built it and hosted it.

Even if you just send him the codes, you might have forgotten that there are telemetries and meta data involved.

Dont write codes for yahoo boys. It comes back to bite you in the ass.

hooge:
Forget the macbook and get the hp. Use the extra money you have left to buy courses or data for your journey.

You are clearly assuming the OP is so dumb that he has forgotten he would need to have funds to buy internet data or courses.

Do you even know his budget? Should his budget conform to your own pocket?

So if someone comes here and asks for advice on whether he should buy a new Mac Studio or a new MacBook Pro M2 Max (both are above $3,000), you would say, 'No o. don't buy it o, go to computer village and buy the N50k used laptop from Chima then use the savings to build a house in the village'?

No day assume say your pocket is a global variable.

Ceoangelcee:
Forget the apple hype and go for the HP. Use the extra money to improve yourself and your programming skills. Na skill you wan learn no be yahoo. Leave fancywork for now and focus on the real deal.

A clear example of hate em if you aint got em.

So anyone with a MBP is automatically a yahoo wannabe?

What is the real deal o? Should he start wearing 'Aba packing shirts' and 'Choir trousers' whilst at it to show he is a serious learner?