Ngozi Uloka

Day 1 of learning backend dev by building a real Alumni Community Platform 🧵 Today's wins: ✅ Node.js installed ✅ MongoDB Atlas connected ✅ Server live on localhost:5000 The engine is in. Now we build. 🔥 #BuildInPublic #100DaysOfCode

@Uche_ricky Thank you! 🙌 we go harder every day 🚀

@Gifftybabe Am loving the vibes

Day 8 of learning backend 🚀 Hit localhost:5000/api/alumni today and got a success response back 🎉 First time the API actually talked back. Hard to explain but that feeling is everything 😂 Admin account is live too. We are ROLLING. 🚀 #BuildInPublic #100DaysOfCode

@tee_jay_fx @nextjs Yes ooh.. bugs and heat ooh

@Gifftybabe @nextjs Crying? 😢

I just completed the Next.js App Router Fundamentals course on @nextjs! @Gifftybabe Check out my certificate: nextjs.org/learn/certific… Time to update portfolio

@Spectra010s Good eye 👀 but no worries, .env is ignored 😌 we’re safe out here

@Gifftybabe .env is been tracked

Day 9 of learning backend 🚀 Today I focused on STRUCTURE. Not writing features yet… but setting up a scalable frontend architecture using React + TypeScript. Clean structure = faster development later. We build smart, not messy 🔥 #BuildInPublic #100DaysOfCode

@andrewchigaemez Always 🙌 no slowing down, we just getting started 🚀

@Gifftybabe Keep learning and growing Ngozi

@the___newbie I already do frontend 👨‍💻 Backend is what I’m learning now through a real project. I’m building both sides so everything works together. Stay with the story 😉

@Gifftybabe Structure is very important, keep going. It's day 9 of learning Backend but here you're learning frontend though 🌚??

@engwaliullah Thank you! 🙌 we go harder every day 🚀

@Gifftybabe best of luck

@UkoMalachi0412 Real ones know 😤 confusion is part of the curriculum 😂

@Gifftybabe Cannot be said any better 💯

If you’re learning to code, focus on this: Don’t rush tutorials Practice more than you watch Get comfortable being confused That’s how you actually improve.

@andrewchigaemez Exactly this 💯 discipline is what shows up when motivation ghosts you 😭 Good morning Andrew 🙌

@Gifftybabe Motivation is like adrenaline, only lasts a while… The only thing that carries you further is discipline Good morning Ngozi

You won’t always feel motivated. That’s why discipline matters more.

@Uche_ricky Lmaooo 😭 then I better start charging bugs rent because I’m living here now

@Gifftybabe To debug maybe 🤣

Me after fixing a bug I’ve been battling for hours: “I’m actually a genius” 😌 Me 5 minutes later stuck on another bug: “What is my purpose in life?” 😭

Mine is my phone 😭

Be honest… what’s your biggest distraction when you’re trying to be productive?

@Gloe008 LMAOOO "know thy enemy" is actually the smartest tech career advice I've ever heard 😭😂 Honestly that's the move . don't run from it, learn it, then use it as your weapon. You're built different fr 🫡🔥

@Gifftybabe I was low-key scared of the whole “AI will take your job” bs, so I decided to get close enough to the enemy to understand how it actually works. "Know thy enemy and all that..."😅😅

I tweet about my journey learning frontend & backend, tech struggles, and growth. If you’re on the same path, follow along 🤝

@tee_jay_fx BRO YES 😭😭 scrolling like the answer is going to magically appear between the lines 😂 at this point my eyes are just doing spiritual warfare with the code

@Gifftybabe What about night you just scroll through your codebase without doing anything

Things my laptop has witnessed this year: 3am debugging sessions that went nowhere. Tutorials I paused and never returned to. GitHub commits with the message "fix" that fixed nothing. And still we continue 😭🖤 Any devs on my TL? 👇

@blaqshyd LMAOO the commit history doesn't lie 😭 but this is actually so reassuring, proof that everyone goes through the chaos before the clarity.

@Gifftybabe Literally... (this was 2 years ago though) It gets better with time and experience.

@Matthew_Folawe You too 😍

@Gifftybabe Well done, have a wonderful day ahead.