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I built an MVP couple/personal finance app

I built an MVP couple/personal finance app

Why did I do this? That’s probably your first question: Why is this guy adding yet another finance app when there are already so many on the market? Well, I’ve got something to say: none of the apps out there really talk to each other or follow your

How I'm Rebuilding Cursor with My Own Homelab AI — Zero API Costs

How I'm Rebuilding Cursor with My Own Homelab AI — Zero API Costs

Retaking Coding Exercises: Getting Back in Shape

Retaking Coding Exercises: Getting Back in Shape

How I Use WakaTime to Track My Dev Flow and Stay Accountable

How I Use WakaTime to Track My Dev Flow and Stay Accountable

Struggling Forward: Cursor, Mock APIs, and the Weight of Self-Doubt

Struggling Forward: Cursor, Mock APIs, and the Weight of Self-Doubt

Building a Personal Finances CRM with Firebase and AI:

Building a Personal Finances CRM with Firebase and AI:

From 50 Minutes to 20: How We Slashed Build Times in Our React Application

From 50 Minutes to 20: How We Slashed Build Times in Our React Application

Software Development

Struggling Forward: Cursor, Mock APIs, and the Weight of Self-Doubt

Struggling Forward: Cursor, Mock APIs, and the Weight of Self-Doubt

"Sometimes, growth wears the mask of frustration." ⏱️ 54 Hours of Code — and Still No Features Shipped This week I clocked in 54 hours of coding, with 26 hours dedicated to a new project (I'll reveal more soon, stay tuned). And yet, despite the time and effort,

Building a Personal Finances CRM with Firebase and AI:

Building a Personal Finances CRM with Firebase and AI:

From 50 Minutes to 20: How We Slashed Build Times in Our React Application

From 50 Minutes to 20: How We Slashed Build Times in Our React Application

Analysis vs Solutions: Using the 5 Whys for Root Cause Discovery

Analysis vs Solutions: Using the 5 Whys for Root Cause Discovery

Transitioning from the Automotive Industry to IT: A Mechatronic Engineer’s Journey

Transitioning from the Automotive Industry to IT: A Mechatronic Engineer’s Journey

Problem Solving

Retaking Coding Exercises: Getting Back in Shape

Retaking Coding Exercises: Getting Back in Shape

Lately, I found myself retaking coding exercises on HackerRank—not because I have an interview coming up or because I’m preparing for some specific challenge, but purely for personal growth. I realized that with the rise of AI tools and my everyday work routines, I’ve been thinking less

Analysis vs Solutions: Using the 5 Whys for Root Cause Discovery

Analysis vs Solutions: Using the 5 Whys for Root Cause Discovery

Transitioning from the Automotive Industry to IT: A Mechatronic Engineer’s Journey

Transitioning from the Automotive Industry to IT: A Mechatronic Engineer’s Journey

Cursor

I built an MVP couple/personal finance app

I built an MVP couple/personal finance app

Why did I do this? That’s probably your first question: Why is this guy adding yet another finance app when there are already so many on the market? Well, I’ve got something to say: none of the apps out there really talk to each other or follow your

Struggling Forward: Cursor, Mock APIs, and the Weight of Self-Doubt

Struggling Forward: Cursor, Mock APIs, and the Weight of Self-Doubt

Homelab

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How I'm Rebuilding Cursor with My Own Homelab AI — Zero API Costs

Building My Homelab: Lessons, Wins & Chaos

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I built an MVP couple/personal finance app

Building My Homelab: Lessons, Wins & Chaos

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I built an MVP couple/personal finance app

Building My Homelab: Lessons, Wins & Chaos