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Sometimes getting tips on "little" things like how to delete node_modules like a Pro make life a lot easier. We appreciate the tip, Nirazan.

Mihail Malo • Apr 5 '21

I recommend github.com/tbillington/kondo instead.
It's fast, is a single tiny executable (thanks, Rust), doesn't come with its own node_modules, and supports not only npm projects.

Coding is a whole lot like detective work, so we think that alternate path would've suited you well, Jasper!

🐤🥇 Jasper de Jager • Apr 3 '21

Detective! Love puzzle solving and thinking outside the box 😎

Great to hear about your journey to coding, Angelo. Thanks for the inspiration and sharing your experiences with the community.

Let's Code • Apr 4 '21 • Edited on Apr 7 • Edited

I myself was a US military veteran for 8 years from age 21-29. At age 30 decided to quit and transition to be a civilian, as a front-end developer. I taught myself at night times when both my wife and son are Zzzz by watching tons of youtube videos, googling/searching articles, and reading docs. Now, I have my own youtube channel hoping to help out someone like you as a payback to the community that once helped me. Writing and creating vids when my wife and son are Zzzz as well 😃. You may check out my channel when you get a chance - youtube.com/channel/UCFIwa5Eqf4kN1... might be a good coincidence us meeting here :D

It is definitely doable. You will definitely get a job no matter what type of IT you chose to pursue as long as you put in the time. I highly suggest to keep building websites or apps.

Good luck and God Bless!

It can be a real struggle to successfully juggle side projects, and Ash offers us some wisdom to keep us going. Thanks!

Ash • Apr 6 '21

I heard once "Don't worry about reaching perfection, you'll never get there anyway," and really liked that quote.

Great post about having realistic expectations of ourselves and our time, and I love the idea behind Peerlist! Cheers! 🍻

Liyas is celebrating an awesome win from last week — and we're right here cheering them on, too! I'm sure it was a fantastic talk.

Liyas Thomas • Apr 6 '21

Spoke at GitHub Satellite India

Liyas Thomas

@liyasthomas

GitHub Satellite - Journey of a project made in India: Hoppscotch

06:26 AM - 26 Mar 2021

Hoppscotch crossed 28k GitHub stars

Liyas Thomas

@liyasthomas

There are 190M+ public repositories on GitHub. Only 250 of them have reached over 28,000 stars in GitHub’s 13 years history. Today Hoppscotch is one of them. #opensource

15:28 PM - 27 Mar 2021

Docker containers collectively crossed 460k+ pulls

Liyas Thomas

@liyasthomas

✅ 100k+ Docker pulls on official Hoppscotch container in 4 months.
✅ ~360k pulls on legacy container in 1.4 years.

hub.docker.com/r/hoppscotch/h…

#hoppscotch #opensource #docker

06:43 AM - 02 Apr 2021

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