Thoughts, stories, ideas and programming
In 2024, contributing to open source projects as a software engineer can have wide-ranging benefits. Open-source projects rely on contributors for codebase maintenance, feature development, bug fixing, and community support. However, challenges such as lack of resources, difficulty in onboarding, maintainer burnout, and lack of diversity exist.
A summary of my first experience of API Days London 2023. A focus on talks I enjoyed and tech or businesses I found interesting
So I finally got that AWS certification I have been dreaming of for a few years. On the 8th of June 2023, I obtained the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification and a few days after, I am still recovering from the Exam preparation adrenaline.
When you are young and still living at your parent's house, you had dreams of when you will become a grown-up, move out, have your own place and do WHATEVER you want. The dream is real to an extent except, no one warned you of the responsibilities that come with that level of freedom. In the end, you get to do whatever you want, but the constraints are no longer placed on you by your parents but now by life itself.
Life throws opportunities that you never expected or weren't exactly prepared for. At first you are scared but plodding along and realising there was nothing to it, reveals the fear was all in your head.