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What Building a Small AI App Taught Me About Fundamentals
I recently finished building a small AI-powered translation app called PollyGlot. The project came from Scrimba’s AI Engineer Path as a breakout challenge. We were given a Figma file, design assets, and a clear goal: build a working AI application. What made this project interesting wasn’t just the AI — it was the constraints. The
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How I Learned to Take Ownership Without a Safety Net
There’s a version of engineering growth that gets talked about a lot: promotions, new titles, well-scoped projects with clear ownership and strong support. And then there’s the version that actually shapes you. This post is about the second one. It’s about what it feels like to take ownership of a production issue when the deadline
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How a Simple S3 Access Request Turned Into a DevOps Learning Opportunity
Sometimes growth doesn’t come from a planned project.It comes from a small, practical need that exposes a much bigger system. This started with a debugging task. I was working on an issue involving static page articles that were being served from an S3 bucket. To properly investigate the problem, I needed direct access to the
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The Developer Growth Hack You’re Probably Ignoring: Side Projects
I broke into tech about 3 years ago. I changed careers from doing something different than Software Development. I attended a boot camp to learn how to code and become a competent hiring prospect. After the boot camp was over, I found myself looking for my first role. It was tough trying to find a
