Tag: software engineering lessons
Why Writing Code Is the Easy Part of Software Engineering
For a long time, I thought software engineering was mainly about writing code. If I could: …I believed I was doing my job well. Over time—especially while working in fast-paced...
January 20, 2026
The Backend Mistakes That Taught Me the Most
When I started working on backend systems, I thought backend was just about writing APIs and connecting databases. If the API returned the correct response, I assumed I was doing...
January 16, 2026
The GitHub Mistakes I Made as a Fresher
When I started using GitHub as a fresher, I thought I was doing things right. I had repositories.I pushed code.My profile wasn’t empty. But looking back now, I realise I...
January 9, 2026
How I Debug When I Don’t Even Know Where the Bug Is
One of the most stressful moments as a software engineer is this: Something is broken.There’s no clear error.And you don’t even know where the problem is. Early in my career,...
January 7, 2026
What One Year in a Startup Taught Me as a Software Engineer
One year into my software engineering career, I realized something important: Most of what I learned didn’t come from tutorials.It came from working in a startup where things move fast...
December 25, 2025