Hacker News: codingbbq

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

codingbbq — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:20:33 +0000

Me too with 15+ web dev experience. Always wanted to get into game dev. Your post motivates me. I wish you all the best.

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

codingbbq — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:26:12 +0000

I have started working on a SaaS for Doctors. It is basically a patient management system where Doctor's can get complete picture of their patients like visit history, diagnosis, medications suggested, billing etc. I am using Nest.js for backend and Next.js for frontend (Shadcn UI Library)

Side Note : These posts on HN motivated me to start working on this project. Cheers! to the community.

New comment by codingbbq in "Lessons from 14 years at Google"

codingbbq — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 07:02:55 +0000

Rightly said.

I spent good amount of time cleaning up 15 year old codebase and removed almost 10MB of source code files which was being part of production build and it was never used. This helped reduce the build time.

I thought I'd get appreciated from everyone in the team, but it was never acknowledged. In fact my PM was warried and raised an alarm for regression. Even though I was 100% confident that there would not be any regression, the QA and PM got annoyed that I touched a working software and they had to do extra work.

I then posted on LinkedIn about this achievement to get my share of appreciation. :)

New comment by codingbbq in "How I Left YouTube"

codingbbq — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 11:16:58 +0000

It really sucks to feel so undervalued. I have been working with WITCH company and the entire promotion leveling is based on favoritism. With this 90 days of Notice Period, it is nearly impossible to get through even first round of interview. Every day is a struggle to prove yourself to the handicapped managers and self doubt whether you are even worth something to leave this job and try something else. 10 years and each day is a painful struggle.

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)"

codingbbq — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:33:51 +0000

I created this simple stock management system. This was a good experience building an end to end product since I have been a front end developer all my life, building this has been an amazing experience.

https://stockflow-drab.vercel.app/

Here is the github URL : https://github.com/codingbbq/stockflow

Appreciate any feedback on the application or review on the code..

Thank you

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: What lessons did you learn from your best or worst colleagues?"

codingbbq — Sat, 15 May 2021 09:13:10 +0000

Thank you. Noted. Your comment made me feel relaxed.

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: What lessons did you learn from your best or worst colleagues?"

codingbbq — Sat, 15 May 2021 09:12:27 +0000

Thank you, you are right. Instead of being stressed about it, I should rather ignore it.

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: What lessons did you learn from your best or worst colleagues?"

codingbbq — Sat, 15 May 2021 07:29:28 +0000

A sudden change in the tone is obviously noticeable. You can feel it when some one else is being called by their first name and you are being addressed as Sir.

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: What lessons did you learn from your best or worst colleagues?"

codingbbq — Sat, 15 May 2021 06:59:26 +0000

Best : My manager who appreciates everyone's time. He puts in efforts to immediately reply to anyone, takes quick decisions and acknowledges quite often. If anyone is dependent on you, unblock them immediately.

Worst : Many of the co-workers/ department heads etc. etc. have moved ranks above me exponentially and yes because of their hard work. Congratulations to them. But sometimes if I have to reach out to them or they need to reach out to me, they address me as "Sir". "Hello Sir, How are you Sir?" I feel terrible and I feel like they are mocking me for being a looser for not having achieved as much as they have.

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: I've realized I'm a bad software engineer and I'm over 30, what's next?"

codingbbq — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 10:44:00 +0000

I too am in the same boat. I do not have people skills, I am shy and introverted. I am considered as a non lead material since my manager thinks that I am very soft spoken and so I am told I need to be aggressive. I don't even know what the solution is. With 12 years of experience, I am in the same band as a 7yrs experience colleague.

What am I doing to overcome this situation? - I have clearly understood and made up my mind that I cannot be a PM. - However, to stay in the job I always have to prove my technical skills. - I am trying to get into competitive programming which I discovered recently and my aim for 2021 is to at least solve one codeforces round - I started enjoying Flutter and I also did 30 days of live streaming on youtube (Just screenshare with music). - I have a mobile app idea that I plan to work in coming days. - I try to write 1k words per day

During work hours, I try not to think about hobbies and concentrate on finishing my work. However, during free time, I fire up my personal laptop and start focusing on my hobbies.

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: What Is Your Blog?"

codingbbq — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 07:46:15 +0000

1. My experience learning technology, notes on books that I read and everything related to self improvement.

2. I have a reminder for every friday so yes, mostly 1 post weekly which is what I try to keep up to.

3. Github, because I wanted to learn github pages and also design a simple blog myself.

4. http://codingbbq.github.io

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: What is your learning strategy?"

codingbbq — Sun, 17 May 2020 12:00:14 +0000

I too am in the same boat. I too am overwhelmed by the amount of information out there. Currently what I do is, I make content, and to make content, I need to learn. Also, If I take up any online class, I make sure there is a certification awarded. Another thing I do is always try to do something that adds the green square in my github profile.

In short, if you produce more, you will automatically learn more.

Now, what to learn depends entirely on your choice, also for me, I am Ok to quitting if I don't like any course.

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?"

codingbbq — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:50:48 +0000

I am http://codingbbq.github.io

I wanted to write to express myself better and create a home for me on the interwebs. Also I wanted to improve my technical skills and what better way to write my experiences and be accountable for.

New comment by codingbbq in "Practical Implementation with Flutter of DroidKaigi Conference App"

codingbbq — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:15:51 +0000

The UI looks great and thanks for sharing the code. I would definitely look at the code to learn how you implemented. I too am a learner and have been doing Flutter UI challenges for couple of months now to gain comfortable knowledge about this amazing platform. One thing I addon is to write my experience in a blog post, it helps me grip my understanding of the concept.

New comment by codingbbq in "What eight years of side projects have taught me (2019)"

codingbbq — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:20:48 +0000

I can relate to the post, having just started for couple of months now, learning to write code for your self is satisfying. I have followed several youtube videos to learn programming language, but the fruitful results only come from working on side projects/challenges etc.

The only way to account my progress is through github commits. I love the color green. ;)

Would love to get feedback on my blog http://codingbbq.github.io. Cheers.

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: Is it worth switching from web development to native iOS dev?"

codingbbq — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 09:51:24 +0000

I too am a web developer and have constantly been fascinated by new technologies. I had looked at android development but could not get a hang of Java. Recently flutter has been in the wild and so I choose to get my hands dirty by doing flutter challenges. I loved the process and the ease of working with flutter so I ensure that I spend at least 1 hour everyday developing in flutter. I look forward to getting off from work so I can switch on my home laptop and do some flutter. P.S : I will continue being a web developer.

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?"

codingbbq — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 02:22:40 +0000

Hola. Not related to this post, but I remember you from the early days of Envato when Jeffrey way and you had most of the blog posts. I learned a lot and kickstarted my career from those tutorials. Cheers and All the best..!!!

New comment by codingbbq in "Show HN: Personal Management System"

codingbbq — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 06:41:59 +0000

Would love to know how you got started on this? Did you create wireframes? Did you design such a neat UI on your own and using what software?

BTW : Super clean and useful software. Congratulations.

New comment by codingbbq in "Ask HN: What are you working on?"

codingbbq — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 04:52:27 +0000

Howdy! Happy Friday. I started putting up my own personal space @ http://codingbbq.github.io

I worked on setting up jekyll and made the site as per my like. I have plans to continue writing and maintaining an online journey. Brings a smile everytime I make some commits in the repository. :)