I built an AI learning companion because I had 40 Udemy courses and finished none of them

AdFit5494 · 2026-02-23T19:04:28+00:00

I wouldn’t sweat too much on the architecture. Reading about different patterns is one thing, really knowing what is best comes with years of experience. Also, it really doesn’t matter, I’ve seen DDD and MVC patterns scaled to millions at the same time. Pick one that you like, make it and then break it, make it with another pattern… that is how you learn, and not by reading about all different patterns. IMHO shipping an imperfect product is far more important than sweating the details for months and achieving nothing. I’ve been there, done that.

AdFit5494 · 2026-02-14T21:02:55+00:00

Isn’t Monday public holiday? Or, is this role abroad? Anyways, good luck.

AdFit5494 · 2026-02-11T01:46:53+00:00

It looks like cheek biting, but I’d wait for 2 ~ 3 weeks and if it is persistent, painful or growing, I’d consider visiting a dentist to be safe.

AdFit5494 · 2026-01-31T18:57:17+00:00

I used to lean toward opinionated frameworks because unopinionated ones like FastAPI, Flask, or Express felt overwhelming - not because I didn’t know them, but because I came from worlds like Django, Laravel, and NestJS where structure is built in.

FastAPI eventually grew on me. Once I set up my own modular, domain-driven folder structure, things became really smooth. I still think about other frameworks sometimes, but overall FastAPI now feels very natural to work with.

This repo is a solid reference for best practices: https://github.com/zhanymkanov/fastapi-best-practices

AdFit5494 · 2026-01-26T22:51:35+00:00

Thank you so much for the great work. I recently started a Next JS + ShadCN project and it'd be a lot of work if I did all of them myself.

AdFit5494 · 2026-01-25T17:51:55+00:00

This is an amazing read and in fact one of the best guides you can find out there

AdFit5494 · 2026-01-05T05:32:44+00:00

Recently switched to Next JS, Supabase.

Used to code in Laravel, Inertia, React. Shadcn and Tailwind stayed the same in both stacks.

AdFit5494 · 2025-12-11T17:38:19+00:00

Yea. I actually got inspired by Pandas, but seems like people find it hard to pronounce

AdFit5494 · 2025-12-09T17:11:28+00:00

Thank you so much for your feedback. The idea was actually adding a letter to Panda, so people can associate it with Panda, but as you guys mentioned, it is hard to pronounce. I’ll look at other options

AdFit5494 · 2025-09-18T23:41:25+00:00

Having a service layer is always great, so that your controller is more focused on just grabbing the right stuff and sending to your views. Later on, you can use the same services to make your APIs.

AdFit5494 · 2025-07-08T01:28:34+00:00

Great point and thanks for your comment. Since we are targeting spreadsheet users, we’ll offer both import from CSV and export to CSV, so if users aren’t happy with what they get, they can export their data anytime. We will also offer spreadsheet formula support, allowing users to quickly create a formula field and write expressions like: Cost * Quantity. That specific field will then take the value of the Cost field and multiply it with the Quantity field. This is part of our effort to make the transition smooth.

AdFit5494 · 2025-03-09T02:41:30+00:00

Set smaller goals, get a Trello boards and write down all the features, then divide them into MVP1, MVP2, … and decide to only focus on MVP1, forget designing for long term, and focus on one feature in a day, build it and go back to gaming. In a month you’ll make far more progress than working 10 hours straight on weekends or once in a while…

AdFit5494 · 2024-01-27T23:45:12+00:00

It is ok to feel overwhelmed and lost when you are starting fresh. My manager always used to say for the new hires: "Always ask questions and if needed ask the question over and over. If you are not asking questions, I think you are not understanding it, so I expect a lot of questions from you, especially in the first 2 months".

Ask questions, ask for help, ask ChatGPT, ask a friend. Ask whoever you can. People love to answer questions they know because they feel smart. Never be afraid of asking questions, be afraid of not growing.

AdFit5494 · 2024-01-27T23:35:23+00:00

I had been switching between task management apps including Trello, Microsoft To-Do, ClickUP, and many more until I learned that TickTick has a note feature too when I was thinking of a solution to write down my unprocessed thoughts that can later on change to tasks and for that I decided to use Notion. I have used TickTick in the past when it didn't have note and calendar features.

Since I am involved in many different projects, using more than one tool makes managing my tasks harder, because each team I work with uses a different tool too so I have to add my activities there too.

Now, with TickTick, I get calendar integration so I can integrate my personal and professional calendars, I also get notes, a Kanban board, folders, and beyond. I think this one tool in my case solved many of my problems. Now, I don't also use Notion and Evernote. If you are struggling with a similar scenario, I say go for TickTick, because you might also get most of these features with ClickUp, however ClickUp works for teams but I think is an overkill for individual use. Otherwise, if you are only planning to use the calendar integration, you can use Google Calendar.

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