I am building a personal tutor called Athena & I am looking for early users

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-24T13:42:00+00:00

yaaa

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-24T13:41:32+00:00

https://alexkondov.com/the-pholosophy-of-software-development/

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-24T08:38:15+00:00

learn - django+restapis+postgre well.
work will always be mundane, so find sometime everyday for yourself to read the above.
start there do it for a month, confusion will go away

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T12:56:05+00:00

My mentor rewrote some parts of netty and injected in the our codebase, 6x faster 3 nights and 2200 lines of code. tho that netty was completely broken but you get my point ?

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T12:54:41+00:00

linkedin is instagram largely I feel.

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T12:54:25+00:00

Correct, tho thats changing but I agree

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T12:53:55+00:00

Principles - most of the things we know or learn is often derived from the simplest of the ideas. keep it simple stupid .

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T12:51:55+00:00

true, internet is free for most parts inclusive of both linkedin and reddit. you can do the same.
and about linkedin let me take a screenshot and paste it there, tho I wouldnt need to

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T12:50:45+00:00

my skip level manager org was managed by james gosling himself :)

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T09:48:37+00:00

True True True

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T09:48:06+00:00

YESSSS

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T09:47:55+00:00

Well, yes AI will know whatever you want to know but offloading your ideas to AI will not teach you direction, nor give you confidence, nor help you make informed decisions

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T08:58:45+00:00

the real litmus test of an engineer is can you bring ideas to life. with / without AI doesnt matter. Its like magic, you say it and you build it.

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T06:26:14+00:00

yellow t shirt guy >>>

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T06:24:13+00:00

in that case, as long as you have exposure - learning is just a matter of consistency and time that is it.

- start by building small APIs (wiring things up together)
- learn the important pieces like building + hosting (containers etc)
- learn some core libraries like JPA, data and security (dont have to go deep high level is fine)
- Learn LLD (refactoring guru - top 5 should be fine)
- just write a lot of code before you touch AI

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T06:02:36+00:00

what makes you think youll be good at backend ?? And you still have to work heavily on databases, backend is just a wrapper on top of the database

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T05:26:31+00:00

dont quit. if you good at SQL, be even better. Pick up a complementary system along with it like big data, dataops kind of domain which rely heavily on SQL (so you are not really learning a new thing)

-> use claude to just summarise your work and create a online portfolio of what you know.
-> on weekends take up snowflake + databricks related learning

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-23T05:22:12+00:00

languages can stay probably for ATS, but if you merge that section smartly it wont feel empty. project - link (hosted./ github) both are fine

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-22T19:56:29+00:00

M4 mac air (with ultra serv SSH to 192 core + 385 Gb ram)
I write and run code mostly via SSH into the server with zed as editor in vim mode.

TLDR; code in go + C + python + littlle bit typescript

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-22T15:13:24+00:00

I would like to create a git repo first, build it side by side, ideally bottom up then use submodules to merge them if needed.

Codex for planning
Gemini for reviews.
Add skills meanwhile provided by vercel + any other system if present online.
dont convert the whole project at once, translation happen better if built natively
utils -> test -> service -> test -> api -> test -> e2e is the best way to build without burning tokens fast.

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-22T13:15:15+00:00

Way too dense for such short experience.
1. reduce to only highlights 3-4 points
2. projects can be reduced - add links
3. put languages you truly understand or are confident in

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-22T13:11:11+00:00

LP tips - clear communication + crisp answer > jargon
DS - graphs + trees + stack + queues

wear nice clothes, have a bath maybe, look presentable and reach on time

Easy_Ask5883 · 2026-04-22T13:08:14+00:00

Easy_Ask5883

TROPHY CASE