Code & Coffee

I see people everywhere stressing about their subscribers and followers and constantly trying to go viral. Today, while I was listening to a podcast, it made me think: maybe having a smaller number of subscribers who truly consume your content and align with your niche is actually enough. When very different types of people start seeing your content, it can come with a lot of consequences. They may give feedback even though they don’t really understand the topic, and over time, that can slowly pull you away from your niche. What do you guys think?

🤍 Dagmawi Babi's Meetup Dagmawi Babi's Meetup is an exclusive event organized by Dagmawi Babi and his team as a thank you to all the incredible individuals, creators, event organizers, companies and communities improving and accelerating the tech and design ecosystem in Ethiopia. It's a thank you for taking risks, for pioneering new ventures, for taking the blame, for investing so much of yourself into the benefits of everyone else, for spending months building epic things, for spending countless nights preparing events, for imagining a community that can be much better than what it is and working towards your vision. We're going to spend an incredible full day where we listen to insightful keynotes, explore project showcases, attend a live podcast (Devtopia), hold an in-person Creator Awards (by Codenight) and so much more. The date is Jan 24, 2026 and the event will take place at ALX Hub. Visit the event site for more info. Thank you again and I can't wait to see you there! #DagmawiBabisMeetup #Events @Dagmawi_Babi

have a productive day my lovelies ❤️

oceanofpdf If you’re looking to download a book PDF, I’m sharing this site I just discovered no gatekeeping here 😊

እንኳን ለጌታችን እና ለመድኃኒታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የጥምቀት በአል በሰላም አደረሳችሁ። @tech_world_o1

Failed project You know I love music, and I’ve always wanted to build my own playlists. I usually use Spotify, but the ads make me really uncomfortable. So I tried Telegram music bots. They work, but: - ads everywhere - “join 3 random groups to download” - suddenly I’m in a crypto channel I never asked for So I thought: Why not build my own simple Telegram bot? A bot that downloads music from YouTube, converts it to audio, and lets me organize playlists by category. I started building it and honestly, it worked perfectly locally. But when I hosted it on Render, everything broke. Turns out YouTube has very strict restrictions now. Render’s IP addresses are already flagged and banned by YouTube, so the bot stopped working completely. It wasn’t a code issue it was the platform. So yeah, the project failed. But I learned about bots, hosting, and how YouTube treats developers like suspicious criminals. Sometimes projects don’t fail because you’re wrong they fail because the internet said no. On to the next idea 😌 #failed project

I just finished reading አልተዘዋወረችም by Alex Abraham, and I really liked it. What fascinated me most is how the writer tells one history from four different perspectives. Through four characters, we see how the same events can be understood in completely different ways. It makes you realize how complex truth really is, and how important it is to listen to every side before judging what actually happened. The saddest part for me was the ending. Two people, each with their own love stories, end up married to each other without real love just to continue life, have children, and move on. It feels empty and painful. It made me think about how many people live like this in real life, and that honestly scares me. Love you all 🥰 #book

መልካም የከተራ በዓል 🥰

Low energy debugging method stare at the screen until the bug confesses. 😭

Podcast of the week 🎧 I was listening to this Hard Fork podcast. They talked about Grok on X and how people are using it to generate sexualized images of others even children. Hearing about how the targets and their families are affected was really sad, and it’s frustrating to see that Elon Musk and the platform aren’t doing enough about it. They also discussed vibe coding and the new Claude Code experiments and this part was my favorite. It’s funny, easy to listen to, and at the same time a little scary how powerful these new AI tools are becoming. The last part was about AI scams, where they debunked a viral Reddit post that used AI-generated “evidence” to fool people. Another reminder of how careful we need to be online. Overall, I really enjoyed this episode especially the Claude Code part. I’d definitely recommend giving it a listen. I’m planning to continue doing one podcast review per week to stay consistent. Love you all ❤️ #podcast

Just a reminder intelligence is attractive.

You are the CEO of your life. Hire, fire, and promote accordingly.

Happy Saturday you all ❤

so sad! ነብስ ይማር

One thing i realized , Your biggest supporter is a stranger. Your biggest hater is someone you know. REMEMBER THAT COMRADE!

show up every day no matter how small

Let’s wrap this week up strong. Have a beautiful day, my lovelies 🤍

So yeah, today was kind of a rough day. But one good thing happened: I listened to a podcast by @Dagmawi_Babi (big fan, as always). They were talking about design, and honestly, it hit me. AI isn’t great at design yet, and as developers, we at least need to understand what good and bad design look like. As a full-stack developer, I usually focus more on functionality and backend logic, and this made me reflect on my own designs. Definitely something I want to improve going forward. They also talked about AI and learning and I loved this part. If we use AI wisely for studying, it’s actually a powerful tool. It can help a lot, not replace thinking, but support it. They mentioned NotebookML, and wow… . I used it back in university and loved it. I used to listen to my slides like a podcast. made everything so much easier to understand. He also talked about his Telegram channel and that lovely community. And honestly, Babi is one of the most humble people out there. God bless him. One thing he mentioned that made me laugh : being careful with posts. So yeah… sorry for spamming you all with my cringey posts lately 😅 He said he sometimes start posts simple stuff like “hi” or “hey guys,” and funny enough, there were days I genuinely felt like he DM’d me… Don’t make fun of me please 😂 At the end, he mentioned that he loves “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” I love painting too, and I do paint, but it made me think I really wish I knew why he chose that painting as his all-time favorite. Anyway, it was a really good podcast. I loved it. Good night, guys 😊 One good thing about today was listening to this podcast, honestly. Love you all 🥰

ምናባቴ ሲቆላኝ ነው developer የሆንኩት የሚያሰብል ውሎ 😭

My entire morning was sacrificed to this error😭

The Ghost in the Server: 404 Added a shiny new /settings route to my Express API. Pushed the code. CI/CD went green. Hit the endpoint… 404 So I did the usual ritual: - Checked folder case-sensitivity (Linux don’t play) - Verified file paths - Stared at Nginx configs Everything looked perfect. Then the logs whispered the truth: Error: http.Server.listen() was called more than once Plot twist 🎭 My startup script was crashing, so the hosting platform refused to kill the old app. I wasn’t talking to my new code at all… I was chatting with a 2-hour-old ghost version of my server 👻🕰 Lesson learned: If you’re using managed Node.js hosting, don’t hardcode your port in production. Let the environment handle it—unless you enjoy debugging paranormal activity. I’m officially tired of playing Ghostbusters with servers 😂😂😂