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Today I deleted Notion.
Why?
I realized I was spending more time trying to increase productivity and efficiency, instead of actually doing the things I was trying to make more efficient.
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We've received a report that you said HTML is a programming language
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Went on vacation to get away from GitHub, but it followed me everywhere
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I AM OFFICIALLY A GOOGLE DEVELOPER EXPERT!!!
I've been making Flutter and Dart content for over a year, and now this just made it a lot more real!
Thank you for all the support and I am looking forward to provide even more amazing content!
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You want to build a mobile app?
✦ Flutter
You want to build a desktop app?
✦ Flutter
You want to build a website?
✦ Flutter
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My setup journey
2019 Started with simple
2020 Got a little crazy
2021 Got way more crazy
2022 Back to simple
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It is official. I GOT THE JOB!!!
Starting on Monday I will be a Developer Evangelist at
@AgoraIO
I have been a huge fan of their product for a long time now, and now I will get to be a part of that.
I haven't been this excited in a while! Can't wait for Monday!
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Have you ever read a book that actually changed your life?
If so, what book?
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You probably know about
@freeCodeCamp
and
@ossia
, but I bet you don't know the crazy full story of Quincy Larson and how he built the biggest free coding resource online!
Watch this video if you want to be inspired! ⬇️
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Yesterday I told my boss I am Quitting!
It was the most nervous I have been in a long time. And definitely the riskiest decision I have made in my whole life.
Here are the reason's why I am quitting and what my plan is.
🧵👇
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I'm officially looking for a job!
I'm a Flutter Developer and Youtuber, looking for a Developer Advocate role, but open to development too!
I'm located in Chicago, but I am mostly looking for remote.
If you know of any opportunities, my DMs are open!
RT for reach 🙌
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Free Software to Create YouTube Videos
Some people don't know where to start with creating youtube videos. After this thread you will have all the software necessary and for free
A thread 🧵👇
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My biggest weakness is being interested in too many things
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Yesterday a plumber quoted me $1500 to fix my plumbing.
2-3 hours of YouTube, $100 of parts later i have my plumbing fixed and learned a bit more about how houses work.
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my hottest dev take:
github desktop is way better than the command line.
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Macs are so popular because they are simple.
✦ For regular users, it's easy to use
✦ For developers, there is less friction
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How to start a YouTube channel from 0?
I'm no expert, but I started in January 2020 and I was able to grow to almost 4,000 subscribers in 7 months. Here are some tips to help you not struggle at the beginning like I did 😊
A thread 🧵👇
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My biggest struggle is focusing on one thing.
I want to do and learn everything.
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"Only lazy developers use Flutter"
I'll one up that.
Only lazy developers don't write in binary.
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Flutter now has native support on Windows, macOS, Linux, Windows!!!
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Today I turned 24. And I have a new big goal for myself before 25:
Quit my job, and be able to work for myself
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The more you know, the more you know how much you don’t know
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After the basics, learn these in order to become a more advanced developer:
1. data structures
2. efficient debugging
3. naming conventions
4. OOP principles
5. code architecture
6. TDD (or other testing approaches)
7. scripting
8. CI/CD
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I GOT SOME GOOD NEWS
I have been dealing with quite a big medical scare. I had symptoms of cancer. Finally got my results after waiting all week, and NO tumors 🙌🙌
I do home some other issues, that might potentially require surgery, so dealing with that now! But that's okay!!
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Non-developers will never understand the IMMENSE frustration involved with a bug you can’t solve.
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I promised myself I wouldn’t get an iPad until I got monetized.
Now I feel so fancy now with a completely wireless dual screen set up 😊
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The main thing you need to be a successful programmer:
To be curious and eager to learn!
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I am going to try something crazy!
I will be reading Code Complete and for each section I’ll tweet my biggest takeaway from that section. There are almost 200 sections.
The challenge is one a day for the next 200 days!
Follow along for daily professional coding knowledge!
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Unless your app needs tons of native features, I don't see why you would choose native development anymore.
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Most people under estimate how much time and effort it takes to create content, until they try it themselves
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Why should you write unit tests??
It doesn't actually add any functionality to your code, so why do experienced developers swear by them?
In this thread we will go over the biggest benefits to unit testing
A thread 🧵👇
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There's two types of developers:
1. Copy pastes from StackOverflow all in one 9000 line file
2. Spends months on architecture and planning, and never starts the project in the first place
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Flutter was released on December 4th, 2018.
In less than 3 years it has grown into the top choice for cross platform development!
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I decided to do a weekly update of the top Flutter YouTubers!
I do know I might have missed someone, please let me know in the comments. I have a feeling I missed some big names😅.
But the threshold is they have to be mainly flutter. People like The Net Ninja don't count
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Honestly, I don't think I like coding as much as most people on Tech Twitter.
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How to Learn Flutter in 2021
This next year is going to be a huge year for Flutter, and I believe it is going to grow into becoming a clear
#1
option for cross platform development.
There will also be a lot of new people starting to learn it.
Here's how I learn
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So the Director of Product Management for Flutter and Dart just recommended you watch my video.
This is surreal!
This is great for
#Flutter
learners!
@tadaspetra
has a whole set of tutorials that cover building apps from soup to nuts. If you've been waiting for a reason to dive in, give his videos a try. Subscribed!
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I got promoted today.
Still don't like working corporate...
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I HAVE RELEASED MY FIRST FLUTTER PACKAGE!!!
Using the agora_uikit package you can now create a complete video call inside your app with only THREE lines of code!
Go try it out, give it a like and star it on github!
Add any issues you encounter!
🔗:
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If you had to choose a profession other than development, what would you choose?
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The work/life balance is really hard when your work is also your hobby
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Here's a tip if you want to make money from your applications.
Build for iOS first.
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My assistant is working super hard on a content strategy to bring us to 10k followers
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However I am not even making enough to pay rent! But I am giving myself 1 year to take a real shot, and try to create a live-able wage online, and on my own terms.
Wish me luck, and follow along to see if I can do it!
👇
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And there it is. Flutter has his 100k stars!!!
It is growing so fast, it's crazy!
#flutter
#flutterdev
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Now that I’m a Senior Engineer, you guys are going to have to listen to me more and TEST YOUR SOFTWARE!!
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Developer YouTuber Workflow
You might not realize how much work goes into creating a YouTube video
Let's cover each step of the process that I use to create every YouTube video
Feel free to follow the process with your own, even though its a lot of work, it is worth it!
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The best time to start with Flutter was 3 years ago.
The second best time is right now.
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If you ever need some motivation, take a look at your code from 6 months.
Look at how far you've come!
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Just dropped off my badge and laptop
Grateful for everything this job has brought me. But also I am so damn excited for what the future is going to bring. Let’s GOOOOO!!
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WE DID IT!!!!
10,000 Subscribers in less than 1 year!
Who would have thought releasing that first cringe video would have led me to get to this point.
I have found what I want to do in life, I found some amazing friends, and learned more than I thought possible.
Thank you!!!
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The past couple days I’ve reached some of my biggest milestones
- became a YouTube partner
- reached 1000 Twitter followers
To celebrate, I am giving away on of the best and most complete books. Code Complete by Steve McConnell.
To win, all you need to do:
- retweet
- follow
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6 Self-Help Books I've Read
This year I've read 6 self-help/entrepreneurship books this year. These are my personal reviews of each.
A thread 🧵👇
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HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!! 🚀🚀
Today we launch our first SaaS product!
⤫ krossa ⤫
The crossposting tool, that comes with a beautiful, powerful, and extremely functional editor!
Grow your blog faster, without all the headaches!
Take a look for yourself with a 2 week trial
🔗👇
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My toxic trait:
Procrastinating being productive, by watching videos on productivity
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Top 30 Flutter Youtubers
Last week I missed so many great channels, that I got kicked out of the top 20 😅. So now the list had to be expanded to top 30!
Ton's of new and great channels added from last week. I tried to be pretty thorough, but please let me know if theres more!
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With Flutter your tech stack is short
✦ Flutter
✦ Firebase or AWS
And now you can create any app or website
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Trying to think of a viral tweet that will get me to 9000 followers...
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1% better everyday puts you at 38x better after a year.
Consistency is most important
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Full Article Here:
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I don't necessarily consider myself a "developer"
I consider myself a "learner" or "creator"
I enjoy learning a lot of things, programming is just the most accessible and unlimited subject for daily learning/creating.
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How to Start a YouTube Channel with 0 Online Presence
There is only 2 big obstacles to overcome, and you can grow your audience and eventually make side income, and maybe even a full income!
This helped me grow to almost 10,000 subscribers in less than 11 months.
A thread 🧵👇
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Copy Widget VSCode extension for Flutter
I discovered this awesome extension that let's you press option + W on Mac or Alt + W on windows and it will select the whole Flutter widget for you!
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Did you know the first computer "bug" was an actual bug?
In 1947, Grace Hopper, an admiral in US Navy found a moth stuck in a relay, causing the computer to malfunction.
When she removed the moth, everything worked again!
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Before Tech I worked as a Chinese food delivery boy for 6 years.
How about you?
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Hot take:
I absolutely hate mechanical keyboards, and laptop stickers
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How to Learn Flutter?
Before You Start:
Have a solid understanding of programming in general.
Steps:
1. Basics of Dart
2. Work through Codelabs provided by Flutter
3. Build projects!
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I am going to switch from Chrome to Safari as my default browser.
Wish me luck 😅
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Don’t be scared of Flutter going away.
Be a good engineer.
If you understand the fundamentals switching to other technologies will be easy.
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3 words of advice for people starting with Flutter
Learn Dart First.
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StatefulWidget gives you access to some lifecycle methods which allows you to mess around with the state at different times within the lifecycle.
▷ initState runs before you widget is built. Commonly used for retrieving or just setting initial data.
▷ dispose runs after your
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If I needed to relearn Flutter I would
● Go through the Dart Language Tour
● Go through Codelabs provided by Google
● Build, build, build!
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How to get a job right out of university?
I went from 0 connections and being an immigrant(so no family connections either), to landing a full-time Software Engineer position in a Fortune 500 company a whole year before I graduated!
Here's how I did it, a thread 🧵👇
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Top 30 Flutter Youtubers!
It's been a while, since I did this. The rank changes are from May 2021. Some channels have seen incredible growth like
@JohannesMilke
,
@diegoveloper
, and
@FlutterMapp
The community keeps growing fast 🚀
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