Oh my oh my. I finally did it! I DEPLOYED MY WEBSITE OH YEAHH!!! I also made a linked in post you can read here that I wrote with the help of my partner, giving a pretty succinct summary of my thoughts whist developing this website.
I deployed it using vercel which was really easy! But I also ended up buying a domain name (https://www.lemdelac.online) and doing the steps to set it up and... it ended up not working. until I repeated the steps shown on the vercel website for the third time.
Le sigh, technology man. I literally did the same thing three times in a row. 🥲
Anyways heres the post if you didn't want to read it on linkedIn (if you do give it a like or something 👍😁)
I’ve been studying software engineering for almost 6 years now. Technically.
Why haven’t I graduated yet? Because I’ve got one more unit, one more step I need to accomplish before I do. This unit is one that requires industry experience, but as we all know, it’s been a STRUGGLE out here trying to find work and/or internships in the tech field. It’s an oversaturated market.
Yet... that’s not the only reason why it’s been hard for me.
As I was applying, I soon realised that I haven’t been confident in my abilities as a software engineer, and thus my ability to make it in this industry. I haven’t created something, or worked on a project that I could say I was wholly proud of.
I wanted to be proud of something. Something to be confident in showing off on my resume.
So, why not give it a go and make something I can be proud of?
I had that thought 3 months ago, and ever since, I've been working on (slowly but surely) finally building something I might be able to be proud of. A portfolio/blogging website.
Yes, Its simple. But it all starts with something. Yes, I could’ve easily asked AI to do it for me. But that’s not me. I wanted to understand the ins and outs, wanted to study the problems that rose up and know why they were there. Yes, others might've been able to code a website in significantly lower amount of time. But the important thing is, I'm giving it a go. I got frustrated, confused, and lazy. But I kept going, learnt more, slowly regained my confidence and passion for learning about software.
This website marks the first project in a journey of many. I'm so excited and I know there are so many more interesting things to learn and work on (even within my website).
I hope whoever is reading this, whether it be a software engineer like me, a student, an employer, or I just happened to fall on your algorithm, that you stick around for my journey. Or, are at least inspired to start your own project!