Dec 31, 2021Nonso Ileagu: Last MomentsOn December 28, 2021, I met a friend of mine at the wedding of our secondary schoolmate. We were all from the same hometown — Abatete. It’s been years since we last saw each other. The wedding reception was at a hotel just at the border of our hometown and…Heartbreak5 min read
Jan 21, 2021Console or print statements are killing your app’s performance.“Remove all unnecessary console or printstatements from your code base before pushing to production.” This statement sounds cliché. You might have said it to someone before. You know that it is important, but you do not know why. …Java Script3 min read
Mar 19, 2020How I wrote a complex SQL query in 12 hours“Given the plethora of ORMs available, I might never have to write SQL at all”. This was me when I started coding professionally 😅. Recently, I got to write the most complex SQL query I have ever seen in my life ( It’s in the GitHub gist towards the bottom…Sql5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Mar 10, 2020Running SQL Queries from a ‘.sql’ file in NodeJS (SQLite)In this post, I will show how I was able to get my NodeJS app to run my SQL queries from a SQL file using sqlite3 and NodeJS’ fs APIs. …Sql3 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Nov 26, 2019Dividing an array into separate sub-arrays regardless of the length of the parent array.Have you ever wanted to divide up a parent array into sub-arrays, but you don’t know what the length of the parent was and hence no clue on how to approach it? Well, this was me a few days ago… In this post, I want to show you how I…Java Script2 min read
Nov 18, 2019How to securely upload your image files to Cloud Storage using NodeJS.If you have worked on a web application, you might have encountered the problem of image or video file uploads. My preferred way of doing this is to upload the files to a cloud storage platform and save the URL to the Database. Most people prefer to handle such uploads…Nodejs4 min read
Aug 28, 2018Becoming a Software Developer: Riding on the back of SetbacksA wise man once said that no great deed has ever happened without great failures. Another also mentioned that it is not about failing, that it is about how we respond to the failures and inhibitions that we encounter. These are the kind of messages you hope would creep into your…Motivation3 min read
Aug 23, 2018Becoming a Software Developer: My EPIC journey to AndelaAs a child, my parents always challenged my siblings and me to work hard, and to be very honest in our dealings with other people. To make sure that we understood the importance of honesty, they bought books for us (mostly novels). One that really stuck in my mind was…Andela3 min read
Aug 21, 2018Becoming a Software Developer: Some Interesting Tools that I Have Encountered.When it comes to learning software development, the past 2 months have been epic for me. For the first time in my journey, I have had a great deal of structure in my learning. …Programming2 min read
Aug 20, 2018Becoming a Full Stack Web Developer in 2 WeeksMy journey to becoming a web developer started after I graduated from the University. I decided to dive into IT after I had a business idea, that I needed to see through. I started with just the everyday knowledge of how the world wide web works. Starting off was not…Education3 min read
