Divine WebDev✨

Full-Stack Developer | SaaS MVPs & Headless CMS | React.js, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

Hot take:

As a developer, your portfolio link shouldn’t be ending with .vercel.app or .netlify.app.

Even a cheap .xyz domain is better.

Little details like this count more than we think.

[Cap-EO 👨🏾‍💻 @EOEboh]

Give me your tech hot take, and my job is to try and defend it as much as possible.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@David_Bilsonn Too valid man. I could do palm oil production or even pig farming.

This tech thing be wilding sometimes.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

Funny enough, you can't even login to an IDE like cursor from this location except with a VPN or perhabs with StarLink

The struggles of a Nigerian Dev, mehn 🤦‍♀

I don't know if I'm the only one experiencing this

[Pratham @Prathkum]

Writing code in VS Code today feels like writing code in Notepad back in 2018.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@zuess05 I do not agree. Except your app is just an Ai wrapper.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@EOEboh Thank you jare. Twitter and hot takes, mehn 😂

Thought I was the only one still using VS Code when I saw that tweet.

VS Code is arguably the best IDE on the market. There’s really no need to switch up.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@carter8f When you hear some Nigerian big men speak, you begin to wonder how they became rich.

What does he mean by mama put?

These are supposed to be our elites oh...pheew 🤦‍♀️

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@bashanthoni @David_Bilsonn There's no part of the app that gives a good user experience; it's really bloated and frustrating to use.

It might actually be farmers who farm spices who built it. 😂

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@David_Bilsonn It’s really hilarious.

Everyone is learning, growing, and figuring things out at different stages.

There’s no need to look down on anyone.

Let's be mutuals.🤝

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@DanielSmidstrup Visibility without engagement is just a dead end.

You’re just entertaining instead of building conversations and genuine connections.

I’d choose 25 loyal readers anytime.

Quality audience > vanity metrics.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@imthepk That's cool. Thanks for clarifying.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@sladelaroy That makes sense. Thanks for your input.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

Please don't air me. 🤲

As a developer, what's your preferred technical approach for building an online storefront for a client?

Which option would you choose, and why?

A. Shopify is fast to launch with a mature ecommerce ecosystem, but the client pays an ongoing subscription (starting around $30/month) and is tied to the Shopify platform.

B. Medusa.js, which is Open source and highly customizable, giving you full control over the storefront, although it comes with a steeper learning curve.

C. Wix. Quick to set up and easy to manage, but advanced e-commerce features require higher-tier paid plans.

D. WooCommerce. A mature ecosystem with thousands of plugins and themes, but it comes with the usual WordPress maintenance and plugin management.

E. Build everything from scratch. Use Node.js for the backend and Next.js for the frontend, implementing authentication, products, cart, inventory, orders, payments, admin dashboard, and everything else yourself.

F. Next.js with a headless CMS such as Sanity. Use Sanity for content management while building features like cart, inventory, checkout, and order management yourself.

For a typical small to medium-sized business, which approach would you recommend today? Or is there another stack you'd choose instead?

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

Good morning, Xers. ✨

And good morning to everyone building, shipping, learning, and figuring things out in public.

Keep going.

Someone is watching your journey, even if the numbers don’t show it yet.

It promises to be a good day. 🚀

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

Google gives you links to answers. ChatGPT gives you an answer you can immediately interact with.

You can ask follow-ups, provide context, challenge the response, and refine what you want without starting another search.

Google still exists. But for a growing number of questions, searching feels like an extra step.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@GohilHardy This is very true.

Also, Almost every tool or service you'd want to use for work now comes with a subscription.

The altruistic culture that once defined the dev community feels like it's disappearing.

Now we're all stuck in an endless loop of subscriptions.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@yashhq_22 Well, building in public is just a start for many builders.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@kentcdodds I'm not so sure if agents are to be trusted this much at this point, however, your perspective is a solid one and how things are going already.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@DanielSmidstrup I'd go with Claude, it's quite capable.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

@Samaytwt Ai won't make you dumb.

It'll just amplify whatever habits you already have.

If you use it to avoid thinking, you'll get worse.
If you use it to think better, you'll get better.

[Divine WebDev✨ @Divine__Ugorji]

Apple has really nailed product design