Vikrant Pareek

100xDevs | COHORT 3.0 | Learning MERN

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

Starting my #buildinpublic journey 🚀. Currently in Week 6 of @100xDevs COHORT 3.0 with @kirat_tw. Going from a complete beginner to a job-ready full-stack dev. Will be documenting everything -- the wins, the bugs, and the confusion. Follow along if you're on a similar path.

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

@PrathEffect Week 23 me react hi chal raha ha?

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@Gudakesh_07 Thanks Bhai ♥️

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

@Gudakesh_07 I'm in week-20. A little ahead 😅

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

@PrathEffect @kirat_tw What's going on in the boot camp? Projects?

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@chams_builds Thanks man ❤️

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Day 50 of #buildinpublic

Missed a weeks - was on a trip to Ujjain

What I learned before the trip:

→ WebSockets & real time apps
→ Broadcast + room based chat app
→ PostgreSQL vs MongoDB
→ Started Prisma ORM

Back home. Back to grind. Will update you on Day 57

#100xDevs

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

@chams_builds Finished real time chat apps and started with Prisma. Not yet completed

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

Day 50 of #buildinpublic

Missed a weeks - was on a trip to Ujjain

What I learned before the trip:

→ WebSockets & real time apps
→ Broadcast + room based chat app
→ PostgreSQL vs MongoDB
→ Started Prisma ORM

Back home. Back to grind. Will update you on Day 57

#100xDevs

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

Day 42 of #buildinpublic

Week recap:

→ Built a full backend in TypeScript
→ Built the frontend in React + TypeScript

Today:

→ Connecting frontend & backend
→ Deploying it live on the web

First full stack project going live soon

@100xDevs #TypeScript #ReactJS @kirat_tw

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

Day 42 of #buildinpublic

Week recap:

→ Built a full backend in TypeScript
→ Built the frontend in React + TypeScript

Today:

→ Connecting frontend & backend
→ Deploying it live on the web

First full stack project going live soon

@100xDevs #TypeScript #ReactJS @kirat_tw

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

Day 35 of #buildinpublic

Watched the @100xSchool podcast "Tweet Less, Work More" and it hit hard

Shifting to weekly updates from now on. Less tweeting. More building & practicing

5 weeks of showing up consistently. That's more than most people make it!

#webdev @kirat_tw

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

Day 35 of #buildinpublic

Watched the @100xSchool podcast "Tweet Less, Work More" and it hit hard

Shifting to weekly updates from now on. Less tweeting. More building & practicing

5 weeks of showing up consistently. That's more than most people make it!

#webdev @kirat_tw

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

@JacobSobolev @100xDevs @kirat_tw Hey Jacob, thanks!

The hardest part was properly typing Request/Response with Express + Zod (especially req.body + middleware types).

Fought the compiler for a while but it finally clicked.

Appreciate the encouragement!

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Day 34 of #buildinpublic

UPDATE: I did it!

Built the TS backend completely from scratch.

No reference. No hints.

Was stuck on a "basic" thing for 3 days

But that struggle made it stick forever.

Moving to the next lecture today

@100xDevs @kirat_tw #TypeScript #buildinpublic

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

Day 34 of #buildinpublic

UPDATE: I did it!

Built the TS backend completely from scratch.

No reference. No hints.

Was stuck on a "basic" thing for 3 days

But that struggle made it stick forever.

Moving to the next lecture today

@100xDevs @kirat_tw #TypeScript #buildinpublic

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

@JacobSobolev @kirat_tw @100xDevs Yeah that's true. The journey itself taught us alot.

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Day 32 of #buildinpublic

Tried building a basic TS backend 3 times yesterday. Still couldn't do it without looking at reference

Thought: if I can't do this, how will I perform at a job?

So today's challenge - Build it completely from scratch. No reference. No hints.
@kirat_tw

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

@10xdhruv @kirat_tw @100xDevs Exactly, that's what I understood now!

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Day 31 of #buildinpublic

Back after 2 days - was ill

Reality check in Week-15

Understood lectures. Practised everything. Harkirat said "Build this yourself"

I froze. Errors everywhere

Lesson: watching ≠ building

More practice. Less passive learning.

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@100xDevs @kirat_tw

[Vikrant Pareek @VikrantPareek_]

@yabsssai @kirat_tw @100xDevs Thanks for the advice! I haven’t tried breaking it down further yet. Usually when I sit down, my only goal is to finish 1 lecture + practice it completely in a day.

I’ll try splitting it into smaller chunks and see how it feels, might help reduce the pressure.

Good suggestion!