Alex

Fullstack Mobile Developer

[Michael A. Stelzner @Mike_Stelzner]

Ever feel like you're so close to something big—then all of a sudden you get pulled away from it?

Forces beyond your control move you away...

I went canoeing on Sunday.

My wife was in the front and I was in the back.

We were flowing down a beautiful river. Trees passing by.

Then, in an instant, the canoe got turned backward and we went crashing into a bank.

It happened a few times.

It wasn't really anything we did. Instead it was where we were on the journey.

There were a few twists in the river where the current under us flipped us around.

To get out of it required extra muscle and then a lot more paddling to catch up to our group.

But isn't that the nature of journeys?

Sometimes when you're working on something big, you're heading down unfamiliar rivers.

And you're gonna get turned around.

The current will flip you backward when you least expect it.

You'll crash into banks that seem to come out of nowhere.

But here's what I realized while paddling hard to catch up...

It's those unexpected crashes that actually build up our muscles and make us better downstream.

Every time we got flipped around, we learned something new about reading the water.

Every crash taught us how to recover faster.

By the end of the trip, we were navigating those twists like pros.

The same thing happens in business and life.

You get momentum going in one direction, then—WHAM—something flips your plans upside down.

Maybe it's a failed product launch.

Maybe it's losing a major client.

Maybe it's discovering your marketing strategy isn't working anymore.

In that moment, it feels like you're moving backward while everyone else is flowing ahead.

But those setbacks?

They're not disasters. They're training.

They're building the exact muscles you'll need for the bigger rapids ahead.

So the next time you feel turned around and crashing into unexpected obstacles, remember this:

You're not falling behind. You're getting stronger.

The river hasn't defeated you. It's teaching you.

And when you finally catch up to where you were going, you'll be a much better navigator than when you started.

Have you ever had a "crash into the bank" moment that ended up making you stronger?

I'd love to hear about it.

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@wicak_radityo @schlimmson It's more an expected problem given how it works. A good practise is to keep architecture modular as most of the time the problem is just one problem that ends up having to be resolved in multiple places

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@LeahTCodes Similar thing happened to me last week with API docs. The data types it accepted were not the ones in the docs.

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@heyandras @fractlnetworks @coolifyio I'm liking the style of these sponsor announcement videos

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@Kelset Thank you so much for your contribution to the community. Me and my colleagues treated a release with your name on it like a musician dropping a track or album 🤣
All the best for your future plans

[Jonathan Bossenger @jon_bossenger]

I've come to the realization that arguments over which is the best local development environment or code editor are the web dev equivalent of arguing over which is the best mode of transport and are just as much of a waste of time. Use what works for you.

[Jordan Dalton @jordankdalton]

Laravel community, I’m back on the job market.

If you’re seeking a senior dev with a ton of experience (Laravel 12 years, PHP 18 years) DM me.

Also, could you do me a solid and retweet this?

[Alex @iamalexchip]

I've come across things that are similar but some of them are exactly the same just different syntax

[Alex @iamalexchip]

It's interesting how much frameworks and libraries in different languages have so many patterns in common. I'm seeing a lot of things in Java and C# .NET that are familiar from Python and other things I have experience with

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@gabriel__xyz Alex Fullstack software and mobile engineer. Exploring a number of product ideas

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@AndreeaFarcas98 ActionScript

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@adrianbatdev In that order 😆

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@sudo_overflow What kind of tasks do you want to track? I use @toggltrack because it works for my use cases.

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@jlengstorf I feel the same. It's why I'm planning to post content and participate in communities so I can find more people like this. It's how I've met them in the past

[Alex @iamalexchip]

🚀 Just joined the @shiftnudge email crew! About to turbocharge my design skills from the comfort of my own inbox! 😅 https://t.co/PsNvMTIlvx

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

You can measure how well you’re doing by the amount of people who tell you it was luck, it was given to you, or you cheated.

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@CodeRed_dev

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@TomFrankly @NotionHQ Is this a desktop only feature?

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@ThePrimeagen Opening multiple Facebook tabs affects the whole system for me

[Alex @iamalexchip]

@ianzelbo LOL yeah. At least this one used well is a good conversation starter