The Solo Coder Newsletter

🔧 AI-Powered Job Search Secrets: Land Your Dream Job Faster!

January 23, 2025

Hello, hello! We’ve all heard it: to stand out, you must customize your resume and cover letter for each job. Add in the right keywords to get past...

💬 The Job Interview Secret You’re Missing: Answering 'Tell Me About Yourself' Like a Pro

January 16, 2025

Hello, Hello! Interviews can be downright nerve-wracking, can’t they? I used to feel like I could never prepare enough for the barrage of questions coming my...

✨ New Year, New Job Search: Try These Alternatives to Resolutions for Career Success

January 9, 2025

Hello, Hello! It’s never too late to wish you a Happy New Year—so here’s mine to you! I used to love making bold New Year’s resolutions. It felt great at the...

🧩 Why Betting on the Latest Tech Isn’t Always a Winning Move: Balancing Trends and Stability in Your Developer Career

November 14, 2024

Hello Hello, It feels like just yesterday when I was deciding which technologies to dig into as a young developer. Back then, every other month, a new “must-...

📝 Build Experience and Land Jobs with Freelance and Gig Work (Even Without Formal Job Experience)

November 7, 2024

Hello Hello, A long time ago in a galaxy far far away I started my gig business after quitting my fulltime job. This was back in 2009. It was a scary time....

🖥️ Cursor AI Code Editor: Your Next-Level Coding Partner

October 31, 2024

Hello Hello, I usually like to focus on career oriented articles, but it got to a point that I heard and read so much about this topic, that I had to mention...

📄 How to Format Your Resume for Easy Reading and ATS Compatibility (And Land More Interviews)

October 24, 2024

Hello Hello, I used to believe I needed a long, detailed resume to get noticed. Turns out, the opposite is true. Simpler is better these days. Just recently,...

🤝 The Secret to Successful Networking: Provide Value Before Asking for Help

October 17, 2024

Hello Hello, In our busy lives, it is very easy to think about connecting with people only to ask for a favor right away. "Is there any job openings in your...

💡 The Shocking Truth About Motivation Every Job-Seeking Developer Needs to Know

September 26, 2024

Hello Hello, Today, as I write this, it was just a few minutes ago actually, I woke up and I didn't want to leave bed. It isn't that I'm lazy and I want to...

🧊 The Hidden Interview Hack: Mastering Small Talk to Get Hired!

September 19, 2024

Hello Hello, Is it just me or do you also have a hard time with small talk? "The weather is so good today", "How is the day going for you?" - I usually feel...

🚀 Is AI Going to Replace Programmers? Here’s What You Should Be Doing Instead!

September 12, 2024

Hello Hello, "Are we going to lose our jobs to AI?" — This question is born from fear of the unknown, and honestly, no one can predict exactly what the next...

💼 Struggling to Stand Out? Build a Personal Brand That Lands You the Job!

September 5, 2024

Hello Hello,In the crowded market that we live in, where job openings have 500 other professionals competing for the same position, how do you get your...

🪴 Flip Your Weaknesses into Strengths for Your Next Job Interview

August 29, 2024

We’ve all been there—sitting in a job interview, feeling good about how things are going, when suddenly the interviewer asks, “What are your weaknesses?”...

🔍 Overwhelmed by Job Options? Narrow Down by Industry!

August 22, 2024

Are you overwhelmed by the endless job opportunities in tech? I get it—there are so many choices, it’s hard to know where to focus. But here’s the thing: you...

🎯 Achieve Your Tech Career Dreams with SMART Goals

August 15, 2024

Hello Hello, Feeling stuck in your career? One of the best ways to get unstuck and move forward is by setting SMART goals—goals that are Specific,...

🌟 Find Your True Career Passion with These Simple Steps

August 8, 2024

Hello Hello, I have been thinking of changing the content of my weekly newsletter for a little while. I would like to focus on helping you with more specific...

🪟 Windows Breaking Badly

July 26, 2024

Hello Hello! 🤣 source: 9gag Today I bring to you .NET/AI, frontend tools, and broken Windows. Event: .NET + AI🤖 I would love to do some coding with C# and...

🖋️ The Only Fonts We Need

July 5, 2024

Hello Hello! 🤣 Source Today I bring to you a project, some job interview help, and fonts. A Project for your Portfolio📊 This guide shows how to build a full-...

📉 Tech Jobs Cool Off - It is not all bad news!

June 27, 2024

Hello Hello! "Where do boats go when they’re sick? To the dock." 🤣 Today Today I bring to you the tech cooldown, code testing, and 10x dev. Tech Jobs Cool...

🏷️ Naming Variables

June 9, 2024

Hello Hello! “There are two rules for success:1) Don't tell all you know.”🤣 source: One Line Fun Today I bring to you AI coding, naming, and SSL. How AI...

📖 A Dev Journal

June 1, 2024

Hello Hello! “I came in first place on the IQ test!When I got the paper back it said ‘IQ: 1’.”🤣 source: UpJoke Today I bring to you a survey, journaling, and...

⚠️ Debugging & Troubleshooting

May 26, 2024

Hello Hello! 🤣 source: Boy Scouts of America Today I bring to you debugging, a thousand languages, and a hackathon. Debugging & Troubleshooting🚨 This article...

🔥 Firefighters or Developers?

May 19, 2024

Hello Hello! "I searched online for something to light a fire.- It said, ‘No matches found’."🤣 source: Scary Mommy Today I bring to you community, CSS, and...

🌐 Refactoring, Testing, Domains

May 12, 2024

Hello Hello! "Why did the Mother’s Day gift arrive the day after Mother’s Day?- It was choco-LATE"🤣 source: Good Housekeeping Today I bring to you...

🧘 Do or do not. There is no try.

May 4, 2024

Hello Hello! "Why does Princess Leia keep her hair tied up in buns?- So it doesn’t Hang Solow"🤣 source: Men's Health Today I bring to you a debate, a metric,...

📈 Chasing Titles

April 28, 2024

Hello Hello! "Hard work pays off in the future, laziness pays off now"🤣 source: Undercover Recruiter Today I bring to you coding secrets, mastering coding,...

🦸 A Few Heroes

April 20, 2024

Hello Hello! "An SQL statement walks into a bar and sees two tables. It approaches and asks: May I join you?."🤣 source: Fortra Today I bring to you...

🆘 Just Ask for Help

April 13, 2024

Hello Hello! "I was at the park wondering why this frisbee kept getting bigger… and then it hit me."🤣 source: Culture Amp Today I bring to you a student...

🎓 Learn Golang

April 6, 2024

Hello Hello! "The past, present, and future walked into a bar. Things got a little tense."🤣 source: Science of People Today I bring to you react, golang, and...

🧠 Smart Curiosity

March 30, 2024

Hello Hello! "True friendship: Walking into a persons house and your wifi connects automatically."source: Scary Mommy Today I bring to you Programming in the...

📋 Copy & Paste from Stack Overflow

March 23, 2024

Hello Hello! They need to update this joke 👆 with ChatGPT🙂. Today I bring to you CSS, AI, and Stack Overflow insights. Interactive CSS CheatSheet🎨 The CSS...

🧠 Second Brain Tools

March 17, 2024

Hello Hello! Today I bring to you a conference, memory safety, and second brain apps. NVIDIA GTC🍟 Don't miss this conference from NVIDIA. It is free to...

✅ 500 Frontend Interview Question

March 9, 2024

Hello Hello! Today I bring to you interview questions, web 3, and portfolio building apps. 500 Frontend Interview Question✅ This repo will contain 500...

👨‍💻 Top Programming Languages

March 2, 2024

Hello Hello! Today I bring to you Microsoft News, top programming languages, and good coding. Rust - Bye bye C#? Not so fast! 🔄 Microsoft is sparking...

🎥 Pick Netflix Hits with Python!

February 18, 2024

Hello Hello! "Why shouldn’t you tell secrets when a clock is around?- Because time will tell." 🤣 source: OnTheClock.com Today I bring to you: movies, open-...

🤞 Pinky Promises

February 11, 2024

Hello Hello! Today I bring to you a meetup, keeping promises, and an island. ReactTO Meetup on Thursday in Toronto💡 Tech meetups are a boon for developers,...

🪑 Desk Posture Made Easy

February 4, 2024

Hello Hello! Memory Evolution Today I bring to you how to sit right, IDEs, and frontend basics. Desk Posture Made Easy🪑Are you slouched over your desk, lost...

😎 CSS Custom Properties

January 28, 2024

Hello Hello! Today I bring to you a local event, CSS, and documentation. 3 Tech Talks - 1 Meetup📆 Join this event at Microsoft Canada HQ in Toronto for an...

🍅 Flowmodoro

January 20, 2024

Hello Hello! Today I bring to you a Hackathon, layoffs, and productivity for developers. Hashnode Hackathon🏆 Join the Hashnode APIs Hackathon and dive into...

🎤️ A Speaking Gig. Anyone?

January 14, 2024

Hello Hello! Don't become the "Senior Developer" ⬆️ Today I bring to you a coder story, a speaking opportunity, and how to build a great GitHub account. A...

🫂 Best Friends Forever (BFF)

January 7, 2024

Hello Hello! Today I bring to you a job search story, an open-source project, and an architectural pattern. Tech Trials to Triumph🌟 Who doesn't love a good...

🍃 Letting Go

December 31, 2023

Hello Hello! "Last year, I was able to keep all of my New Year's resolutions...tucked away in a journal on my bookshelf." 🤣 source: Good Housekeeping Today I...

🔍 Did you know HTML could do this?

December 24, 2023

Hello Hello! 🤣 "1st Rule Of Programming: - If It Works Don't Touch It" Today I bring to you HTML, Microservices, and the types of people using AI to code....

🤔 Struggling to Land Your First Job?

December 21, 2023

Hello Hello,I'm in the process of selecting 10 people who have graduated already from college but were not able to find a job.I would like to help you, if...

🧑‍🎨️ An image is worth a thousand words

December 17, 2023

Hello Hello! "What kind of Christmas music do elves like?- Wrap music!"🤣 source: Reader’s Digest Today I bring to you a course, a JavaScript image, and a...

🧑‍🎓️ All about learning to code

December 10, 2023

Hello Hello! "What is an algorithm?- A word used by programmers when they don’t want to explain what they did."🤣 source: SEO Chatter Today is all about...

😨 AI Drama

December 2, 2023

Hello Hello! "Why are vegetarians never involved in any drama?- They can’t stand beef."🤣 source: UpJokes Today I bring to you drama, URLs, and what a...

🧑‍🎨️ A Front-end inspired edition

November 25, 2023

Hello Hello! "Where does a cow hang their paintings?- In a mooooseum."🤣 source: Jokes4us.com Today I bring to you a past event about GitHub, front-end...

🪨 A SOLID approach to coding

November 19, 2023

Hello Hello! "I’ll be celebrating Black Friday in my own way— by completely ignoring it."🤣 source: Scary Mommy Today I bring to you an article about AI still...

💬 Build your own ChatGPT without coding

November 12, 2023

Hello Hello! "Why did the teacher wear sunglasses to school?Because her students were so bright."🤣 source: We Are Teachers Today I bring to you a bit of AI,...