SEnoir devs help me need guidanace

Aditya — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:33:03 +0000

Hey devs,
I’m in a weird spot.

Coding fluency: ~0.5/10 (I know print("hello"), loops, and that’s it)
Tech literacy: 9/10 (I get how systems work — auth, file uploads, JWT, rate limiting, etc.)
Execution: 10/10 — I shipped 3 production-grade apps in 3 months

How?
My internship mentor gave me detailed PDF plans (like a 14-day DocuSign clone).
I fed them to ChatGPT/Gemini, let AI generate code, then:

Ran it
Broke it
Fixed it
Tested with Postman
Deployed on Render/Vercel
Used on mobile + PC
Added bcrypt, JWT expiry, 3-try login lock, env vars

I’m not a “vibe coder” — I’m a prompt engineer with high tech IQ and zero syntax muscle.

The 3 Projects (All Live(now free services expired after 2 months) + GitHub)

InDocuSign- https://github.com/AdityaS-EX/DocuSigner
Bug tracker- https://github.com/AdityaS-EX/bug-tracker-app
Fiverr Clone- https://github.com/AdityaS-EX/freelance-marketplace
Google Drive Clone(i didn't upload as i am in deep sht with this mindset)

All have:
JWT + bcrypt
File upload (Multer + Cloudinary/S3)
Postman collections
Rate limiting
Deployed & tested cross-device

Mentor PDF Plans (I Didn’t Make These)
I followed these step-by-step guides from my mentor:

DocuSign Clone Plan (txt)-https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Cyx-p4M7OP-IulwbuHisAUgBiJ63gde/view?usp=sharing
Bug Tracker(PDF)-https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EWg43p4SzkpR1XkR8icB33At2RKHVOPF/view?usp=drive_link
Fiverr Clone Plan (txt)- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GP-vsDjchqCG7_CICReE-kzwywED4eum/view?usp=sharing

My Situation (Be Honest With Me)

Truth Reality I can build anything with AII can’t explain a single line without helpI ship fastI’ll fail a live coding interview in 2 mins
I understand system design I don’t know Flexbox vs GridI want ₹4-whatever LPA job so i need direction to polish my way
I need coding fluency

Roast Me. Help Me. Guide Me.
Senior devs, please answer:

Is my approach cheating? Or smart(It is dumb I know it)?
Are these projects hireable as-is(nope)?
What’s production-ready? What’s trash?
How do I go from 0.5 → 7/10 coder in 30 days?
Should I put this on my resume? How?

Be brutal. I can take it.

Tech Stack (All MERN)

React + Tailwind
Node.js + Express
MongoDB / Supabase
JWT, bcrypt, Multer, PDF-Lib, Stripe, Socket.io
Render / Vercel / Netlify
Postman for API testing

TL;DR
I’m a tech-obsessed beginner who used AI + mentor plans to build 3 real apps.
I ship. I secure. I deploy.
But I can’t code without AI.Help me become a real developer.

P.S. I used ChatGPT to write this post — because my thoughts are scattered and I can’t form clean sentences.
But I built the apps. I debugged. I shipped.
Now I need your help to level up.

I Built 3 Full-Stack Clones in 3 Months — But I’m Not a “Real Coder” (Yet). Roast Me.

Aditya — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:30:56 +0000