The latest articles on DEV Community by Ben Borla (@benborla29). https://dev.to/benborla29 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1084880%2Fcd998d99-87ef-471e-a3ea-25f5b525cc52.png https://dev.to/benborla29 en Ben Borla Tue, 31 Oct 2023 05:15:02 +0000 https://dev.to/benborla29/end-and-a-new-beginning-2cjh https://dev.to/benborla29/end-and-a-new-beginning-2cjh <p>Hi friends! I am a long-time advocate and silent reader of dev.to. I appreciate all the authors who posted their goodies in this industry here. </p> <p>To start, this is my first time posting and sharing my thoughts as part of a new beginning.</p> <p>Let me introduce myself, I’m Ben. I’ve been a <strong>fullstack developer</strong> for over 9 years. I’m also one of those who gets attracted to new shiny objects in terms of techs and frameworks (JS especially)</p> <p>Just recently, I got laid off at one of the most company I liked working, with a great working environment. Emotionally, I was devastated. Not because I don’t have work anymore. But, the colleagues that I will be leaving. </p> <p>So, after that, I did have lots of time to ponder and think about what to do next. Should I take days, weeks, or months off? Or should I act and continue going? </p> <p>Then, it got me thinking. <em>“I think it’s time for me to give back what I learned and provide my insights or thought process on real problems and scenarios and how I came up with a solution"</em>, this might help others that have a similar problem. I am also updating my CV and portfolios 😅. </p> <p>With this first post, I am moving forward. I will be posting random real problems I experienced and how I dealt with them, how to grow and improve as a developer, how to overcome <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome">Impostor Syndrome</a>, and the tools I use to keep me productive. </p> <p>I think that’s all for this post and I will be posting more in the coming days. </p> <p>By the way, here are the tools that I use for my workspace:</p> <ul> <li>Neovim (with LunarVim)</li> <li>Trello (For personal task management, and Jira for work)</li> <li>Alacritty - as my terminal</li> <li>TMUX - if you are a developer that spends so much time in terminal, you gotta try this, it’s amazing! 🔥🔥🔥</li> <li>exa - an alternative to ls</li> <li>Laravel Herd - I discovered this lately</li> <li>docker - you know what this is</li> <li>lazygit - a TUI for git</li> <li>lazydocker - a TUI for docker</li> <li>Oh-my-zsh - as my terminal shell</li> <li>MacOS - well, why not? 😅</li> <li>Figma - for UI and web design purposes</li> <li>TablePlus - for DB-client management. </li> </ul> programming developer nvim freelance Ben Borla Sat, 21 Oct 2023 03:49:29 +0000 https://dev.to/benborla29/the-end-and-the-new-beginning-1pc9 https://dev.to/benborla29/the-end-and-the-new-beginning-1pc9 <p>…</p>