The latest articles on DEV Community by Gerald Ballesteros (@geraldb). https://dev.to/geraldb https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1050207%2Fe4a25b7b-4f89-4cfe-9c3d-cde34cd8120b.jpg https://dev.to/geraldb en Gerald Ballesteros Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:04:03 +0000 https://dev.to/geraldb/starting-my-side-projects-journey-after-7-years-in-software-engineering-lpf https://dev.to/geraldb/starting-my-side-projects-journey-after-7-years-in-software-engineering-lpf <p>Never too late, right?</p> <p>In my 7 years of professional experience, I've already worked on several projects in various fields. E-commerce, restaurant POS, and SMS services, to name a few. Despite that, I've barely made a few projects in my own time.</p> <p>"Arduinosaur" is one of the very few (dumb, but fun) small projects I have created:</p> <p><iframe width="710" height="399" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XPosKf4i-bA"> </iframe> </p> <p>I enjoyed doing that. However, it's very rare for me to work on such things. So now, my plan is to consistently do more.</p> <h2> First project in this&nbsp;series </h2> <p>What better way to kick off this journey than by creating a web page that can generate random software ideas.</p> <p>So here's <a href="https://appdea.vercel.app/"><strong>Appdea</strong></a>.</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--QG3Ee65D--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/mn12xme5bdukvphvsj70.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--QG3Ee65D--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/mn12xme5bdukvphvsj70.png" alt="Appdea: App Idea Generator (First project in this series)" width="800" height="601"></a></p> <p>It's a simple React TypeScript application that uses this <a href="https://itsthisforthat.com/api.php">Public API</a>. It's not an original concept by any means, and most of the credit should go to <a href="https://twitter.com/erickerr">@erickerr</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/gilbert">@gilbert</a> from ItsThisForThat. My work merely displays the data they provide. But for this journey, I'd say it's a good, fun start.</p> <h2> More to come...? </h2> <p>Most of what I'll do here will be tiny projects. And with what I'm aiming for in this series, it's not about how big the action is, but rather how consistent.</p> <p>My next projects would probably be React apps made with Vite or Next.js 13. I aim to further expand my knowledge and skills by dipping my toes into the latest tech, or ones that are quite new to me.</p> <p>Anyway, only time will tell if I'll actually follow through with this. So wish me luck. Better yet, join me and start a similar journey of your own.</p> <p>👋 <em>Hey</em>. Thanks for reading my first ever blog post. If you liked it, follow me here. And feel free to connect on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerald-ballesteros/">LinkedIn</a>.</p> <div class="ltag__user ltag__user__id__1050207"> <a href="/geraldb" class="ltag__user__link profile-image-link"> <div class="ltag__user__pic"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--DkNd4A8Y--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--JKIa3RKq--/c_fill%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Ch_150%2Cq_auto%2Cw_150/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/user/profile_image/1050207/e4a25b7b-4f89-4cfe-9c3d-cde34cd8120b.jpg" alt="geraldb image"> </div> </a> <div class="ltag__user__content"> <h2> <a class="ltag__user__link" href="/geraldb">Gerald Ballesteros</a>Follow </h2> <div class="ltag__user__summary"> <a class="ltag__user__link" href="/geraldb">Software Engineer | React Developer | Fullstack Developer</a> </div> </div> </div> webdev react javascript showdev