🎯 Why I’m Starting This Blog (and What You’ll Learn From It)

Muhammad Farooq — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:00:22 +0000

Hi there! 👋 I’m Farooq — a software developer who works mostly with React.js, Ruby on Rails, and APIs.

After solving countless bugs, building side projects, and learning through trial and error, I realized something important:

The best way to learn deeply is to teach what you just figured out.

That’s why I’m starting this blog.

💡 What You’ll Find Here
I’m writing this blog to document the things I’m learning as a developer. These posts will be short, practical, and focused on real problems I’ve faced and how I solved them.

Here’s what you can expect:

🔧 Fixes for annoying bugs in React and Rails

🧠 “Aha!” moments I want to remember and share

🚀 Tips for working with tools like Devise JWT, TanStack Query, TailwindCSS, and more

💬 Honest thoughts on learning, freelancing, and growing as a dev

🛠 Why You Might Want to Follow Along
I’m not an expert — but I’m one step ahead of where I was yesterday.

If you’re learning web development, trying to break into tech, or just want quick explanations of tricky issues, I hope these posts will save you time and stress.

Even if one post helps just one person, that’s worth it.

🚀 Let’s Build in Public
This blog is my little corner of the internet to learn in public, improve my writing, and help others along the way.

Thanks for reading. I’ll be posting regularly — and my next post will be about a tricky error I hit with authenticate_user! in Rails API. Stay tuned! 🙌

P.S. If you're starting your own dev blog, let me know — we can learn together. ✌️

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🎯 Why I’m Starting This Blog (and What You’ll Learn From It)