The latest articles on DEV Community by Shehab Elhariry (@shehabelhariry). https://dev.to/shehabelhariry 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%2F324916%2F775dc839-5889-483b-8e43-9fb4617de52b.jpeg https://dev.to/shehabelhariry en Shehab Elhariry Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:54:58 +0000 https://dev.to/shehabelhariry/reflections-on-a-rainy-day-periodic-surges-of-confidence-in-the-land-of-the-unknown-and-moving-5a1e https://dev.to/shehabelhariry/reflections-on-a-rainy-day-periodic-surges-of-confidence-in-the-land-of-the-unknown-and-moving-5a1e <p>With almost 7 years in the tech field, It became clear to me that the anxiety of not knowing in this field does not disappear completely.</p> <p>Facing new and unknown challenges at work is part of the job and I guess feeling anxious about how fast the tech ecosystem is moving is another bullet point in that ever growing job description.</p> <p>Yes the number of projects and the amount of knowledge learned is how to measure experience in a CV, but since anxiety is a feeling finding another feeling to counter it might be a solution for calmer days.</p> <p>Taking a deep breath and reflecting on other moments sometimes help with this. Those moments that are not initially noticeable where a concept is clear enough and thinking twice is not needed. Those moments of confidence in the pool of uncertainty. Those moments where you conjure a line of code out of memory or unconsciously use a concept in your code without looking it up.</p> <p>Keeping a mental note of these moments and sometimes even writing them down, can gradually calm the mind. Knowing that this feeling of non-confidence is not individual but a global phenomena can help reduce anxiety even more.</p> <p>Keep coding, keep reflecting...</p> development coding mentalhealth reflection Shehab Elhariry Wed, 08 Feb 2023 08:02:32 +0000 https://dev.to/shehabelhariry/codecrumb-1-556p https://dev.to/shehabelhariry/codecrumb-1-556p <p>In the never ending learning journey of programming, it's easy to forget a lot of the details that you learn. Especially, if said details are not used in your day to day job.</p> <p>I found that the best way to never forget is to have a reference of all the fun little tips that you find, to explain it to your future self in the best way possible and let the all-great power of the internet be your memory.</p> <p><strong>It's you to you</strong></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fshofviygmq627iomytkb.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fshofviygmq627iomytkb.jpg" alt="Spider man pointing to Spiderman " width="800" height="450"></a></p> <p>That way, if you want to remember something, you don't go searching for it in all the vast world wide web, you can find a simple explanation for it, narrated by you and in the best way you can understand it.</p> <p>Inspired by this, I decided to create this series of small little codecrumbs. Think of it as digestible pieces of knowledge concerning code, software engineering and whatever else I might find useful for me and hopefully you, my dear reader.</p> discuss