DEV Community: Shoaib Syed

I Built Another Todo App. Yes, Another One.

Shoaib Syed — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:09:29 +0000

After a long break, my cohort at @Code for India Foundation has finally resumed, and we’re now diving into backend development specifically, Express.js.

And honestly? My experience with backend so far has been great and overwhelming at the same time. 😂

Writing a REST API? Fine.

Writing multiple functions, methods, keywords, middleware, handling requests and responses, and somehow keeping track of what the hell is happening? Yeah… that’s where things get interesting.

I’m currently building a Todo app.

And no, I’m not under the impression that the world desperately needs another Todo list app. 😭

I’m building it because I’m here to learn. I want to actually understand how things work instead of just following tutorials and copying code.

Because building great applications requires a great foundation.

The timing is also… interesting.

I’m learning backend while dealing with my semester exams, which means I get to fight two completely different kinds of Battles at the same time.

But complaining about it isn’t going to make me better at backend, and it definitely isn’t going to get me better grades.

So I guess the only option is to work twice as hard, handle the pressure, and try to come out of this with both a good marksheet and a solid backend foundation.

And maybe, somewhere down the line, a recruiter sees this post and thinks:

“Damn, that’s a great candidate.”

…That’s the plan anyway. 😂

For now, I’ll keep learning, building, breaking things, fixing them, and figuring out what I’m doing along the way.

I’ll be back with more updates.

BackendDevelopment #ExpressJS #NodeJS #JavaScript #RESTAPI #WebDevelopment #LearningInPublic #SoftwareDevelopment #CodeForIndia

Nothing happened

Shoaib Syed — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:42:10 +0000

since last few weeks I was building... TRYING to build these few projects for myself and Potential clients, but neither of them worked out and now I'm thinking maybe just going back to the boring old way of living is a good idea.

just go to college, get good grades, don't worry about your future, no need to to go back and forth with clients, no need for sleepless nights over some personal projects.

I wish I was a developer in the 2021-2022 era, I guess going to college was relevant back then, it made a lot of sense back then to just follow a simple roadmap of getting your degree and then getting hired buy a company as a freshmen with basically zero skills that are expected today.

anyways, my wish is not going to change the reality of today's J*b market. so yeah I'll be gong back to finishing my Full Stack web development and also building some NICHE side projects that probably will not workout 90% of the time(yk coz its niche).

Average guy signing out. peace😌✌️

First ever post!!

Shoaib Syed — Sat, 23 May 2026 13:03:49 +0000

prepare yourselves DEVs to meet the Greatest Of Sometimes.

I'll be honest I've struggled with being consistent in my career. but we can always keep trying and keep pushing.

From Today onwards I'll be pushing myself to keep posting my progress and learnings regularly in dev.to in form of blogging I'll share my journey of an Budding software developer and a start-up founder. you'll see me Achieve but you will see me fail even more. that's what I'm here for Failing as much as possible and learning from it growing with it.

stick with me and find out what I'll cook up. until next time✌️