Hosting platform procrastination 😵‍💫

Background

I am trying to learn MERN stack in 150 Days, about which I posted a while ago. In this series posts, I will be sharing What and How I have been learning.

MERN - 150 Days Challenge

Prakirth Govardhanam ・ May 13 '24

#webdev #beginners #learning #discuss

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Did you ever have to deal with yourself in a similar situation as this ? How did you deal with it ? Let me know in the comments 💬

This is how I dealt with it. 🤹‍♂️

Context

DAY 9/150

• Until Part 3 - Deploying app to Internet part of the course, the course was not very challenging.

Reason

I always dreaded deployment. Last I tried I failed.
Then, I mastered procrastinating this particular aspect of Software Development 😐

Obviously, the procrastination comes from my insecurities as a non-traditional Developer, such as :

• What if I do something wrong and my code gets deleted ?! 🤨
• TMI! Where do I even start ?! 😬

Solution

• It took me a whole day to reason with myself and find options which satisfy one simple condition - No Credit Card required
• The answer was right in that part of the course - Render

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Learnings

• Procrastination or Impostor Syndrome is quite common for folks coming from non-traditional backgrounds to Software Development
• Deal WITH it. Do NOT give in. 🦾
• Sometimes the solution is right in front of You. Just breathe 😌

• Along the way, I found some nice aggregated resources 🤩 :

1. List of services for Web Hosting, Database, File Storage, User Identity and Monitoring
   

   

   Top Free Services To Deploy Full-Stack Applications (2023) | by Minianter | Medium

   Minianter ・ Jan 11, 2024 ・

   Medium

2. List of softwares with free-tiers for Developers
   

   

   Free for Developers

   Developers and Open Source authors now have a massive amount of services offering free tiers, but it can be hard to find them all to make informed decisions.

   free-for.dev

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Until next time! ✍️
Live Long and Prosper 🖖

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