“It Works on My PC” — The Lie I Believed
So today… I finally learned the real difference between running a program locally and deploying it online.
And my god — it was chaos.
At first, I was like, “It’s running perfectly on my PC, so obviously it’ll work online too, right?”
Wrong.
So very wrong. 😩
The moment I started deploying, everything turned into a big confusing maze.
I felt like a lost kid trying to connect a thousand loose wires, each one leading to another error message.
And the funny part?
Most of the problems were tiny silly mistakes.
The kind that make you laugh and cry at the same time when you finally find them.
But then... came the boss level.
That one big, annoying, “I-own-your-soul” kind of bug that just refused to die.
I gave up my sleep, sacrificed my sanity, and probably lost a few brain cells that night.
I don’t even remember how many AI tools I begged for help.
I asked politely at first, then started threatening them like,
“If you don’t fix this, I swear I’ll go back to Notepad.”
After countless retries, a hundred Stack Overflow tabs, and one emotional breakdown later…
THE BOSS WAS DEFEATED. 🏆
And finally — my app went live!
But Wait… Reality Hit Again
I’m still a student, which means no fancy paid hosting or cool custom domain.
Sure, there are free platforms — but they come with limits that scream,
“You’re broke but trying.” 😂
Still, I made it work somehow.
It may not be perfect, but hey, it’s alive!
What I Learned 🧠
“It works on my PC” means nothing in the real world.
Every silly mistake teaches you something.
Deployment is basically debugging your debugging.
And sleep is optional (apparently).
The Moral of the Story
Every failed build, every error message, every sleepless night — it all adds up.
It’s how we learn, grow, and build cooler stuff next time.
So if you’re out there struggling to deploy your first project —
Don’t give up.
Just grab some coffee, open 10 tabs of documentation, and prepare to question your life choices for a few hours.
In the end, that “Deployed Successfully” message will hit harder than any energy drink ever could. ☕🚀
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