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Shabani Hamidu
Shabani Hamidu

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I'm Learning to Code — But I’m Learning Alone.”

👋🏾 Hello developers — especially my fellow African devs 🇹🇿🇰🇪🇺🇬🇷🇼🌍
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I want to be honest about where I am in my programming journey.

I'm a young developer from Tanzania 🇹🇿 who is genuinely interested in programming, web development, backend, Python, Git, AI and building things.

I didn't learn these things through a traditional computer science program.

Most of what I know so far has come from AI tools, YouTube, documentation, websites, GitHub, and a lot of trial and error while building my own projects. 💻

So yes — I'm still a beginner.

I still get stuck on things that experienced developers might consider simple. Sometimes I break my code, spend hours trying to understand why, fix it, and then discover that the problem was one tiny line. 😂

But I'm genuinely enjoying the journey.

There's just one problem:

GitHub can feel really lonely when you're learning by yourself.

That's why I'm looking to connect with other developers — especially young programmers from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and across Africa. 🌍

I'm not looking for followers.

I'd simply like to meet people who are also learning, building, experimenting and trying to get better at technology.

We can:
🤝🏾 Share what we're learning
💻 Show each other our projects
🧠 Ask questions
🔍 Review each other's code
🚀 Try small collaborations
😂 And occasionally complain about bugs together

If you're a beginner, student, programmer, developer, builder or simply someone passionate about technology:

Let's connect.

I'm still learning, but I'm serious about becoming better.

And maybe somewhere along the way, we can turn this lonely GitHub journey into a small network of friends who build together. ❤️🌍

If you're interested, just say hi and tell me what you're currently learning or building.

I'd genuinely love to know you

#TanzaniaDevelopers #KenyaDevelopers

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