A software engineer getting used to slower forms of growth. Join me on my journey building LimeDB - a distributed key-value store built from scratch to deeply understand distributed systems, database internals, and horizontal scaling. How bitboards and pure Go logic enable blazing-fast move validation, legal move generation, and rule enforcement in a chess engine A single-command automation script for deploying LimeDB in Proxmox LXC containers with complete configuration and systemd integration A complete rewrite from Java/Spring Boot to Go, focusing on performance, consistent hashing with virtual nodes, and streamlined deployment. The quiet confusion, shifting expectations, and slow realization that growth isn't always about writing better code. Dealing with self-doubt in tech: what imposter syndrome feels like, why it's common among developers, and mindset shifts that actually help. A Python-based job scraping system that pulls LinkedIn listings into a structured Notion database for organized job hunting. Build a Telegram bot that generates visually appealing images from text using Python's Pillow library, perfect for social media content creation. Exploring efficient chess move generation using bitboards, from basic concepts to complex piece movements and legal move validation. Set up automated Python code linting in GitHub pull requests using GitHub Actions and pylint to maintain code quality and consistency A deep dive into one of Git's most powerful commands for undoing mistakes, recovering from merge chaos, and maintaining a clean repository