Posts by Gift Balogun

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Gift Balogun

Backend Focused Full Stack Developer | Laravel, Python & Scalable Systems
Lagos, Nigeria giftbalogun.name.ng Joined October 2024
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Posts by Gift Balogun

Gift Balogun in Articles 4 min read
In the fast moving world of software development and system administration, scripts are often written quickly to automate repetitive tasks. Whether you are writing Bash scripts for server management, Python utilities for automation, or deployment scr...
Gift Balogun in Articles 4 min read
Every developer has experienced this moment. You open a project you wrote months ago, scroll through the code, and suddenly think: “Who wrote this mess?” Then it hits you. You did. Do not act surprised. Yes YOU . Writing code that works today is ...
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Gift Balogun in Articles 4 min read
The Raspberry Pi has come a long way from being just a learning tool for beginners. Today, it’s powerful enough to run real services that developers, hobbyists, and DevOps engineers use every day. From hosting internal dashboards to running automati...
Gift Balogun in Videos 1 min read
Most modern applications are powered by APIs. Mobile apps, websites, and backend systems all communicate through them. But many developers still find APIs confusing when they first start learning backend development. I just published a video expla...
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Gift Balogun in Tutorials 4 min read
Nothing is more frustrating than a Bash script that just… hangs. No errors. No logs. No output. Just a stuck process quietly consuming resources while your deployment pipeline waits indefinitely. If you're a backend developer, DevOps engineer, or s...
Gift Balogun in Articles 4 min read
If you’ve ever pushed a deployment that worked perfectly on your machine but failed instantly on the server there’s a good chance Linux file permissions were involved. Few things are as frustrating as a broken deployment caused by a simple Permissio...
Gift Balogun in Articles 3 min read
Writing code that works on your machine is one thing. Writing code that survives production is another. There’s a moment in every developer’s journey when the focus shifts. It’s no longer just about features, clean syntax, or passing tests. It becom...
Gift Balogun in Articles 3 min read
Your server might be running perfectly —-->>> until it isn’t. One day, CPU usage spikes without explanation. Or your logs fill with unknown IP addresses. Maybe disk space starts disappearing mysteriously. Suspicious activity on a server rarely annou...
Gift Balogun in Videos 1 min read
Welcome to Brute Code Tech In this first video, I share the real reason I started this channel and then break down how backend systems actually work in a simple way anyone can understand. If you're: • Learning backend development • Curious about ho...
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Gift Balogun in Articles 1 min read
It’s Sunday. Be honest… 1. What’s one “temporary fix” in your codebase that has survived longer than it should? 2. If bugs could only happen on one day of the week, which day would you pick? Be careful… your answer says a lot No judging. Just...
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Gift Balogun in Articles 3 min read
Bash scripting has always been one of the most powerful and intimidating tools in a developer’s toolkit. It’s lightweight, fast, and deeply integrated into Linux systems. But let’s be honest: writing clean, safe, and maintainable Bash scripts can be ...
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Gift Balogun in Articles 3 min read
Modern backend development is filled with powerful frameworks, cloud dashboards, container orchestration tools, and CI/CD pipelines. It’s easy to spend most of your day inside an IDE or browser based admin panel and forget that, underneath it all, yo...
Gift Balogun in Articles 3 min read
APIs are the backbone of modern software. They connect mobile apps to servers, power SaaS platforms, enable integrations, and support entire ecosystems of third party developers. When designed well, APIs feel invisible predictable, clean, and easy to...
Gift Balogun in Articles 3 min read
A guide to soft and technical skills in an AI augmented world For years, the formula for becoming a great developer seemed straightforward: learn a language, master a framework, build projects, repeat. But today, we’re entering a different era one w...
Gift Balogun in Articles 3 min read
When you’re a solo developer, you don’t have a team watching dashboards, checking logs, or monitoring servers for you. You are the backend, the DevOps, the support team and sometimes the person who only notices issues when users complain. That’s whe...
Gift Balogun in Articles 3 min read
In my experience , Laravel makes it incredibly easy to start a project. A few commands, some controllers, migrations, and you’re shipping features fast. The problem usually doesn’t appear in week one it shows up months later, when the codebase grows,...
Gift Balogun in Articles 3 min read
Linux quietly powers most of the modern tech world. From cloud servers and containers to Android devices and embedded systems, it’s everywhere. Yet many developers interact with Linux only at the surface level running commands, deploying apps, or fix...
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Gift Balogun in Articles 3 min read
Software development doesn’t end when the code works. Behind every stable application is a set of recurring maintenance tasks that quietly keep things running smoothly. The problem? Many developers still handle these tasks manually week after week—bu...
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Gift Balogun in Tutorials 3 min read
Bash scripting is one of those skills every developer uses, but very few truly master. We write quick scripts to automate tasks, glue systems together, or run background jobs and then one day, something breaks. The script silently fails, produces the...
Gift Balogun in Articles 3 min read
In an era dominated by cloud platforms, managed services, and abstracted infrastructure, it’s easy for developers to forget what actually happens beneath the surface. Yet, some of the most capable engineers today share a common trait: they run homela...
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