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Experiencing Writer’s Block and Everything In Between

Mar 24, 20217 min read

Ever sat utterly blank in front of your computer, not able to put down anything? This situation could go on for hours, days, weeks, months, maybe even years 😑. When writers find themselves in such a place, self-doubt creeps in, and they’ll probably ...

Planning a Heist with Conditionals in Go

Nov 5, 20207 min read

Conditional statements tell a program to evaluate when certain conditions are met. A specific code evaluates if the set condition is met and if not, the program will continue to move down to evaluate other codes. Conditional statements are part of ev...

Getting Started with Database – MongoDB

Oct 15, 20203 min read

Data is a collection of distinct information and to store this data, one would require a database. This article is an introduction to MongoDB and to fully understand it, you should have a general knowledge of databases. A database is an organized col...

Pointers in Go – what’s the point? 🤷‍♀️

Oct 10, 20205 min read

In any Programming language, whenever a variable or object is created, it is stored in a particular CPU/memory address and when we output the data, it pulls it from that address. In this article, I will explain what pointers are, its importance, how ...

Oops…there’s an Error! 😬

Oct 8, 20207 min read

Following up from my previous article on A Python Appetizer, I mentioned I'd look into errors later on and here it is… Introduction In this article, I will explain different types of errors that occur in a Python program as we can make certain mistak...

3 months of Python at She Code Africa

Oct 1, 20204 min read

A few days ago I was opportune to attend a Question and Answer session courtesy of Meghee with Mr. Gino Osahon, a developer evangelist and one who is passionate about community growth. After the session, I had a stronger conviction to share my experi...