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I'm setting myself a goal of making $15k before the end of the year.

Now comes the interesting part, figuring out how to actually get there.

If you were in my position, what would you focus on? I'm interested in hearing practical approaches that have actually worked for people, whether that's freelancing, business, SaaS, sales, or something else.

Not looking for get-rich-quick ideas, just trying to figure out where I should put my effort for the next few months.

I saw someone complaining about how android studio eating their Ram. Are you guys not adopting the new ways of developing software? Like we have many ides and since a lot of people using AI for development. You don't even need to open Android studio unless you actually do so.

I wonder how you guys are still complaining. When you could just develop Android inside the vscode, or some other Ide unless you don't know. I recommend you up your game first

On Sunday At Around 8:30PM my phone's software crashed.

The phone shut down and won't boot past the android one screen (the phone is a Nokia X20).

Being a techie I tried to troubleshoot the issue via adb and discovered my bootloader is locked and the recovery options are inaccessible.

My phone's OS and bootloader are corrupted thus I can't even format the phone.

I've attempted a couple of solutions I found online but I haven't managed to fix the issue.

i think I need to reinstall the firmware and it's proven to be difficult due to the inaccessibility of the recovery options.

Has any one ever encountered a similar issue or knows a fix?

Any assistance will be much appreciated.

Yesterday l was talking to my dad and he questioned me on my internship.
He said he has a few connections to a few banks.
What projects can l build to tailor my portfolio so as to fit one of a banking dev.
Also what else should l know before joining the sector?

Hey, Everyone.l really need a laptop for my studies and to help apply for different jobs.Anyone with a spare one that they would like to help me with. Kindly reach out.Thank you.l am willing to share any relevant info

After paxful its sister site noones closed down. What could be happening, could btc be going to Zero!

I would like gain some perspective on how you guys work in your day to day jobs. Do you still write code by hand or do you have it fully AI generated? Or perhaps do you apply a hybrid approach? I am currently working on a project while learning a new language and I am having an existential crisis where as AI gets better and better at writing code everyday, and as more managers and places of work push for faster output, is there any point in learning how to code syntax anymore? I love coding and love manually figuring out the logic though the way AI is rapidly progressing, our job may ultimately end up being code review

I keep getting errors with certain programs like yt-dl failing to work properly, and problems like randomly getting captchas on multiple sites. Sometimes I get signed out of certain platforms.

The issues don't happen whenever I use mobile data. They've configured something that's inconveniencing me. Man, I can't use yt-dl on mobile data because some videos are really big.

Hey fellow nerds. I'm looking to get into Linux, been thinking about it for about two months now and I'm ready to commit time to it.

Some time back I was rethinking about what role I play in tech but I decided to give it another chance cause of some great advice I got. I know I can thrive I just chose to overthink it all.

So I'd love a few leads on where to start. Any advice is welcome. I'm really excited about this🙂‍↕️

Hey techies,

My machine is currently on life support trying to run a build while holding 15 Chrome tabs hostage. I'm looking to add an 8GB DDR4 SODIMM (Laptop RAM) to give this setup some breathing room.

I know half of us have that one "graveyard drawer" containing a motherboard with liquid damage, a cracked screen laptop from 2021, or a bricked machine gathering dust. If you have an intact 8GB DDR4 stick sitting inside a dead laptop chassis, let’s talk!

What I’m looking for:

• Type: DDR4 SODIMM (Standard 260-pin laptop RAM)
• Capacity: 8GB (any standard speed: 2400MHz / 2666MHz / 3200MHz)

What’s in it for you: I'm not looking for a free hand-out — I'm happy to:

• buy a "coffee/lunch" thank-you via M-Pesa.
• pay a fair scrap value for the hardware.
• trade a quick tech favor or a deep-dive code debug session.

That said, if you're feeling benevolent, "Ask and it shall be given" is always welcome!

Logistics: Flexible with pickup anywhere accessible in Nairobi (CBD, Westlands, Kilimani, along Thika Road, or near any convenient matatu stage). I can test it on-site if you have a working test rig, or send you an update once plugged in.

Shoot me a DM or drop a comment if you’ve got one taking up space!💻

I've been thinking about how many people have genuinely good software ideas but never get around to building them.

Sometimes it's because development is expensive. Sometimes it's because they don't know where to start. Sometimes they just want to know whether the idea is worth pursuing before putting serious money into it.

So I'm looking for a few people who have an idea for something like:

* A mobile app

* A web application

* SaaS

* A business/internal system

* An automation tool

* A marketplace/platform

* An API/integration

* Or another reasonable software product

I'd like to take one or two promising ideas and turn the core concept into a small, functional MVP at no development cost.

The goal isn't to build a massive production-ready system for free. It's to get the core idea working so you can actually see it, test it, get feedback and decide whether it's worth taking further.

I'm particularly interested in ideas that solve a real problem, rather than just "another app."

If the MVP turns out to have potential, we can discuss what comes next — whether that's continuing together, handing the project over, or simply using what we've built to validate the idea.

If you've been sitting on an idea for a while, I'd genuinely be interested in hearing about it.

What are you thinking of building?