Codenight Weekly 007
This week in Codenight, it’s all about shipping. From AI-powered ZSH plugins and Flutter apps vying for "Flutter of the Year" to a new Ethiopian product search engine and even a Netflix clone.
Developer Shout-Outs
ShellSense ZSH Plugin: VenopyX developed an AI-powered ZSH plugin with features like a chatting assistant, web search, code generation, and translation. 1.
ScholArxiv App: Dagmawi Babi submitted their ScholArxiv Flutter app to FlutterOfTheYear.com. The app helps users find academic papers. 1, 2.
Ethiopian Product Search Engine: Kidus launched yet.adulis.et, a search engine specifically for products in the Ethiopian marketplace. 1, 2, 3.
Events and Podcasts
All About Product Management: A live session Luna hosted featuring Theodore Negusu, founder of Mahder and Ruqad, discussing product management, from idea validation to market. Topics included navigating failures, the intersection of product management with design and development, and community building. 1, 2, 3.
EmpowerHer Virtual Workshop: A free, one-month virtual workshop for women offered foundational skills in web development, UI/UX design, and cybersecurity. 1.
Interestly Platform Testing: Rafael-T announced the start of the testing phase for Interestly, a platform connecting people with shared interests through random video chats. 1, 2.
Shared Resources
API Best Practices: Nebyu Samuel shared insights on API documentation and the importance of standardized responses for seamless frontend-backend collaboration. 1.
ZSH Plugin - ShellSense: 🦹♂️VenopyX released ShellSense, a ZSH plugin with AI-powered features like a chatting assistant, web search, code generation, and more. 1.
Software Architecture in Flutter: Log discussed the importance of software architecture and shared their folder structure for a feature-first, clean architecture approach in Flutter. 1, 2.
YouTube Coding Tutorials: Abeni shared tips on effectively watching YouTube coding tutorials, emphasizing the importance of rebuilding tutorial code and focusing on structured resources. 1.
Ethiopian Product Search Engine: кι∂υѕ shared an updated version of their Ethiopian product search engine, yet.adulis.et, now with improved search algorithms. 1, 2.
Tech Company Updates
Google Gemini 2.0 Release: Google released Gemini 2.0, the next iteration of their AI model. The announcement highlights improvements and new capabilities. 1.
Project Mono: Project Mano is an open source initiative likeminded Bitcoin centric Ethiopians have created to highlight how much power Bitcoin has to transform Ethiopia, triple our GDP and escape the industrial phase. Project Mano has 3 main suggestions: mining, holding and connecting it to our currency to quickly get rid of inflation and increase the ETB buying power very quickly. 1.
Top Discussions and Reactions
ScholArxiv App in Flutter of the Year: Dagmawi Babi shared their ScholArxiv app, submitted to the Flutter of the Year competition hosted by Tadas Petra. They encouraged the community to vote for their app by upvoting it on the competition's GitHub discussions page. The post included screenshots of the app and links for voting. 1, 2, 3, 4.
Java Spring Boot Framework Discussion: A question about the Java Spring Boot framework by Ķĩřŭ sparked a discussion. humorously compared it to "waterboarding," while YohannesTz.kt provided a more technical explanation, describing it as a backend-heavy framework for the JVM. 1, 2, 3, 4.
ShellSense ZSH Plugin: 🦹♂️𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐗 shared their ShellSense ZSH plugin, an AI-powered assistant for the terminal. Key features discussed included a chatting assistant, web search, web crawler, code generation, translation, and Wikipedia search. The post included a link to the GitHub repository. 1.
Software Architecture in Flutter: Log initiated a discussion about software architecture, reflecting on their university experience and how it contrasted with their current understanding. They shared their folder structure for a feature-first, clean architecture approach in Flutter, prompting a conversation about best practices and the use of use cases. 1, 2, …, 3, 4.
YouTube Coding Tutorials and Tutorial Hell: Abeni shared tips on effectively watching YouTube coding tutorials, emphasizing the importance of rebuilding tutorial code independently, building new projects, and transitioning to structured resources like documentation and books. The post sparked a conversation about learning strategies and avoiding "tutorial hell." 1.
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