Codenight Weekly 038
This week, explore captivating discussions and projects, from open-source payment SDKs to AI landscape insights. Grab your coffee and sharpen your focus!
Top Developer Shout-Outs
Ethiopian Names Explorer by Iyasu H: An open-source site exploring over 1 million Ethiopian names—perfect for cultural dives. Website Link, Github Link, 1.
Atomix State Management Library by D34ault👾: A performant alternative to React’s Context API, updating UI via individual subscriptions. Seeking feedback; docs in progress. GitHub Link, Website Docs, 1, 2.
TimeWell v2.0.0 Release by Just: Flutter app for time management and habits with stats, quotes, sharing, and bug fixes. Built with Riverpod; supports Kremt AI Challenge tracking. Link: 1, GitHub.
Smart Budget Panel by Leul: Another handy budget management app that lets you track daily expenses and income, set and monitor budgets and savings goals, view weekly, monthly, and yearly analyses, get visual charts of your spending, and keep a history of all transactions. 1, Website Link.
A Budget App by Nati: Check out this handy finance tracker app that lets you track daily expenses and income, set and monitor budgets, view monthly summaries, get visual charts of your spending, and keep a history of all transactions. It even works offline and automatically syncs your data when you’re back online. 1, Website Link.
Zeus’s Image Processing Backend System (IPS): Zeus has developed IPS, a backend system for image processing similar to Cloudinary. The service allows image uploads, transformations, and retrieval with user authentication. The project is available on GitHub. 1, 2, GitHub Link.
CBE EMVCo QR Code Generator: Leul Zenebe created an open-source tool for generating EMVCo QR codes for CBE payments. GitHub Link, Website Link.
Kiru’s NalthJS Framework: Kiru announced NalthJS, a modern TypeScript agnostic framework built for security and simplicity, is live on Product Hunt. The announcement includes a link to the GitHub repository and encourages community support. 1, GitHub, Product Hunt.
Abdulhafiz Ahmed’s Telebirr Clone Figma Prototype: Abdulhafiz Ahmed shared a live Figma prototype of a Telebirr clone, seeking feedback on the design and user experience. The prototype features transitions and icon choices. 1, 2, Figma Link.
Ruhama B.’s Flow Automated Web Scraping Tool: Ruhama B. shared Flow, an automated web scraping tool with a drag-and-drop interface, designed to simplify data collection. The project includes a link to the tool and credits the design and brand identity. 1, Website Link.
Yoni’s YouTube Video Downloader: A simple desktop app for bulk downloads via pasted links. Includes Windows EXE; source on GitHub. Link: 1, GitHub Link.
Must-See Resources and Shares
Community gems to level up your toolkit.
Caleb’s Article on Clean Architecture Overkill: Caleb wrote an article arguing that clean architecture is often overkill for most applications. The article is published on Medium. 1, Medium.
AI Benefits Poll: Rafael-T shared a poll asking who benefits the most from AI (founders, programmers, or people outside tech). 1.
YouTube Channel Recommendation (InfoQ): E¥øbª(ያፌት) and Abel Berhanu recommended the InfoQ YouTube channel for deep technical breakdowns on software development, architecture, DevOps, and emerging technologies. 1, 2.
Build Your Own X: A GitHub repository with guides for building various software components from scratch. 1, GitHub.
Scientific Ethiopian Weekly Stories: Abel shared weekly stories from Scientific Ethiopian, highlighting an article on the future of energy and nuclear fusion. 1, Website Link.
AI Guide by Moges: Step-by-step on effective AI use: define problems, envision roles, break steps, select tools, refine prompts. Link: 1.
Events and Podcasts
Upcoming and recent happenings to join or catch up on
Devtopia is back.
Tech Updates and News
Key announcements and insights from the week.
Vercel Acquires NuxtLabs: Nuxt integrates into Vercel team. Link: 1, Post.
Google’s Gemini CLI: Open-source AI for CLI. Link: 1, GitHub.
TimeWell v2.0.0 by Just: Flutter update with stats and quotes. Link: 1, GitHub.
Agentic Mini Apps Hack on Nostr by Haniccha T: AI MiniApps hackathon with prizes. Link: 1, Details.
Gemini for Education by Gudisa Gebi: Free AI for educators with Classroom features. Link: 1, Details.
Top Discussions and Reactions
Telebirr and CBE Integration: Discussions on verifying receipts and self-hosted payments with contributions from ƒïяα and Leul Zenebe. 1, 2, 3, 4.
UI Feedback Request: niya🚀 received and iterated on community feedback for a UI design. 1, 2, 3.
MongoDB Connection Issues: Community troubleshooting for connection failures, suggesting local servers and network checks. 1, 2, 3, 4.
AI and the Future of Tech: Thoughts on student curiosity, tech adoption, and a poll on building a personal OS. 1, 2, 3.
AI IDE Alternatives: Recommendations for Trae, Dlxx, kiro.dev, and qoder.com over Windsurf/Cursor. 1, 2, 3, 4.
Clean Architecture Debate: Caleb’s article sparked talks on overkill vs. pragmatic design, including mobile-first approaches. 1, 2, 3.
Telebirr Transaction Fees: Clarifications on fee structure (e.g., 6 birr per 1k). 1, 2, 3.
Verifier API Release & Demo: Leul Zenebe’s SDK and demo app announcements with verification process queries. 1, 2, 3.
Upwork Client Acquisition: Sura T.’s service offer met with mixed, skeptical reactions. 1.
AI Tool Recommendations: Hossiy’s Dev Diary list of free AI tools; debates on omissions like DeepSeek. 1, 2, 3.
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