a weekend in the life of a NYC software engineer (coding vlog)

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We're back with another coding vlog in new york city! Today I'm coding from a cafe and adding some new lines to my full stack build! The weather got good in NYC so we'll also head out to central park with my doggo Hermy!
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[@brianruizy]

Bro, absolutely love how you mix technical coding stuff with New York City vibes! ❤

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Thanks dude!!

[@Gus-xb7yd]

Do you code this startup, code at your job, shoot these videos AND edit them as well, all yourself!? If so we’re going to need a video on how you manage your time for sure!

[@bilalbakr7817]

yoooo, the best content creator just showed up again!!!!!!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Yoooooooooo ❤️

[@TheSocialDeveloper]

DTO stands for Data Transfer Object and its just used to format how the data will be structured in a http request and response.

[@none_the_less]

You must be fun at parties. /s

[@xf9qt]

😅hi bro, amazing video, keep doing the amazing work

[@toddmason1195]

cmd + p and type what file you are looking for, it's going to speed up your development! great vid like always!

[@mikestrives]

Super excited for the new Discord product. Sounds like something I could use for the Zero to SaaS community. PS, almost 30k now haha! 😁

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

For surrrre!

[@Gaiuscassius565]

30k congrats on that, keep doing that we really appreciate it❤

[@Birdabo404]

Bro's VSCODE is cursed

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Nahhhh 💀

[@Birdabo404]

@@JacobSucksAtCode lmaoooo, love your videos man, cant wait for the disc server to drop!

[@sensational_one3150]

As a junior developer on his journey I appreciate the motivational content bro. Good luck on the future builds! 🙌🏿

[@brandon6490]

Super motivating to see this while also building a small startup right now!

[@bhavyakantawala19]

I just love watching your videos!!

[@kino6881]

I am excited to start coding but i cant do the 30 day challenge because I don't have money and don't have a laptop. Coding is something I really want to do yet I want it just to be done and I know its going to take me like 6 to 12 months because I am slow at learning.

[@sillaceestekay2069]

Just stumbled onto this channel, so glad that I did!

[@smyk9557]

im binging all your vlogs in my breaks, and the style is so creative :))

[@riclerico]

How 'Jacob sucks at code ' I just cant understand. Great stuff

[@BeserkGames]

Ayeeee grats on 30k! Heres to many thousands more to come! 100k by the end of the year incoming! Great video, cannot wait for the Discord server!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Thanks so much!!

[@franklinantony]

More nest js please ❤

[@paddyvjpeg]

Cant wait for the discord!

[@pratishlmc]

About to hit 30k now, way to go Jacob. ❤

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Yoooo thanks dude!

[@valhalla_dev]

lol watching this 1 day after its release, hearing him worried that he's going to hit 30k too quick, and then seeing he's hit 30k

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Hahahahahaha

[@DVAsanin]

Did anyone tell him he looks like Cash Jordan?

[@Rohninz]

Programmers enjoy the process, entrepreneurs enjoy the results. Would be funny if the Stripe & Discord or other integrations could be easily done via Zapier.

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

It can lol

[@igmtink]

sir jacob, can make a tutorial on how to set up authentication on nest.js, I already watched a lot of tutorials on KZbin I can't find a complete guide, like most tutorials implementing only the access token there's no saving a session token on the database so it will handle to not re login every request a new access token, or do you have a link where can I watch or read for complete guide sir?

[@jonblack7046]

Are you still working at the startup? Was wondering if you'd be able to make a video to talk through the process of moving to NYC?

[@quangtranminh624]

it's not quite relevant but plz can I have the name of the music on the intro plz 😅

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Not sure honestly! It's from epidemic sound haha

[@michaelquamdonkor5254]

Hello Jacob, great video as always. Do you ever worry someone is going to steal your idea, like the repobear project for example? I would greatly appreciate your reply as I sometimes do get such concerns. Thanks for your tiime

[@DevynFerman]

Yoooo Jacob, when can we expect to see an open source project from you? I’d love to contribute my ci/cd skills to a huge community project!

[@lightwoodalec5037]

Jacob Not to warn you but you have officially hit 30 k Congratulations love the content as usual...

[@aleksandrsamoilenko5910]

hi, please tell me the name of the desktop notepad on which you take notes - it’s unusual

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Link in description

[@safarnaame108]

Please create some roadmap to get crack the Faang company interview and also how to. Get referral for freshers level ❤

[@AugustoKalahary]

Man... 30K is already around the corner. Have you ever tried to code the controllers separately by use case and not have all the routes for a specific part of your app like "pages" in the same controller? Essentially following SOLID principles, i.e. fetching data: where you'd have a specific controller that only has the @Get() route, which would have a use case (essentially a service to handle the rules and business logic) that communicates with your repository to retrieve the data from the database? Also, to generate types safely, have you tried the Zod library instead of the DTO strategy? I love your content Jacob!

[@abdelrhmanelabbasy5483]

hey Jacob great work keep going! when it comes to deploying using a nextjs frontend and nestjs backend can you maybe make a video on that or give me your thoughts.

[@_simplejack]

hell yes great video man!

[@lyon8539]

I still have a long way to go with coding, if only I were as far along as you. I watch your vlogs purely for motivation. You're doing well!

[@skyy02]

can't wait for the server, always wanted to connect with more like minded developers

[@jackgisel3211]

you must have worked in Java! that code looks like Spring/Java backends haha

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

I’ve never worked in Java!

[@jackgisel3211]

@@JacobSucksAtCode that's crazy! i didn't realize how much Nest looks like java then

[@simon-dominik]

Congrats on 30k! This thing evolves quickly! Great to see! Lookin forward for the discord

[@DheerajBadiger5]

Woww

[@pranjalagnihotri6072]

200 subs more

[@Ismael-capital1]

Love you content man keep going

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Appreciate it!

[@nicolo_curioni]

Congrats for 30k subs 🎉👨🏻‍💻📱

[@LukeMadeIt]

great video! product sounds interesting, im wondering about differences between the new app and something like Skool 👀

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Cheers dude! Different use case, will reveal more soon ❤️

[@LukeMadeIt]

@@JacobSucksAtCodelooking forward 🤝 love to see the journey

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

@@LukeMadeIt 👑

[@nove1398]

Nice PiP coding haha, increases productivity :)

[@w3mw]

Great videos like Always! How do you implement authentication with Nest JS? Credential with jwt and passport.js? How do you implement GitHub for example? Or do you use next auth or clerk in next js? Or do you do all things in Nest JS? 😄 Keep up with the great videos love it!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

I just use the passport-GitHub2 method

[@RobGeeDev]

Hey Jacob, do not really comment on vids but excited to see a new discord specifically for devs... I would like to push an idea forward since I am unable to find this anywhere... basically game jams but for web / software dev... I have never found anything like it (hackathons are close) but they just are not widely available :)

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Awesome suggestion!

[@henriquegomescervantes2750]

Jacob, I really like your videos, I don't miss a single one... But what is that black "stain" that sometimes appears in the corner of the video?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

It’s the lens

[@lewanYT]

To me, the discord server doens't have to be perfect. What I, as a starting developer, look for in the server is finding people who want to help with my project and being able to contribute to other people's projects. Thereby I would rather have it launching quickly than perfectly ;)

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Love that!

[@conradhunter5754]

So looking forward to using repobear! But why did I just get refunded for my waitlist pre-order purchase?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Check out 6:50 in the video :)

[@chelseaesanson]

loved the little breakdown of nest, would love to see more of this!

[@KodeWarrior]

YOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Felt the energy BIG TIME is this one! Kudos to the decisiveness on that move with RepoBear, NOT an easy decision to make.....but I agree the right one. The project you are passionate about is going to be the best one! And what about the GIT activity there!? DAYUUUUM! Thanks again for the weekly boost......currently starting week 3 of the challenge and still pushing. Making JS my B*&^%!!!!!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Yoooooo you’re a legend!! ❤️

[@seandanielson1721]

Hey there! Recommended way to breakdown your project (if you want it) is by services, controllers, and modules. As your app grows in complexity, it’s not uncommon for services to call each other, so having everything separated by category might make sense as you go. Happy coding! Love the channel!

[@seandanielson1721]

Thats how I’ve always done it at least. I’m a .NET dev so I am not super familiar with NestJs

[@JimmyLee-t3v]

may I ask what is the background music in the beginning of your video please? thanks

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Some random song from epidemic sound

[@PauloSilva-tl9qg]

Could you please tell me the programming language that is being used to develop the application?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Mainly typescript

[@samrat_malisetti]

Is there any chance that you make RepoBear as an Open Source? So we get a chance to contribute to it?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Maybe sometime!

[@zRobotico]

Hey Jacob, I’m from Brazil and your videos helps me understand how to make better decisions about my career of software engineer

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Awesome!

[@iim_human]

Love the video and Hermy’s first trip to Central Park, but it got me thinking…. Who is the spare human for Hermy?! 😂😂😊🐶

[@hunteroverstreetnox]

His wife?

[@blackdeutrium746]

new to ur channel bro!

[@Vysakh-gt7lr]

Hi bro, Iam currectly expertising in python fullstack. Do i have the oppertunities in todays world...

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Yesssir

[@Vysakh-gt7lr]

sir can you pls describe the roles that a python fullstackp developer can choose @@JacobSucksAtCode

[@a.artush]

It looks like my guy doesn’t know about built-in split-screen functionality in VS code, because he had to open two almost the same windows. Just drag the file to the one of the sides, and you’re ready to go

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

I prefer full screen width most of the time

[@a.artush]

But you're opening two windows tho, what's the point? @@JacobSucksAtCode

[@ouluehhh]

Only 200 subs left :D

[@lanzmanlapaz]

keep the videos cominggg!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Let’s goooo

[@mahidali5191]

wanna Meet you one day!!!

[@retrosynthguy]

Awesome video Jacob! Such a great vibe Btw what's your theme on vscode?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Night owl!

[@daniisb06]

Lovely content man❤

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Yooo thanks!

[@Bot-Frenzy]

Do you prefer NZ or NYC better? Keep it up Jacob ❤

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Idk I like lots of places!

[@nordices]

What program she using for design?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Figma!

[@igmtink]

sir jacob are you using graphql? or just a rest api?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

I used to use graphql. Most of the time I’m using swagger generated queries with tanstack

[@igmtink]

@@JacobSucksAtCode in your repobear sir you use graphql there?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

@@igmtink no because I custom predefined all the data that should be returned already in my backend endpoints

[@igmtink]

@@JacobSucksAtCode thank you for answering my questions sir 😊 it's rare for this kind of youtuber 😁 what I mean that active for their subscribers

[@philipmard6829]

Best SWE content on KZbin. Keep up the good work! 🤍

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Appreciate that!

[@kassim6154]

Are you no longer at kiki btw?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

More details to come ❤️

[@SkuliX34]

your dog is amazing super cute :)

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Thank you! 😊

[@dhanyamd3674]

excited for the discord launch !!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Wooooo

[@qwaylawn]

How are you affording rent etc etc in nyc??

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

It's expensive

[@qwaylawn]

@@JacobSucksAtCode hahah.. just meant more did you save up etc previously or did you manage to secure funding to be able to put 100% into your start up.. all good if you dont wanna disclose either though! anyway you have a new sub , all the best looking forward to next video

[@itxsaadgaming7902]

Just curious about your age?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

27!

[@philippvolkmer2843]

Nice to see how you use the tools! Helps me alot

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Awesome!!

[@sarunas.budvytis]

Coffee: w or w/o sugar?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

WITHOUT

[@diehardlegend3466]

🎉

[@zoyW3301]

So close! Let's goo!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Yooooooooo

[@ishan-lahiru]

🖤

[@paulinezipagan2136]

300 to go! let's go!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Let’s goooooo

[@SweCheetoh]

Can't wait for the discord!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Let’s gooooo