<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Lau | My Dev Journey</title><description>Diary of a career change into web development.</description><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/</link><language>en-US</language><item><title>From 0 to 100</title><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/from-zero-to-a-hundred/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/from-zero-to-a-hundred/</guid><description>Two weeks into my new job and the feeling of learning faster than ever.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Ruby</category><category>onboarding</category><category>fintech</category></item><item><title>🥊 Box well. The knockout comes on its own</title><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/box-well-the-knockout-comes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/box-well-the-knockout-comes/</guid><description>How I went from finishing a bootcamp to working in backend at a fintech.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>fintech</category><category>backend</category><category>hired</category></item><item><title>🚀 Building my first SaaS with FastAPI and PostgreSQL: the real errors that almost broke my backend</title><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/building-my-first-saas-with-fastapi-and-postgresql/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/building-my-first-saas-with-fastapi-and-postgresql/</guid><description>💡 What I learned building a course platform while I am still learning web development.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>FastAPI</category><category>PostgreSQL</category><category>SaaS</category></item><item><title>🚧 In the meantime</title><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/in-the-meantime/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/in-the-meantime/</guid><description>Building two projects at once: working in a team and building a SaaS from scratch.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>SaaS</category><category>teamwork</category></item><item><title>🔍 Job hunting is a job too (and nobody prepares you for it)</title><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/job-hunting-is-a-job-too/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/job-hunting-is-a-job-too/</guid><description>And I am learning it the hard way.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>job hunting</category></item><item><title>🎓 The end of the bootcamp, the beginning of my real tech path</title><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/the-end-of-the-bootcamp-the-start-of-my-real-tech-path/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/the-end-of-the-bootcamp-the-start-of-my-real-tech-path/</guid><description>When finishing your studies is, in fact, the real beginning</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>end of bootcamp</category></item><item><title>🚀 The day I stopped &apos;practising&apos; 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so you can carry on</title><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/re-start-when-your-brain-says-enough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/re-start-when-your-brain-says-enough/</guid><description>A reflection on mental saturation and the importance of switching off.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>burnout</category><category>mental health</category></item><item><title>🤯 FastAPI: From a single file to &apos;Passing the Ball&apos; (My Survival Cheat Sheet) 🐍</title><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/fastapi-from-one-file-to-passing-the-ball/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/fastapi-from-one-file-to-passing-the-ball/</guid><description>From a single main.py to separating responsibilities in FastAPI: my survival cheat sheet for not overcomplicating things (and overcomplicating them anyway).</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>FastAPI</category><category>Python</category><category>architecture</category></item><item><title>⚔️ The Battle of the Databases: SQL, Mongo and the Bootcamp Rollercoaster</title><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/the-database-battle-sql-mongo-and-the-bootcamp-rollercoaster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/the-database-battle-sql-mongo-and-the-bootcamp-rollercoaster/</guid><description>SQL and MongoDB at the bootcamp: the stress of not writing code any more, the console, and a genuine fascination with databases.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>SQL</category><category>MongoDB</category><category>databases</category></item><item><title>🐍 Dear Python:</title><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/dear-python/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/dear-python/</guid><description>A love letter (and a confused-syntax letter) to Python, written by someone who came from JavaScript and the myth of the easy language.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Python</category></item><item><title>🟨 JavaScript: the language I did not know I was going to love</title><link>https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/javascript-the-language-i-didnt-know-id-love/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mi-camino-dev-blog.vercel.app/en/blog/javascript-the-language-i-didnt-know-id-love/</guid><description>We wrapped up the JavaScript module and something I did not expect happened: I love it. 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