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You know people say - "You're still in your 20s, you don't know enough about the divine hormones and shit." Yes, I'm not disputing it. But It's important to know you have options. Biological parenting isn't by force Kids are a lot of work. These ones I'm staying with here - I'm not exactly feeling the maternal affection supposedly innate in women. The other arguement is - "you won't have anyone take care of you in your old age." Well newsflash, almost everyone in old people's home have kids and grandkids. But the kids have their goddamn life as well. I envision -  Reading. Mentor young women. Talking about A.I and shit in events. Binge on a show. Rinse and repeat. I've hardly quite Thought of kids in the equation save that I can have two max - then possibly hysterectomy. If I'm childless and my body eventually gives in to old age, I'd have stashed enough money for paying for my old people's home after a fulfilled l...

 When I watched a lesson on JavaScript reduce method and heard the instructor say it's one of the hardest, I simply shrugged - "meh" That's because at first, I understood the basic mechanism. It reduces the values in the parameters to a single digit. Simple right? Nope!  A few JavaScript exercises later and I'm nearly smacking my head against the wall - "I can't seem to understand this reduce method anymore." Thanks to web development simplified, I finally got the gist So here's a simple function to use reduce function reduceArr((){ }) This can accept 4 parameters. But for purposes of clarity, let's start with the commonly used. 2 parameters alone So, function reduceArr ((total, iteration) { }, initalElement) So, this method accepts a callback function and another parameter. The last parameter is the starter "total" That's, it's the element that will be the initial total in the first iteration. Which is usually zero . So, i...

 So, this time last week, I managed to create a calculator programme I didn't start off planning to build the programme I was solving basic JavaScript exercises online So I was sorta getting a little hang over it. And I came across an exercise that requires to take a value from an input, and multiply and divide with the value from the second input I solved it It immediately struck me. Like an Eureka moment "Chinenye, this is actually building a program from scratch without help or tutorial " So I decided to expand on it. And make the code more readable. Also added more features of addition and subtraction Then I used CSS to design it. I was so ecstatic that I shared with some people - My brother, Sandra, Ebube, Afoma  I only wanted to share with those people And that was it. Of course, the program is basic. And I'm nowhere as proficient as a lotta people But, I feel so validated that I actually have a shot in this industry So here is the link if you want to check it o...

  This girl's ad (both on Facebook and YouTube) has got to be the best copywriting I've ever seen in a while.  The lead statement on the YouTube goes thus - " I don't want to die " That's one of the most powerful sentences. The emotions work even more, cos it's coming from a child.  Anyone could easily imagine their child saying that. Or their sibling. Also look at the first sentence of this ad - * "It doesn't just tell you - 'I am in pain.' It describes her being in pain.* Brilliant.  God forgive me. I'm not trying to downplay the seriousness of her sickness, but the copywriter did a brilliant job conveying this in a way that tugs even on my (hardened marketer) chest. 💔💔💔  Please donate, no matter how little 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I've always prided myself in knowing how to use Google So when I was finding git incredibly difficult, I felt like a dunce. Like I didn't know anything Last week, I was desperately reaching out to the GenZTechies group, asking for help I didn't even know how to push my forked repo to the main branch When I managed to push the folder I pushed it to the main folder, instead of inside the component folder within the main folder And the coordinators said I didn't do it well, and to redo it I felt humiliated I was browsing up and down Watched several YouTube videos Deleted my commits Started again Deleted again Phew Finally, I got a guideline that helped me with checking the git status and uploading the specific folder This is the link, you should definitely check it out. It's most helpful -   Now, after I'd gotten 2 more tasks, I'm getting the hang over what " git status " and the specific folders to add Plus, the other git commands Another episode tha...

You can only become an expert if you continue practising and have a healthy mental state Yesterday proved that to me I was frustrated yesterday at home.  So, when I picked up the laptop to contribute to my tasks in the (currently secret) Open source project, I just couldn't do it. I wasn't even understanding the code by the previous contributor So here's what happened.  There are SVG files. And instead of adding the SVG to their specific folder so it can be reusable, the guy just copied it straight to the HTML file. And he tried to make it responsive as well Simply put, it just wasn't working well I couldn't grasp it I figured I'd better copy the similar codes that others contributed.  Still, it wasn't corresponding and the half of the divs  remained invisible  Which I figured is because he tried to make it more responsive on mobile I was irritated. The SVGs properties took up a large space. And they were confusing me I told myself that if I try it again tod...

  God! This documentary This woman stabbed her 3 kids to death cos of post partum psychosis. We don't talk a lot of the transformations and despondency that follows suit after childbirth We don't talk about those enough. And women internalise these burdens thinking they're alone My expectations for the future goes thus - 1. Women should be having up to 1 year paid time leave after labour. It's crucial 2. Bio-tech should develop to extent whereby a baby can be removed at either 4/5 month and eventually mature in an incubator or something I'm disheartened reading stories like this. And knowing it happens to millions of women You can watch the documentary here -