Over the past three months, things have been quite difficult on my end, and I havenāt been able to prepare tutorials or courses like I used to. I havenāt forgotten my promise of a full Zig course and an advanced Rust courseāIāve been working on them, just very slowly, and I truly appreciate your patience.
In the meantime, I just wanted to check in on all of you and wish you a great Saturday. Spend time with the people you loveāyou never really know how long life will be generous enough to keep them with us. Be healthy, Be happy and keep coding šš
This was my first computer Atari 800XL brought from Saudi Arabia to Egypt through my father in 1990. I was writing Basic programs from this silver book that came with it, playing video games on cassette tapes ( Donkey Kong - Zoro - Spy hunter) but also on cartridges ( Missile Command - Pacman - Space Invaders) / Old is Gold š
I just want to take a moment to apologize for not posting lately. The past few months have been pretty hectic for me, and I havenāt been able to prepare the tutorials the way Iād like to.
That said, I truly appreciate all of you whoāve stuck with the channel, supported it, and continued backing it up. Your loyalty honestly means a lot to me.
And to all the new subscribers and members ā welcome! Iām really glad to have you here. Thank you so much for your constant support and for being part of this community.
āØ Happy New Year 2026, my good friends! š Another year comes to an end, and a brand-new one is just beginning š Thank you all for your comments, subscriptions, support, friendship, and honest feedbackāit truly means a lot to me šš I wish you an amazing new year filled with prosperity, knowledge, good health, and plenty of fun with programming š»āØ
This is my last blog post on DEV.TO on how to properly configure Git on your machine with GitHub for both Linux (Debian based) and Windows - Hopefully it will be useful to someone, somewhere. Link: dev.to/bekbrace/git-and-github-setup-for-linux-andā¦
Anyone whoās seriously coded knows a hard truth about our modern programming culture: discipline is collapsing. Once, coders, interns, and engineers understood that mastery meant focus, persistence, and responsibility. A developer, even after hours of debugging, wrote clean code and tested it thoroughly; a junior respected the seniorās guidance; and a burnout coder, if he made mistakes, learned quietly and fixed themānot flaunt buggy pull requests as if chaos were cool. Discipline wasnāt optionalāit was freedom. Freedom to create without fear, to ship software that mattered.
Today, too many programmers mistake shortcuts, procrastination, and abandoned projects for āfreedom.ā Half-finished apps, messy commits, and ignored code reviews are flaunted proudly on GitHub. Learning paths are abandoned after a single frustration. Senior devs tolerate sloppy code, and teams collapse under missed deadlines. And young coders? They quit their first jobs, give up on their learning, or āmove on to something more interestingā at the slightest challenge.
Letās be practical: this stops progress. Your codebase, your skills, your careerāthey rot when you abandon discipline. If you want freedom in programming, you need structure. Hereās how:
Own your work ā Every commit, every function, every project is your responsibility. If itās messy, fix it. Donāt blame frameworks or teammates.
Finish what you start ā Even if itās small. Ship a feature, finish that app, complete the tutorial. Half-baked code is wasted effort.
Respect mentorship ā Listen to seniors, read code reviews carefully, and donāt just ādo your own thing.ā Growth comes from feedback.
Daily consistency beats rare bursts ā 1 hour of focused coding every day beats a weekend marathon. Discipline compounds.
Automate and document ā Tests, CI pipelines, READMEsāthese are shields against chaos. Use them.
If your code is messy, if your projects are abandoned, if you quit at the first challengeāyouāre not free, youāre enslaved to chaos. True liberty in programming comes from self-mastery, persistence, and respect for the craft.
So hereās the wake-up call: stop running from hard problems. Stop quitting when debugging gets painful. Stop letting bad habits and distractions define your career. Build habits, finish tasks, write clean code, and protect your learning path. Discipline isnāt a cageāitās the key to freedom.
TL;DR for coders: Freedom without discipline = chaos. Stop quitting. Own your work. Finish what you start. Respect mentorship. Automate. Build habits. True liberty in programming comes from mastering your craft, not avoiding its challenges.
Hello my friends š, I hope you're all doing well.
So, this post has one purpose which is to apologize for not being able to post any videos lately, and that is due to 2 different reasons: 1ļøā£ The studio where I am right now is exposed to loud noises from my neighbors who are renovating their flat šØ. 2ļøā£ I find it very difficult to record for long hours in extreme heat š„, especially that my studio is facing the north and I reside on the 9th floor, so you can imagine how hot it is right now.
But [there's a But, of course š] I promise to bring back useful tutorials emphasizing the beauty of C, š¦, and š. Linux command line utilities in C, Automation and GUI apps in Python, and network programming in Rust.
If you want me to cook something in particular , just drop it in the comments below š¬.
You're the best audience ever š, thank you so much for your support; I don't care about the Views count anymore ācause it all depends on YT algorithms which is unfair in most of the cases, the most important part for me is to have this great window on the world to share with you interesting applications and tools š”.
Stay chilled everyone āļø, programming is fun š», and I can't believe I'm doing that with all of you, guys. Thank you for reading this post, and I will see you soon.
BekBrace
Dear friends,
I MISS YOU ! I REALLY DO.
Over the past three months, things have been quite difficult on my end, and I havenāt been able to prepare tutorials or courses like I used to. I havenāt forgotten my promise of a full Zig course and an advanced Rust courseāIāve been working on them, just very slowly, and I truly appreciate your patience.
In the meantime, I just wanted to check in on all of you and wish you a great Saturday. Spend time with the people you loveāyou never really know how long life will be generous enough to keep them with us. Be healthy, Be happy and keep coding šš
With love,
Amir
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This was my first computer Atari 800XL brought from Saudi Arabia to Egypt through my father in 1990. I was writing Basic programs from this silver book that came with it, playing video games on cassette tapes ( Donkey Kong - Zoro - Spy hunter) but also on cartridges ( Missile Command - Pacman - Space Invaders) / Old is Gold š
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How are you doing ?
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BekBrace
Hey everyone,
I just want to take a moment to apologize for not posting lately. The past few months have been pretty hectic for me, and I havenāt been able to prepare the tutorials the way Iād like to.
That said, I truly appreciate all of you whoāve stuck with the channel, supported it, and continued backing it up. Your loyalty honestly means a lot to me.
And to all the new subscribers and members ā welcome! Iām really glad to have you here. Thank you so much for your constant support and for being part of this community.
More content is coming soon. š
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BekBrace
What would you like to learn next ?
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āØ Happy New Year 2026, my good friends! š
Another year comes to an end, and a brand-new one is just beginning š
Thank you all for your comments, subscriptions, support, friendship, and honest feedbackāit truly means a lot to me šš
I wish you an amazing new year filled with prosperity, knowledge, good health, and plenty of fun with programming š»āØ
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This is my last blog post on DEV.TO on how to properly configure Git on your machine with GitHub for both Linux (Debian based) and Windows - Hopefully it will be useful to someone, somewhere.
Link: dev.to/bekbrace/git-and-github-setup-for-linux-andā¦
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Just wanted to say that I appreciate you guys šš
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Anyone whoās seriously coded knows a hard truth about our modern programming culture: discipline is collapsing. Once, coders, interns, and engineers understood that mastery meant focus, persistence, and responsibility. A developer, even after hours of debugging, wrote clean code and tested it thoroughly; a junior respected the seniorās guidance; and a burnout coder, if he made mistakes, learned quietly and fixed themānot flaunt buggy pull requests as if chaos were cool. Discipline wasnāt optionalāit was freedom. Freedom to create without fear, to ship software that mattered.
Today, too many programmers mistake shortcuts, procrastination, and abandoned projects for āfreedom.ā Half-finished apps, messy commits, and ignored code reviews are flaunted proudly on GitHub. Learning paths are abandoned after a single frustration. Senior devs tolerate sloppy code, and teams collapse under missed deadlines. And young coders? They quit their first jobs, give up on their learning, or āmove on to something more interestingā at the slightest challenge.
Letās be practical: this stops progress. Your codebase, your skills, your careerāthey rot when you abandon discipline. If you want freedom in programming, you need structure. Hereās how:
Own your work ā Every commit, every function, every project is your responsibility. If itās messy, fix it. Donāt blame frameworks or teammates.
Finish what you start ā Even if itās small. Ship a feature, finish that app, complete the tutorial. Half-baked code is wasted effort.
Respect mentorship ā Listen to seniors, read code reviews carefully, and donāt just ādo your own thing.ā Growth comes from feedback.
Daily consistency beats rare bursts ā 1 hour of focused coding every day beats a weekend marathon. Discipline compounds.
Automate and document ā Tests, CI pipelines, READMEsāthese are shields against chaos. Use them.
If your code is messy, if your projects are abandoned, if you quit at the first challengeāyouāre not free, youāre enslaved to chaos. True liberty in programming comes from self-mastery, persistence, and respect for the craft.
So hereās the wake-up call: stop running from hard problems. Stop quitting when debugging gets painful. Stop letting bad habits and distractions define your career. Build habits, finish tasks, write clean code, and protect your learning path. Discipline isnāt a cageāitās the key to freedom.
TL;DR for coders: Freedom without discipline = chaos. Stop quitting. Own your work. Finish what you start. Respect mentorship. Automate. Build habits. True liberty in programming comes from mastering your craft, not avoiding its challenges.
God Bless You All.
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BekBrace
Hello my friends š, I hope you're all doing well.
So, this post has one purpose which is to apologize for not being able to post any videos lately, and that is due to 2 different reasons:
1ļøā£ The studio where I am right now is exposed to loud noises from my neighbors who are renovating their flat šØ.
2ļøā£ I find it very difficult to record for long hours in extreme heat š„, especially that my studio is facing the north and I reside on the 9th floor, so you can imagine how hot it is right now.
But [there's a But, of course š] I promise to bring back useful tutorials emphasizing the beauty of C, š¦, and š.
Linux command line utilities in C, Automation and GUI apps in Python, and network programming in Rust.
If you want me to cook something in particular , just drop it in the comments below š¬.
You're the best audience ever š, thank you so much for your support; I don't care about the Views count anymore ācause it all depends on YT algorithms which is unfair in most of the cases, the most important part for me is to have this great window on the world to share with you interesting applications and tools š”.
Stay chilled everyone āļø, programming is fun š», and I can't believe I'm doing that with all of you, guys.
Thank you for reading this post, and I will see you soon.
Cheers,
Bek Brace āļø
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