When I first started coding, I was like a kid at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Front-end, back-end, a bit of database, some dancing CSS... I tried it all. But I quickly realized something: what I loved the most was what you don't see.
Not the flashy buttons. Not the hover:scale-105.
Nah, what I loved was routes, controllers, HTTP requests, logs in the console.
In short, the back-end.
💥 My Beginnings: Between Struggles and Epiphanies
My first contact with Node.js was a tutorial on how to build a REST API. Nothing fancy. Just a black terminal, a few npm installs, some JSON popping up in Postman.
But I was hooked 🎁
I told myself:
"Yep, this is it. I want to build systems. Not just interfaces."
And since that day, I never looked back.
⚙️ What I Love About Back-End
- Pure logic: building routes, handling security, managing errors like a ninja.
- Databases: designing schemas, joining tables, optimizing queries.
- Invisible responsibility: no one sees you, but without you, nothing works.
- The builder mindset: every function, every middleware is a brick in a solid wall.
- And good ol' JSON.
😅 Quick Story
My first API worked perfectly in local dev. Confident, I deployed it to a small VPS.
Result?
🔥 It crashed on every request.
I had forgotten to handle async errors with try/catch. That was my backend reality check.
But that's how you learn. And that's why I love it:
Back-end is tough… but honest.
🆚 “Isn’t Back-End Less Sexy?”
Yeah, I’ve heard that before.
But you don’t see:
- Electricity, but you love having light.
- The car engine, but without it, your ride is just a scooter.
- The server, but without it, your site is just a sad HTML file.
Back-end is the invisible force that makes everything work.
And I chose to build the part that holds everything together while the rest shines.
🧱 One Brick at a Time
Today, I build APIs, manage JWT authentication, and structure my projects with love and logic.
I aim to become a solid, visible, and valuable back-end freelancer.
This blog is my open construction site.
Each post is a brick laid.
Each line, a seed planted.
"I plant my lines like seeds, one day they’ll grow — I’m sure of it." 🌱
🗣 What About You?
Are you into front-end? Back-end? Full-stack?
Did you have your own dev epiphany?